
Synthetic & systems biology and design "How will Synthetic and Systems Biology influence the way we design, produce and consume in the future? Are scientists becoming designers? What can designers learn from synthetic and system biology? What can scientists learn from the design process? What are the ethical implications of synthetic biology?" The Synthetic and Systems Biology and Design represents an ambitious project developed at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, which involved the collaboration between the MA Industrial Design Course, the MA Textile Futures Course, as well as with different scientists from Cambridge University, MRC Clinical Science Centre, University of Sheffield and Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology. The project made us understand the breakthroughs and the huge potential that synthetic biology can bring towards the improvement of our lives. We now know that biologists can manipulate the cells genomes and the protein products, exploring function and behaviour in a way not formerly possible. Synthetic biology involves the design and construction of new biological functions and systems not found in nature. Also, synthetic biologists do not just want to create new biological systems, they also want to improve them. By understanding the potential of the synthetic biology, we were able to think and design solutions for nowadays problems, using a "synthetic biology thinking". The collaboration with the different scientists made <b>...</b>
synthetic biology
Central Saint Martins
Industrial Design
Sebastian Popa
Shangwei Lin
Weiche Wu
Yiwei Bo
Xin Wang
design