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Workshop and Public Evening Event on „Synthetic Biology"

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Starts on
15.03.18

14:30 — 21:00

BBAW, Markgrafenstr. 38, 10117 Berlin

Event access: Public

The workshop focuses on the impact of the current developments in synthetic biology on our future life. This opportunity for mind games is open to school and university students, teachers, scientists from all disciplines, and interested citizens. In small working groups, participants will discuss potential, fictional examples of how synthetic biology will be applied in the fields of health, resources, biodiversity, and lifestyle in the year 2050. The discussions are based on future scenarios that will be prepared by experts in biology, law, ecology, and technology assessment.The application for the workshop has already been completed. The discussion results will be presented and discussed during the subsequent public evening event, starting at 7 pm. Please send your registration for the public evening event no later than March 8, 2018, to: anmeldung@scheringstiftung.de The conference is co-organized by the Ernst Schering Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Research Group "Gene Technology Report" at the BBAW and the Junge Akademie.

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