CRG Scientific Coffee: "Can we create synthetic life in the future?"
21/05/2014
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CRG Scientific Coffee: "Can we create synthetic life in the future?"
Barcelona
Biologists want to create artificial living beings Do they have the knowledge and the tools to do it ? Will Synthetic Biology change our lives?
Which are the risks and benefits of this technology? And which are the ethical boundaries comprom at issue?
Read about it, think and come coffee scientific on May 21st with your questions!
Speakers:
- Maria Lluch, Staff Scientist from the "Design of Biological Systems" Lab at the CRG, Barcelona
- Carlos Rodriguez-Caso, biologist from "Complex Systems Lab" at the UPF, Barcelona
- Kepa Ruiz-Miraz, a member of the "Information and Autonomous Systems" lab at the University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Venue: Sala de la Caritat, Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya. Carrer de l’Hospital 56, 08001 Barcelona
“Free entrance, no registration is needed.
