Synbio.UCSD

synbio.UCSD is an academic organization established by the members of UC San Diego’s 2015 iGEM team dedicated to raising interest in synthetic biology both on the UC San Diego campus and among the local community.

The purpose of SynBio@UCSD is to:

1. Raise awareness of and drive interest in the field of synthetic biology.
2. Provide workshops to build the skillsets needed to be effective in synthetic biology.
3. Encourage interdisciplinary modes of thinking and collaboration.
4. Create an inclusive community for individuals of all biology-related interests.
5. Foster the growth and development of Open Source Biology.

Our goal is to ultimately expand the role of biology and establish a local and international community of collaborators. We have compiled emails of the listed iGEM teams from across the world, and we would like to invite anyone interested in synthetic biology to establish a SynBio organization at their school and set this international movement in motion.

During the month of May, an educational workshop was held every Monday and Friday for 2-3 hours in order to help attendees better understand the 2015 iGEM project.

In an attempt to advocate an interdisciplinary community, we reached out to design.UCSD, the undergraduate, pre-professional design organization on campus, in hopes to collaborate with them on synthetic biology. The following PowerPoint what we pitched to the organization:

Library Talk

With help from San Diego Wet Lab, the team arranged a presentation at the La Jolla Riford Library on Wednesday, September 16.