Team:UC Chile2/Workshop
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WORKSHOP
As a way to motivate research and introduce synthetic biology in the region, UC Chile iGEM team has organized the first Workshop in the area to be held at Pontifical Catholic University from December 17 to 21 (yes, you read right December 21, we are tempting fate here). The talks will be open to all public.
Parallel to the workshop, the 2012 synthetic biology course is going to be given by the Biological Sciences Faculty to recruit 2013’s iGEM team (Dec 10-21).
Synthetic Biology course lecturers include:
Eduardo Agosín (PUC)
David Benjamin (Columbia University)
Drew Endy (Stanford University)
Fernán Federici (Cambridge University)
Paul Grant (Cambridge University)
Rodrigo Gutiérrez (PUC)
Jim Haseloff (Cambridge University)
Loreto Valenzuela (PUC)
Ignacio Vargas (PUC)
Mónica Vásquez (PUC)
A. Venegas (PUC) (¿?)
People inscribed in the course will attend the talks as well.
Workshop Program:
Monday December 17
Speaker: Drew Endy. Stanford University.
Tuesday December 18
Speaker: Jim Haseloff. Cambridge University.
Wednesday December 19
“Patterning circuits”. Speakers: Fernán Federici, PJ Steiner and Tim Rudge. Cambridge University.
Thursday December 20
“Modeling multicellular systems”. Speakers: PJ Steiner and Tim Rudge. Cambridge University.
Friday December 21 (o.O!)
Speaker: David Benjamin. Columbia University.
We’d like to thank all the sponsor institutions for their commitment to make this Workshop possible: