When:
November 29, 2013 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
2013-11-29T20:00:00+00:00
2013-11-29T21:15:00+00:00
Where:
The Royal Institution
21 Albemarle Street
City of Westminster, W1S 4BS
UK
21 Albemarle Street
City of Westminster, W1S 4BS
UK
Cost:
£17
Contact:
The ‘reading’ of DNA is a solved technological problem but what about ‘writing’ DNA? Could we program or reprogram biological systems and even generate new life forms? Paul Freemont explores how the powerful fusion of molecular biology, design and engineering could lead to a ‘Biotechnological Revolution’ and considers the implications of the extraordinary field of synthetic biology.