Hi there!

I'm about to finish my Biotechnology degree. I the last few years, I've figured out that syntetic biology is what I want to focus my career on. My degree has provieded me with a solid backgorund in molecular and computational biology, but I want to find a master's degree more specifically focused in synthetic biology. Which one would you recommend? Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

It would be convenient if we compile comprehensive list of online synbio resources. It should include articles on the subject, the careers, and education. I will keep adding new ones as I find them, but you can also leave comments. Again, you can contribute your experiences with certain online courses and books which will serve as a way to verify the same.

https://roadmap.ebrc.org/

General:

https://ebrc.org/

https://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Courses:

https://www.edx.org/course/principles-of-synthetic-biology

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Books:

Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. George M. Church & Ed Regis

Synthetic Biology: A Primer. Paul S Freemont & Richard I Kitney, Eds.

Synthetic Biology: A Lab Manual. Josefine Liljeruhm, Erik Gullberg & Anthony C. Forster

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Hardware, Software and libraries:

see https://github.com/websemantics/awesome-synthetic-biology under the relevant headings.

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Citations:

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Hey everyone, I hope this is the right place to ask. For a genetic engineering class there’s an assignment for creating a genetic engineering procedure of our choice. Since this plant is invasive due to several factors (quick and large growth and a deeply entwined root system) I wanted to see how to affect growth by targeting its root network. I noticed two articles on the genome but these mentioned nutrient and plant hormone production. What would your advice be on creating a protocol for this?

I’m considering founding an iGEM team for my university. My university is huge and I’m surprised a team didn’t exist already, but I don’t think funding would be a problem. Most concerning for me is keeping a team together over the summer. How have other teams done this? I know most of my competent computational/synthetic bio friends will have internships over the summer. That might make software track be the only option.

I have access to a bio lab and would like to start a project. I'm looking for a good idea for a first project and would like to know what would be appropriate and where would be a good place to find protocols.

I will be purchasing the materials that I would use myself but I can purchase the materials through the lab.

I have done lab work before but only in a class setting.

I'm looking for a couple of "Hello World" projects that I can use to get used to working in the lab on my own, ordering materials from suppliers and generally being personally responsible for the outcome of the project.

Does anyone have an idea what would be a good place to start?

I'm a undergrad physics student interested in synthetic biology, and i would like to know if there is something in the field that could relate to physics. My university have a biophysics program but it seems more focused on macromolecules dynamics, and i don't know if there's any relation with diybio/synthetic biology.

I would also be interested if there's any machine learning related things in the field, since it is something that i've been studing in parallel for a while.

Synthetic biology is really interesting. I have a few pretty broad questions about it, though. What are some good resources for learning synthetic biology as a hobby? I've heard about The Odin, BioBricks, and modular cloning, but I'm not really sure how someone would use these tools. Also, are there any good open source tools for CRISPR and other synbio stuff you would recommend (preferably Linux-compatible)? I basically just want get to the "able to make glowing beer and houseplants" level. I don't know much more about bio than what I learned in highschool, so I suspect the learning curve for this sort of thing is deadly steep, but throw me down the rabbit hole anyway!

Hi all. I'm starting to look into grad school programs, but I'm stuck at a crossroad. I know that I want to do something with either synthetic biology or genetic engineering, hoping to eventually use these skills as a way of helping with the world pollution problem (microbes eating plastic, etc.).

My problem is I'm not totally convinced that I want to do my PhD. Is there any way I could do what I want with just a masters?

I understand that this question is pretty vague. I'm still in the early early stages of deciding what I want to do, so I don't have many full fleshed ideas!

Thank you all!!

Looking for any interesting papers relating to cell senescence.

I was hired from a job I found on this subreddit! I've been working at Octant for a few months and love it here.

Now we are hiring the next round of SynBio Apprentices. If you're an undergrad interested in synthetic biology or startups, you should check it out.

Hi! My name is Amanda Morris and I'm the bioscience reporter for the Arizona Republic! I'm wondering whether anyone here is from Arizona-- If you are I'd love to chat with you further and learn about what projects or research in synthetic biology/etc. you might be working on! Drop me a line at amorris@gannett.com -- you can also find me on Twitter at @amandamomorris.

I am a college freshman and after watching (youtube.com/watch?v=DxoLoOtyllU), I realized that I have an interest in joining the synthetic biology field. The idea of making organic machines and creating new tools to help people from Nature’s template simply appeals to me. However, I want to make sure this isn’t just a phase and want to find a way to get experience. Firstly, does this video accurately portray what it’s like to work in synthbio? And what advice would you give to someone who wants to get involved in the field?

Hi Everyone,

I am software engineer and very excited about synthetic biology and its possibilities ! I want to start a career in Synthetic biology, what's your advice ? what problems over there to be solved by software engineers ? what's the tools that you wish were exist that will mak your life easier ?

Appreciate your advice.

Thank you!

Hi all. I'm newly inspired by synthetic biology. The problem is that I'm struggling to separate the future-technology-pop-science-journalism-hype BS from what it can actually do. I'm wondering if the people here can point me to the problems that synthetic biology is solving right now and what might be on the near horizon. Sorry for such a broad question but I don't know what I don't know, and thought maybe you all could point me in a good direction.

Any suggestions on the best conferences to attend each year for synbio?

Hi everyone,

As part of a synthetic biology competition, my team is creating variants of milk proteins to reduce their allergenicity using GM! We would love to know more about your opinions on GM foods! please fill out this survey (5-10 minutes)

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I've always been interested in the concept of constructing genetic codes from scratch or even molecular structures/organisms to do certain functions. i have the ability to go into any field of my wishing now, what fields do you think would prepare me the best for synthetic biology according to my interests?

Hello reddit,

I have recently picked up a used CustomArray B3P oligosynthesizer. After contacting the manufacturer I was told that: "Since the product is discontinued, we don’t offer more support in restoring used systems. We plan not to provide the consumables and auxiliary equipment for the B3 system in the next few year."

Are there any CustomArray tech users here that could confirm if they had received a notification from CustomArray about the discontinuation? Also, how do you plan to run the system if CustomArray decides to cut the supply of their array chips?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1726&v=ecbW3M6POWQ

I'm not sure if this is the right place. Please redirect me if necessary.

Basically I want to preserve enough of my dog to possibly clone him in the future if that technology ever becomes mainstream. I'm guessing this would be pretty expensive so it's more just a hypothetical question at this point. But how much or what exactly would need to be preserved for this theoretically?

Just DNA, sperm? (Egg for females?), Tissue?

And how would someone store this? Any old freezer or is there specific equipment for this?

https://www.matterworksbio.com