Mycoplasma mycoides created at the Venter Institute by swapping a new genome into Mycoplasma capricolum
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County will be holding symposium on April 2 to explore the social, political and moral questions prompted by synthetic biology. Panelists will include:
+ Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the International Center for Technology Assessment
+ Jef Boeke, professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins
+ Gautam Mukunda, a political scientist from MIT
+ Glenn McGee, director of AMBI
UMBC’s Stephen Freedland will moderate, with introductions from UMBC’s Andrea Kalfoglou.
photo: J. Craig Venter Institute