UCSF Center for Systems & Synthetic Biology

Center Investigators Lim and Gartner welcomed Vice President Biden for a small tour on their work at the visit on Saturday!

Looking to learn about the hurdles that keep STEM exclusive? Interested in moving towards a more inclusive STEM landscape? Want to spread the word about an effective diversity program? Want to learn about innovative diversity and inclusion STEM programs?

The Synberc Expanding Potential Workshop series continues January 2016! Help create a more inclusive STEM environment by registering!

Expanding Potential 2016 Workshop: Broadening participation in STEM | Synberc Date: January 30-31, 2016Location: Stanley Hall, UC BerkeleyRegistration open!Traveling attendees, please scroll below for hotel info. The Second Expanding Potential Workshop will take place on January 30-31, 2016 at Stanley Hall at UC Berkeley. Registration will open soon and will be available for…

Center Investigator Zev Gartner named one of Popular Science !

Brilliant 10: Zev Gartner Builds Tissues That Snap Together Like Legos He's also changing the way we understand cancer

Our award-winning 2015 iGEM team at the Giant Jamboree!

Giant Jamboree Awards Ceremony!
Photo cred IGEM Foundation and Justin Knight

Our iGEM team took home a Gold Medal and two Awards at this year's competition! We couldn't be more proud of their achievement, and -- more importantly -- great science!

Our iGEM team, who spent the summer doing research with us, is competing now at the international competition in Boston, and just did an AMAZING job on their talk! Lots of interest and positive feedback from the iGEM community. We're excited to hear about the results tomorrow - best of luck!

Our friends at SACNAS are hosting their career speaker series on Thursday evening 9/17 from 6-8pm, this time focusing on industry with speakers from Genentech. See flyer for more info and to RSVP!

See what our iGEM team is up to now!

Meet the UCSF 2015 iGEM Team Members! Introducing our UCSF 2015 iGEM team! Find out why we wanted to do iGEM, some of our favorite genes, and even our favorite way to waste time at work. Check ou...

Our friends at KQED took a "Deep Look" at our Kilobots! Check it out!

Can A Thousand Tiny Swarming Robots Outsmart Nature? | Deep Look How does a group of animals -- or cells, for that matter -- work together when no one’s in charge? Tiny swarming robots--called Kilobots--work together to ta...

Theorizza ( 📖➕🍕) on Friday (1pm BH413) with 2 guests from Berkeley: Nicolas Bray and Harold Pimental on "Ultrafast RNA-seq Analysis with Kallisto and Sleuth"

Our iGEM team is working to demystify the field of synthetic biology and to help define what genetic engineering, gene cloning and GMOs are! Watch their second clip in their video blog series here:

SynBio 101 UCSF iGEM 2015 presents our Policy and Practice Video #2 -- Watch this video to learn about synthetic biology, gene cloning, genetic engineering, and GMOs! #...

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