MIT synthetic biologist, David Kong, is in town for the New Year and has offered to share his work in microfluidics with BioCurious while he's here. Join us for David's presentation and round-table discussion this Monday at 4pm. $5 donation suggested. We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda:
4-4:30pm: Lab tour and introductions
4:30-5:30pm: David Kong presents
5:30-6pm: Discussion
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[read more] MIT synthetic biologist, David Kong, is in town for the New Year and has offered to share his work in microfluidics with BioCurious while he's here. Join us for David's presentation and round-table discussion this Monday at 4pm. $5 donation suggested. We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda:
4-4:30pm: Lab tour and introductions
4:30-5:30pm: David Kong presents
5:30-6pm: Discussion
Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics
Central to the emerging field of synthetic biology is the high throughput fabrication of synthetic DNA. Such DNA can be utilized to execute biological programs in cells, to serve as the template for novel proteins, or on the genome scale to reprogram simple organisms. Microfluidic technology has emerged as a powerful tool for automated, high throughput synthesis and testing of biological and chemical systems. In this talk, the intersection between synthetic biology and microfluidics will be explored, with experimental results presented in microfluidic gene synthesis and DNA circuit assembly, microfluidic platforms integrating DNA and protein synthesis, and microfluidic olfactory receptor synthesis for novel biosensors.
Biography
David Sun Kong received his Ph.D. from MIT working on miniaturizing biological processes utilizing microfluidic, or “lab-on-a-chip” technology, for the fabrication of synthetic DNA. Such enabling technology is central to the emerging field of synthetic biology and will be useful not only for the high throughput manufacture of synthetic DNA, but also for the massively parallel synthesis and assay of novel protein designs and genetic circuits. He also received an M.S. at the Media Lab working on high-resolution direct-write lithography utilizing electron and ion beams and a B.S. in chemical engineering, all at MIT.
