Session 4: Enabling Technologies and Platforms

Effective and scalable applications of synthetic biology require the development of enabling technologies. These technologies may include generalizable platforms that can be re-used in many contexts or include a reagent or method, that alone, or in combination with other related technologies, may serve as a starting point for the development of new tools or applications. This session will discuss the importance of and the development of new standards in synthetic biology, computational frameworks for designing molecular and cellular functions, and new methods that enable cellular processes to be predictably engineered at the genetic level.