News and Events

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: ERASynBio 1st joint call for transnational research projects: Building Synthetic Biology capacity through innovative transnational projects

    The Synthetic Biology ERA-NET (ERASynBio) is pleased to announce its 1st joint call for transnational research projects in Synthetic Biology. The call will be open until 26 August 2013 and represents a unique opportunity for Europe and the USA to build Synthetic Biology capacity through innovative transnational projects.

    The launch date of the call is Monday, 13 May, 2013.

    Submission period ends on Monday, 26 August, 2013, 17:00 CET.

    Submit your application: The proposal must be uploaded on the pt(outline* system after registering at the following link:
    https://www.pt-it.de/ptoutline/application/ERASYNBIO1  
    Call text and further information

    Find a partner / share your expertise: ERASynBio offers the possibility to publish your profile and look for complementary expertise. Data are collected in a list formate and are available on request to other searching partners / consortia. To receive the list or to publish your profile, please send an email to the call office (a.kremser@fz-juelich.de) subject "partnering".

  • 1st Common Summer School of ERASynBio and ST-Flow: Synthetic Biology in action!
    Madrid 23 June - 6 July 2013

    A hands-on Summer Course of advanced Genetic Engineering of Bacteria at the onset of the SynBio era
    CV and letter of intent to: synbio@cnb.csic.es
    Deadline: April 30, 2013. Selected students will be registered and accommodated free of charge
    Further Information

  • ERA-IB and ETB launch fourth joint call for Industrial Biotechnology research proposals

    ERA-IB launches a fourth call for multilateral research projects using Industrial Biotechnology (IB). For the purposes of this call for multilateral research projects addressing “Industrial biotechnology for Europe: an integrated approach”, partners from the ERA-Net EuroTransBio (ETB) participate in the network’s actions. ETB has established itself as the preferred funding instrument for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) collaborating in the field of modern biotechnology. The topics are covering several areas including synthetic biology.
    Further information

  • Pre-announcement: 2. Strategy Conference ERASynBio September 2013

  • ERASynBio 2nd Newsletter Edition

    It has been a busy year for ERASynBio and the results are here. The US mission is completed, the first strategic conference is around the corner, and ERASynBio’s first joint call for transnational research proposals is to be launched early in 2013. We invite you to look through the newsletter, read about our activities in the past 6 months and our plans for the near future. Learn about the first ERASynBio joint transnational call and have a deeper look into ERASynBio’s mission to the US and its outcomes. Check out how the Erasmus IP course announced in the first ERASynBio newsletter went and what our Latvian colleagues are planning for 2013. Don’t miss the interesting piece written by Victor de Lorenzo on the SEVA standard and the report on how our young aspiring minds experience synthetic biology through the iGEM competition.
    ERASynBio 2nd Newsletter Edition

  • BioBricks Foundation SB6.0: The Sixth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology

    July 9-11, 2013, Imperial College, London, UK

    contact: contact@biobricks.org
    Further Information

  • Online questionnaire on enabling technologies for Synthetic Biology opened

    There’s an online questionnaire on enabling technologies for Synthetic Biology open, that is being carried out by one of Drew Endy’s colleagues. It aims at evaluating the background property rights status for the technologies that are considered most useful/valuable for research and development of synthetic biology applications.

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EnablingTechnologies_SyntheticBiology

  • UK announces Synthetic Biology Roadmap

    The report provides the vision and direction for supporting a world-leading synthetic biology community in the UK. Produced by an independent panel of experts for the government’s Department for Business Innovation and Skills, it sets out a shared vision for realising the potential of synthetic biology in the UK.

    Further information and document