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 * Add free, open Synthetic Biology courses below.

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).

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Select Funding Sources
CytoComp: a revolutionary biological computer. 2013. CytoComp: a revolutionary biological computer. August 29. cytocomp-bitstarter-mooc.herokuapp.com/.

Select Labs
Leukippos. 2013. Synthetic Biology Lab in the Cloud. Leukippos Institute.

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Select Newspapers, News
The SynBioLogist. 2013. The SynBioLogist. Switzerland: paper.li/Socrates_Logos/1306934563.

Select References
Gurkan, U. A., Fan, Y., Xu, F., Erkmen, B., Urkac, E. S., Parlakgul, G., Bernstein, J., Xing, W.*, Boyden, E. S.*, Demirci, U.* (* co-corresponding authors). 2013. Simple precision creation of digitally specified, spatially heterogeneous, engineered tissue architectures. 25(8):1192-1198. Advanced Materials.

Hewitt, John. 2013. Neuristors and the future of brain-like computing. January 2. itproportal.com/.

Leckart, Steven. 2013. [http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-07/how-it-works-3-d-printer-liver-tissue How It Works: A 3-D Printer For Liver Tissue: The first commercial 3-D bioprinter, Organovo's NovoGen MMX Bioprinter, is manufacturing functional liver tissues that will soon help biochemists test new drugs. Here’s a look at the printing process]. August 19. Popular Science.

Mandal, Pankaj K. & Derrick J Rossi. 2013. Reprogramming human fibroblasts to pluripotency using modified mRNA. February 21. 8, 568–582, doi:10.1038/nprot.nprot.2013.019. Nature Protocols.

Moe-­Behrens, Gerd HG. 2013. The biological microprocessor, or how to build a computer with biological parts. journals.sfu.ca.

Moe-Behrens, Gerd H. G., Rene Davis, and Karmella A. Haynes. 2013. Preparing synthetic biology for the world. January 25. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation.

Myers, Andrew. 2013. Stanford scientists fit light-emitting bioprobe in a single cell. February 19. Palo Alto: news.stanford.edu.

Peplow, Mark. 2013. gets in on DNA's origami act: Engineered bacteria make self-assembling tetrahedra. April 28. nature.com.

Recap and Top Tweets: Programming Nature, a MIT/Stanford VLAB Event on Synthetic Biology. 2013. Recap and Top Tweets: Programming Nature, a MIT/Stanford VLAB Event on Synthetic Biology. January 23. Stanford, CA: innov8social.com.

Shao, Zengyi, Guodong Rao, Chun Li, Zhanar Abil, Yunzi Luo, and Huimin Zhao. 2013. Refactoring the Silent Spectinabilin Gene Cluster Using a Plug-and-Play Scaffold. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society - Synthetic Biology.

Torrance, Andrew W. 2012. Synthesizing Law For Synthetic Biology. OCTOBER 31. lexvivo.com.

UC Berkeley announces Synthetic Biology degree concentration. 2013. UC Berkeley announces Synthetic Biology degree concentration. Berkeley, CA: intranet.synberc.org/education/ucb-synbio-concentration.

Voosen, Paul. 2013. Synthetic Biology Comes Down to Earth. March 4. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Select Video and Audio
Folliard, Thomas. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSxvXWpbho SynBio Talks: What is Synthetic Biology? by Thomas Folliard]. London, UK: SynBio Talks. Moe-Behrens, Gerd. 2012. Leukippos - Synthetic Biology Lab in the Cloud. April 29. (Leukippos is an iterative application that structures big data and utilizes collaborative intelligence for all people interested in doing in silico synthetic biology research in the cloud). Leukippos Institute.

Galdzicki, Michal. 2013. The Synthetic Biology Open Language a data exchange standard for biological engineering. Seattle, WA: digital.lib.washington.edu.

Uri Alon, Systems Biology, Weizmann Institute, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__BHVFP0Lk (really great introduction. SynBio is a pratical application of Systems Biology, thus important fundamental material)

Venter, Craig with Chris Anderson (inter.). 2012. Wired Health Conference: Synthetic Biology. October 25. (Craig Venter, CEO & President, Synthetic Genomics, shares the latest advancements in synthetic genomic research and technology. According to Venter, synthetic biological organisms are not far away). Wired.com.

Select Websites
Stanford Biodesign Courses. 2013. Stanford Biodesign Courses: innovative enough to stretch your imagination. Stanford, CA: biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/courses/.

Synthetic Biology Open Language. 2013. Synthetic Biology Open Language. (Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) is a data exchange standard for descriptions of genetic parts, devices, modules, and systems). sbolstandard.org.

Select Wikis
Wikigenes. 2013. Synthetic Biology. (An editable, wiki collection of resources and learning material for Synthetic Biology). wikigenes.org.

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