Center for Synthetic Biology

CSB & BTP Seminar Series - Cynthia Collins
2024-04-17 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Details for the seminar are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: Evanston Campus, Tech LR4

This event is being co-sponsored with the Biotechnology Training Program.

*Virtual* CSB & BTP Seminar Series - Joshua Meier
2024-04-10 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | IL
Details for the seminar are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: Virtual (no longer in person due to logistical issues)

This event is being co-sponsored with the Biotechnology Training Program.

March - Monthly CSB Social
2024-03-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Join us at our upcoming monthly social event and immerse yourself in a vibrant community of synthetic biologists. Connect and engage with fellow students, postdocs, staff, and faculty over refreshments.

March - Research In Progress Meeting
2024-03-15 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
The Research-In-Progress (RIP) Meetings aim to highlight ongoing, unpublished work by students and postdoctoral fellows in CSB. These monthly meetings strengthen our research and foster a more collaborative research environment by organizing the diverse sets of expertise within CSB and our greater research community to discuss new results, suggest future experiments, and brainstorm potential applications. These also provide a forum in which students and postdocs can practice scientific communication with colleagues in a more relaxed atmosphere.

CSB Seminar Series - Gale Wichmann
2024-03-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Gale Wichmann, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships at Amyris, will be giving a CSB seminar, “Turning Sustainable Biology into a Sustainable Business: Real Life Lessons from the Synthetic Biology Company Amyris,” on the Evanston campus.
After 20 years of existence, Amyris continues to be a leader in the world of synthetic biology. Amyris has gone from a stary-eyed start-up to a company that has successfully manufactured and commercialized 14 molecules. Along the way we’ve learned, sometimes painfully, what it actually takes to successfully commercialize a synthetic biology product. This talk will review Amyris, our technology, and the lessons we’ve learned that are critical for commercial success
Details for the seminar are as follows:

Date: Thursday, March 7th
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: Evanston Campus, Tech LR2 Auditorium

March - CSB Ethics Conversation
2024-03-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Engage in thoughtful discourse and broaden your perspective through our community ethics discussions in synthetic biology. Explore the ethical implications of genetic manipulation, bioengineering advancements, and the responsible integration of synthetic biology into our society, fostering a deeper understanding of the complex intersections between science, technology, and society.Our quarterly discussions are one-hour long led by SynBAS students and are open to all CSB members.

Feb. - Research Day CSB Social
2024-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Campus, 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Join us at our upcoming Research Day social event and immerse yourself in a vibrant community of synthetic biologists. Connect and engage with fellow students, postdocs, staff, and faculty over refreshments.

Feb. - Research Day RIP Meeting
2024-02-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Campus, 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States

Effective Data Visualization
2024-02-16 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Campus, 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Constructing high-impact figures from collected data

CSB Seminar Series - Fuzhong Zhang
2024-02-13 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Fuzhong Zhang, Professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting on the topic of “Synthetic Biology for High-Performance Protein Based Materials.”
Details for the seminar are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, February 13th
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Evanston Campus, Ford ITW Auditorium (Room 1350)

RSVP for the seminar here!

Jan. - Monthly CSB Social
2024-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

Jan. - Research In Progress Meeting
2024-01-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

Dec. - Monthly CSB Social
2023-12-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

Dec. - Research In Progress Meeting
2023-12-15 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

The Project Phase of Research: Design, Build, Test, Learn
2023-12-08 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Implementing hypothesis-driven experimental design. Understanding data collection, statistical significance, data interpretation, reproducibility, using models, and reformulating hypotheses

Nov. - Monthly CSB Social
2023-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

Nov. - Research In Progress Meeting
2023-11-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

SynBAS NRT Annual Meeting
2023-10-29 - 2023-10-31 | IL
The NSF Research Traineeship program addresses workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. Arizona State University is hosting the NSF NRT Annual Meeting October 29-31, 2023. This yearÕs meeting will be held in person in Tempe, Arizona, and virtually over Zoom.Like previous annual meetings, this one is designed to help participants to:

build networks of researchers and practitioners in ways that continue to grow interdisciplinary graduate education,
share ideas and best practices within NSF-funded interdisciplinary graduate education programs,
enhance the educational and scholarly impacts of their programs, effectively assess programmatic outcomes, recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups, and report progress to NSF, and
promote graduate student engagement and development.

There will be sessions for PIs, program coordinators, evaluators, and graduate students.

CSB Annual Retreat
2023-10-27 | Chicago Campus, 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States

Oct. - Research In Progress Meeting
2023-10-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

Workshop: Navigating Research in Synthetic Biology
2023-10-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Identifying grand challenges in synthetic biology, research forecasting, effective ways of reading literature, and coming up with research ideas

CSB Welcome Social
2023-09-28 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Join us at our upcoming welcome social event and immerse yourself in a vibrant community of synthetic biologists. Connect and engage with fellow students, postdocs, staff, and faculty over refreshments.
RSVP

CSB Seminar Dr. David Garcia, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
2023-03-30 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
As part of the CSB Seminar Series, CSB is hosting Dr. David Garcia, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center.

CSB Seminar: Dr. Marilyn Lee, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
2023-03-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

CSB Seminar: Dr. Aleksandr Miklos, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
2023-01-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States

CSB Seminar: Dr. Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zurich and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2022-11-07 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Evanston Campus, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
