Towards Artificial Cells: Novel Advances in Bottom-Up Cell Design and Construction, a one day meeting, to be held 27th November 2013, organised by the Institute of Physics, UK.
The meeting will focus on the emerging area of artificial cells and the construction of biologically-inspired modules using bottom up approaches that can be coupled together to achieve novel functions. Current approaches in Synthetic Biology; an emerging area of science offering exciting possibilities in exploring the interfaces of Chemistry, Biology and Engineering systems focus on re-designing existing systems or combining existing modules. However the construction of such modules from scratch offers an exciting alternative where a
fundamental understanding of the engineering principles that underlie cellular function can be manipulated to design bespoke biological systems. The meeting will review the current state of the art in areas ranging from artificial proteins and membranes to synthetic cells and define the problems and prospects for this next-generation technology.
Speakers
Prof Jon Cooper University of Glasgow
Prof Lee Cronin University of Glasgow
Prof Pier Luigi Luisi ETH Zurich
Prof Stephen Mann University of Bristol
Prof Pierre-Alain Monnard University of Southern Denmark
Prof Dek Woolfson University of Bristol
Scientific organisers
Prof Paul O’Shea University of Nottingham
Dr Oscar Ces Imperial College London
Key Dates
Early registration deadline: 30 October 2013
Registration deadline: 21 November 2013
Poster submission deadline: 2 October 2013
For more information
http://www.eventsforce.net/iop/417/home
http://www.capitals-programme.org/
Posted on Wednesday 4th September 2013