Synthetic Biology - promises and peril
Physically Natural Sciences

Synthetic Biology - promises and peril

Synthetic biology is the newest branch of modern applied molecular biology. Although still in its early stages, the first successes are already raising great hopes and fears. This short lecture aims to explain the term synthetic biology objectively and illustrate the current possibilities using a few selected examples.
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Start 19:30 o'clock
End 20:15 o'clock

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Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
Fakultät Biologie
Fakultät Biologie
EG, Seminarraum E33/E34
Zellescher Weg 20b
01217 Dresden (Dresdner Süden)
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Mascher -, Inhaber der Professur für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie und Dekan der Fakultät Biologie
45 Min
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Synthetic biology is the newest branch of modern applied molecular biology. Although still in its early stages, the first successes are already raising great hopes and fears. Are we looking forward to a new future in which microbial, cell-based “biofactories” give humanity new medicines and independence from fossil fuels? Or are we about to cross a line by becoming “creators of life” ourselves? This short lecture aims to explain the term synthetic biology objectively and illustrate the current possibilities using a few selected examples.

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Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek

  • 61 (bus)

Zellescher Weg

  • 61 (bus)
  • 11 (tram)