Synthetic Biology at the Science Museum

What is ‘synthetic biology’ and how could it solve some of the challenges we and our planet face? Paul Freemont and Richard Kitney will get you up to speed on the science of making life.
Can we create life to mop up pollution and even make fuels? Susan Rosser joins us to talk about what’s going on right now to help us clean up our act and tackle climate change.
What happens when lively young minds are free to invent life? Jim Haseloff and his students discuss some of the thoughts generated at IGEM - an annual competition of synthetic biology ideas for the future.
Claire Marris shares her thoughts on the social and ethical dimensions and how synthetic biologists think about life, the world and the potential of their work.
Speakers:
Paul Freemont, Co-Director, and Claire Marris, Senior Research Fellow, EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College
Richard Kitney, Head, Department of Biological and Medical Systems, Imperial College
Susan Rosser, University of Glasgow
Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge

Facilitator:
Mun Keat Looi, science writer, Wellcome Trust
Event organised by: The Science Museum
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