The Nuts and Bolts of Bioengineered Systems: A Workshop on Standards in Synthetic Biology; Valencia, Spain- March 8-10, 2015

该奖项名为《生物工程系统的螺母和螺栓：合成生物学标准研讨会》，将资助13名美国科学家和工程师参加2015年3月的研讨会。合成生物学位于生物学和工程学的交叉点，从业者使用工程工具和系统方法来设计新的生物系统，包括基因电路和整个细胞，以探索复杂生物过程背后的支配原理，或开发可以利用的新功能。在过去的十年里，该领域开始在如何设计生物系统的基本理解方面取得基础性进展，现在正在出现从研究到应用的过渡，以解决可持续性、食品、能源、水和健康方面的关键问题。由于这一转变，越来越需要解决合成生物学的标准化问题，以帮助促进实验室之间的研究协调，以及将实验室研究从试验台转移到工业市场。此次研讨会将通过引入美国和欧洲的大量标准化方面的科学、技术、行业和政策专家来满足这一需求，讨论标准化的现状，并为将关键地加速标准驱动的生物工程的研究领域制定优先路线图。研讨会将通过汇集欧盟研究人员和美国研究人员的领导小组以及来自不同成员国和美国同行的资助者和政策制定者，为加强和改进科学、工程和/或教育活动做出贡献。此外，这次会议将为美国和欧洲的研究人员之间的国际合作奠定基础。会议召集人将编写一份会议报告，分发给与会者和赞助组织(NSF和EC)，并将在几个合成生物学组织的网站上向公众公布。研讨会的组织者将确保研讨会包括来自科学和技术领域代表性不足群体的与会者以及处于职业生涯早期阶段的与会者。

This award "The Nuts and Bolts of Bioengineered Systems: A workshop on Standards in Synthetic Biology" will provide funding for 13 US scientists and engineers to participate in a workshop in March of 2015. Synthetic Biology sits at the intersection of biology and engineering, where practitioners use engineering tools and systems approaches to design novel biological systems, including genetic circuits and whole cells, with which to explore governing principles behind complex biological processes or to develop new functionalities that can be exploited. Over the past ten years, the field has started to see foundational advances in the fundamental understanding of how to engineer biological systems, and the transition of research into applications that address critical problems in sustainability, food, energy, water and health is now emerging. Because of this transition, there is a growing need to address the issues of standardization in synthetic biology to help facilitate the coordination of research among laboratories, as well as to transition laboratory research from the bench to the industrial marketplace. This workshop will address this need by bringing in a broad array of scientific, technical, industry and policy experts on standardization both in the US and in Europe to discuss the current state of standardization and create a prioritized roadmap for research areas that will critically accelerate standards-driven biological engineering. The workshop will contribute to the enhancement and improvement of scientific, engineering and/or educational activities by bringing together a leading group of European Union researchers and US researchers along with funders and policy makers from various member countries and their US counterparts. In addition, this meeting will provide the foundation for international collaborations between researchers in the US and Europe. The meeting conveners will produce a report of the meeting that will be distributed to the participants and sponsoring organizations (NSF and EC) and will be posted for the public on several synthetic biology organization websites. The workshop's organizers will ensure that workshop includes attendees from underrepresented groups in science and technology and attendees who are at early stages of their career.