Workshop on Synthetic Biology Standards

• Organized by the ShikiFactory100 project - https://www.shikifactory100.eu/
• Hosted by: StartupBraga - https://www.startupbraga.com
• Date: September 12
• Target audience: Industry and academia
• Duration: 1 Morning

Introduction

The development of economically feasible and sustainable biotechnological processes as alternatives to oil-based chemistry is one of the major goals of bio-based economy. The global chemical industry has initiated a crucial transition from petrochemical processes to bio-based chemical processes. Synthetic biology and bio-based processes are expected to become the preferred approach to produce chemicals from renewable feedstocks using cell factories.

One of the major challenges that this shift entails is the widespread adoption of standards to easily track, re-use and replicate a large number of experiments, parts, protocols and strains generated by these novel approaches. In this workshop, some of the major players in the European synthetic biology field will share their experience with the development of synthetic biology standards and how to promote their widespread adoption.

This workshop does not have hands-on (practical) sessions. Three guests will give a talk about a related topic, each followed by a period of discussion where participants can interact with the speakers.

The workshop will end with a ~1h roundtable discussion.

Program overview (9:00 - 13:00)

• Welcome

• Talk 1 - Manuel Porcar (University of Valência / BioRoboost coordinator): BioRoboost + Best practices in synthetic biology http://standardsinsynbio.eu

• Talk 2 - Ángel Goñi-Moreno (University of Newcastle): SBOL standard and Synbiohub http://sbolstandard.org https://synbiohub.org

• Coffee break

• Talk 3 - Markus Herrgard (DTU - Technical University of Denmark): Global Alliance of Biofoundries https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10079-2

• Short talk - Nemanja Stijepovic (European iGEM Ambassador): The iGEM Competition: Shaping a global SynBio community https://www.igem.org
  

• Roundtable - Moderated by Isabel Rocha (Nova University Lisbon): Synthetic Biology Standards
  

Other information

• Learn more about the project: http://shikifactory100.eu

• This is a free workshop, participants are expected to stay for the full workshop.

• Accommodation and meals are covered by the participants

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 814408.