Making Biology Easier to Engineer
Making Biology Easier to Engineer
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让生物学更容易设计
DOI：
10.1017/s1745855209990135
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
P. Silver
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作者：
P. Silver
在这次演讲中，帕姆银描述了一些令人兴奋的工作，她的实验室已经在合成生物学进行，并说明了工程师如何不仅带来了新的工具，传统的生物学，但也是一个新的视角。传统生物学强调理解生物过程的原因和机制，但生物工程师将这些知识用于实际应用。我们在理解生命方面的进步，特别是细胞的详细分子生物学，加上新技术和计算能力，正在开始将生物学从专注于描述的“软”科学转变为专注于量化，预测和控制其属性的“硬”科学。该讲座是在2009年5月12日推出的帝国合成生物学和创新中心，建立了与伦敦经济学院的合作伙伴关系，并由工程和物理科学研究理事会（EPSRC）作为科学和创新奖的一部分资助。
In this lecture, Pam Silver describes some of the exciting work her laboratory has carried out in synthetic biology and illustrates how engineers are not only bringing new tools to traditional biology but also a new perspective. Traditional biology has emphasized understanding the causes and mechanisms of biological processes, but bioengineers put that knowledge to practical use. Our progress in understanding life, particularly the detailed molecular biology of cells, coupled with new technologies and computing power, is starting to transform biology from a ‘soft’ science focused on description to a ‘hard’ science focused on quantifying, predicting and controlling its properties. The lecture was given at the 12 May 2009 launch of the Imperial-based Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation—established in partnership with the London School of Economics and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of a science and innovation award.