Workshop: Collaborative Platforms for Engineering Biology: Biofoundries and Distributed Biorefineries

该奖项支持“工程生物学合作平台：生物芯片和分布式生物精炼”研讨会，该研讨会将召集美国和国际上的专家讨论推动全球生物经济的机制。开放的公共生物工厂最近已经成为工程生物学发现和应用的关键加速器，以及培训新兴劳动力和在工程生物学领域建立强大的安全和责任文化的独特空间。移动生物炼油厂正在崛起，作为解决生物质转化效率低下的一种解决方案，可能会降低成本，增加就业机会，并增加可再生能源的产量。该研讨会探索了这些工具，以建立一个强大的工程生物学研发基地-一个将有助于确保一个充满活力的生物经济所需的技术、创新、劳动力和基础设施的基地。研讨会将在工程生物学领域的全球思想领袖之间分享最佳实践和过程。该研讨会促进了美国工程生物学研究和创新，这些研究和创新可以推动多个行业的经济增长，同时让我们的国际合作伙伴参与政策和前进道路，以刺激构成生物经济领域的投资、数据共享、测试和合作。讲习班通过交流知识和人力资源促进科技合作和能力建设。此外，由研究生和博士后研究员组成的加州大学旧金山分校科学政策小组有机会第一手了解合作国家共同努力开发新的、互惠互利的经济增长途径。该奖项反映了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。

This award supports the workshop “Collaborative Platforms for Engineering Biology: Biofoundries and Distributed Biorefineries”, that will convene experts across the US and internationally to address mechanisms to advance the global bioeconomies. Open, public biofoundries have recently emerged as key accelerators in engineering biology discovery and application, as well as unique spaces for training an emergent workforce and establishing a robust culture of safety and responsibility in engineering biology. Mobile biorefineries are emerging as a solution to the inefficiencies of biomass conversion, potentially allowing for reduced costs, more jobs, and increased renewable energy production. This workshop explores these tools for building a strong engineering biology research and development base – one that will contribute the technology, innovation, workforce, and infrastructure needed to secure a vibrant Bioeconomy. The workshop will share best practices and processes among global thought leaders in engineering biology. The workshop promotes American engineering biology research and innovation that can drive economic growth across multiple sectors, while at the same time engaging our international partners on policies and paths forward that stimulate investment, data-sharing, testing, and collaboration in the fields that make up the bioeconomy. The workshop facilitates scientific and technological cooperation and capacity building through exchange of knowledge and human resources. In addition, the UCSF Science Policy Group, comprised of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, have the opportunity to learn first-hand about collaborating nations work together to develop new, mutually advantageous avenues of economic growth.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.