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Synthetic Biology & Society

Whether it's agriculture, healthcare, the environment or the economy, synthetic biology has an increasingly important role to play! Visit our forum and join in the discussions!

Our Forum

NaNoWriMo x iGEM

In our first collaboration ever, iGEM and NaNoWriMo unite to showcase stories featuring synthetic biology! Follow these NaNoWriMo novelists over the month of November as they craft 50,000 word novels!

Once upon a time...

Art disturbs, science reassures ~Georges Braque

What can generate more inspiration or discussion than art? And what is not art? Come take a look. Better yet, contribute!

Be disturbed!

Promoter Maps

We collected hundreds of definitions of synthetic biology from the UBC community-undergrads, grad students and faculty from various disciplines. These definitions were sorted by field/occupation as well as level of education in order to synthesize these promoter maps. Each promoter map consists of words arranged from highest to lowest frequency (with implemented cut-off points), representing the prevalent ideas in our community's awareness of synthetic biology!

Word Clouds

Can't get enough? We've got a storm of word clouds headed this way. Each represents definitions of synthetic biology from students in different disciplines!

The Synthetic Biology Art Gallery

"Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world." -Leonardo da Vinci

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." -Francis Bacon

"What a society deems important is enshrined in its art." -Harry Broudy

Whatever your thoughts on art are, come visit our gallery and send us your very own artwork on synthetic biology!

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by November 30. In our first collaboration ever, iGEM and NaNoWriMo unite to showcase stories featuring synthetic biology!

Augmented Genesis by Tony Southcotte
Mankind has undergone a synthetic evolution. So when an electromagnetic storm comes, chaos ensues.

Brought to Life by Richard S. Crawford
It's the epic story of the first synthetic person and the challenges he faces as he tries to establish his own identity.

Fledgling Wings by Angelica A.
Jonas is a hybrid of human and animal. Now he must discover the secrets behind the disappearance of chimeras.

Kalopsiac Green by Karen Llamas
Thomas and Felix were sold to science, and they know all too well this isn't the destiny sci-fi novelists dreamt of.

Lyghts by Lyvie Hallman Taylor
A scientist finds hope in LYGHT: DNA codes that enhance everything from physical attraction to touch.

Machmen by Kay Proctor
Robots turn the tables and program humans to obey the Three Laws of Robotics - for better or for worse.

Perfect Monster by Maggie Burns
A researcher who commits crimes against humanity tries to save the world from the terrible consequences.

Progress Unbound by David Scheidl
Synthetically augmented humans have colonized distant planets and continue to experiment to better survive.

Triple S Operation by Tania Knight
The Triple S are people who won't be missed. The government's technology has allowed them to shift shape...

Twice by Vivian Rivera
It isn't safe to say Joseph was murdered because he's still alive. He's just not in his own body.

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-<p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">National Novel Writing Month</a> is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by November 30. In our first collaboration ever, iGEM and NaNoWriMo unite to showcase <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/HP_nanowrimo">stories featuring synthetic biology</a>!
+<p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">National Novel Writing Month</a> is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by November 30. In our first collaboration ever, iGEM and NaNoWriMo unite to showcase <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/HP_nanowrimo">stories featuring synthetic biology</a>!
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 <b>Augmented Genesis by Tony Southcotte </b><br/>
-The continued advancement of technology has brought about a synthetic evolution in the human species. So when an electromagnetic storm destroys the hardware, chaos ensues.
+Mankind has undergone a synthetic evolution. So when an electromagnetic storm comes, chaos ensues.
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 <b>Fledgling Wings by Angelica A.</b><br/>
-Jonas is a chimera, a hybrid of human and animal. He has enough trouble coping, but then his friend disappears. Now he must discover the secrets behind the disappearance of all chimeras.
+Jonas is a hybrid of human and animal. Now he must discover the secrets behind the disappearance of chimeras.
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 <b>Kalopsiac Green by Karen Llamas</b><br/>
-Thomas and Felix are teenagers whose mothers sold their bodies to science. Amidst a world with many marvels from altered foods to altered people, they know all too well this isn't the destiny that sci-fi novelists wrote of.
+Thomas and Felix were sold to science, and they know all too well this isn't the destiny sci-fi novelists dreamt of.
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 <b>Lyghts by Lyvie Hallman Taylor</b><br/>
-Is it science or love that drives us? A sympathetic scientist wished to combine the two, to unite frigid logic and warm embrace. She finds hope in LYGHT: DNA codes that enhance everything from physical attraction to touch.<br></br>
+A scientist finds hope in LYGHT: DNA codes that enhance everything from physical attraction to touch.<br></br>
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 <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/3/38/Machmen.jpg" height=70px>
 <b>Machmen by Kay Proctor</b><br/>
-"Robots turn the tables and program humans to obey the Three Laws of Robotics - for better or for worse." Robots learnt of human history, current affairs, strengths, and weaknesses, and came to one conclusion: Humans needed to be fixed...
+Robots turn the tables and program humans to obey the Three Laws of Robotics - for better or for worse.
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 <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/c/c6/Maggie_Burns.jpg" height=70px>
 <b>Perfect Monster by Maggie Burns</b><br/>
-This is the story of a medical researcher who commits crimes against humanity to stop a war, then from exile tries to save the world from the terrible fallout of his acts.<br></br>
+A researcher who commits crimes against humanity tries to save the world from the terrible consequences.<br></br>
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-<b>Progress Unbound by David Scheidl</b><br/>Synthetically augmented humans have colonized distant planets and continue to experiment to better survive. Meanwhile, Earth is experiencing a moral revival and is now determined to limit the scientific excesses of her colonies.
+<b>Progress Unbound by David Scheidl</b><br/>
+Synthetically augmented humans have colonized distant planets and continue to experiment to better survive.
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 <b>Triple S Operation by Tania Knight</b><br/>
-All of the Triple S are unwanted, people who won't be missed. The government's new technology has allowed them to alter the teenage body and give it the ability to shift shape...
+The Triple S are people who won't be missed. The government's technology has allowed them to shift shape...
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 <b>Twice by Vivian Rivera</b><br/>
-The world you know now is a lie. Joseph Kadlowski was killed because he knew too much. It isn't safe to say he was murdered because he's still alive. He's just not in his own body.<br></br>
+It isn't safe to say Joseph was murdered because he's still alive. He's just not in his own body.<br></br>
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