Synthetic Biology Workshop will be held April 3-4, 2008 at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farms campus in Ashburn, Virginia

该奖项将支持2008年4月3日和4日在弗吉尼亚州霍华德·休斯医学院珍妮莉亚农场园区举行的名为“走向合成生物学：NSF-NASA在HHMI Janelia Farm的联合研讨会”的为期两天的受邀研讨会。大约30个人将被邀请做简短的陈述，然后有充足的时间进行讨论。每位演讲者将被要求介绍他们认为是特定机会的小插曲，然后将通过与其他研讨会参与者的合议讨论对其进行审查。将确定和解决一系列渗透到合成生物学这一新学科的广泛问题。这样的问题包括：通过实施合成生物学，预计会出现哪些新的科学原理？这项新兴技术的选择性和针对性应用可能会带来哪些类型的实际、工业、生物医学或其他好处？由于合成生物学像许多新技术一样，有可能被滥用，生物伦理界的领导人也将是研讨会的重要参与者。研讨会的更广泛影响是预期的成果。研讨会将列举和阐明合成生物学研究的理论和实践、短期和长期目标。这些目标有助于对各种政府机构的筹资举措制定战略性的长期观点。由于合成生物学这一新兴学科本质上是跨学科的，该领域的未来发展可能会促进工程学、自然科学和生物科学以及公共政策领域之间的互动和跨学科培训。合成生物学可能会为一个全新的行业提供基础；因此，明确该领域的重点可能会对经济发展产生重大影响。最后，会议结果将在会议结束后由会议主席和会议组织者编写的一份白皮书中总结，并提供给国家科学基金会和美国航天局，作为将新兴学科纳入其各自资助的研究项目的指南。

This award will support a two day invitation-only workshop titled "Toward a Synthetic Biology: NSF- NASA Joint Workshop at HHMI Janelia Farm", to be held on April 3 and 4, 2008 at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farms campus in Virginia. Approximately 30 individuals will be invited to make short presentations, followed by ample time for discussion. Each speaker will be asked to present a vignette regarding what they believe to be a specific opportunity, which then will be vetted through collegial discussion with the other workshop participants. A series of broad questions permeating the new discipline of Synthetic Biology will be identified and addressed. Such questions include: What new scientific principles can be expected to emerge through the implementation of synthetic biology? What types of practical, industrial, biomedical, or other benefits might realistically accrue from the selective and targeted application of this emerging technology? Because synthetic biology, like many new technologies, has the potential for misuse, leaders from the bioethical community also will be prominent participants at the workshop.The broader impacts of the workshop are the deliverables that are anticipated. The workshop will enumerate and clarify the theoretical and practical, short- and long-term goals of synthetic biology research. Such goals could assist in developing a strategic long-term view of funding initiatives for a variety of government agencies. Since the emerging discipline Synthetic Biology is interdisciplinary in nature, future development of the field is likely to stimulate the interaction and cross disciplinary training between engineering, the natural and biological sciences, and the public policy arena. Synthetic Biology can potentially provide the foundation for an entire new industry; thus crystallizing the focus of the field could have a major impact on economic development. Finally, the outcomes of the meeting will be summarized in a white paper produced by the session chairs and meeting organizers after the conclusion of the meeting and provided to the NSF and NASA as a guide for incorporating the emerging discipline into their respective portfolios of funded research.