BIOROBOOST travel support for US-based researchers to workshops to develop standards in synthetic biology

开发国际公认的合成生物学标准对于该领域的发展至关重要，以确保基础设施的互操作性、数据和材料的可靠交换以及目前存在于美国、欧洲和亚洲的供应链上的商业运营。作为一个活跃的研究领域，美国参与此类努力对于保持美国在该领域的竞争力也是至关重要的。该奖项支持四个美国研究人员团队，他们的专业知识涵盖了美国对合成生物学的广泛兴趣，他们参加了一系列研讨会，这些研讨会是欧盟委员会(EC)资助的协调支持行动(CSA)的一部分，重点是合成生物学标准的开发和传播(BIOROBOOST)。生物学和生物工程方面的大多数研究仍然是特殊和特殊的，结果以自然语言编码的声明和结论的形式出现。在生物测量和功能生物材料方面，合成生物学承诺进一步将生命物质的研究从“可重复使用的概念”转变为“可重复使用的现实”。但是，要做到这一点，需要在利益冲突和激励不同的背景下，在不同专业领域集中研究和协调努力。要取得成功，需要认真考虑涉及生物材料的研究的文化和伦理问题，并灵活地整合减少或消除交易成本的计算和行政工具，因此制定国际标准具有重要意义。该奖项支持四个美国科学家团队参加在欧洲举行的一系列BIOROBOOST研讨会。研讨会的重点是克服合成生物学标准发展的文化和技术障碍。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Development of internationally accepted standards in synthetic biology is essential for the advancement of the field, to ensure interoperability of infrastructure, reliable exchange of data and materials, and the facile operation of commerce across supply chains that currently exist throughout US, Europe, and Asia. US involvement in such endeavors is also essential to maintain US competitiveness in the field as an active area of research. This award supports four teams of US-based researchers, whose expertise covers the breadth of US interests in synthetic biology, to participate in a series of workshops that are part of the European Commission (EC) funded Coordination Support Action (CSA) focused on the development and dissemination of standards in synthetic biology (BIOROBOOST).Most research in biology and bioengineering remains ad hoc and idiosyncratic, with results taking the form of natural language-encoded claims and conclusions. Synthetic biology promises to further transition research with living matter from "reusable concepts" to "reusable reality," both in terms of biological measurements and functional biomaterials. But, doing so requires focused research and coordination of effort across areas of diverse expertise, and within a context of competing interests and divergent incentives. Success requires careful consideration of cultural and ethical aspects of research involving biological materials as well as facile integration of computational and administrative tools that reduce or eliminate transaction costs, hence the importance of the development of international standards. This award supports four teams of US-based scientists to participate in a series of BIOROBOOST workshops that are held in Europe. The workshops focus on overcoming the cultural and technical hurdles of the development of standards in synthetic biology.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.