China News Service, Hangzhou, July 16th (Qian Chenfei) On the 16th, the Hangzhou International Science and Technology Innovation Center of Zhejiang University (referred to as the Science and Technology Innovation Center) held the first engineering biological casting forum in Hangzhou on the occasion of the second anniversary of the opening of the park. Academicians and experts gathered together. Come together to discuss the future of synthetic biology.
At the meeting, Yang Deren, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of the Science and Technology Innovation Center, said that synthetic biology is a frontier subject that has spawned original breakthroughs and interdisciplinary integration. Life sciences and bioeconomy are rising to an unprecedented strategic height. As a high-end scientific and technological innovation platform jointly built by urban schools in Zhejiang Province, the Science and Technology Innovation Center has always adhered to the two-wheel drive and two-way linkage of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. As one of the earliest platforms established by the Science and Technology Innovation Center, the Institute of Biological and Molecular Intelligence has always focused on key scientific and technical issues in the field of synthetic biology, relying on high-throughput automated scientific devices to achieve the deep integration of biotechnology and information technology .
He expects the center to focus on disruptive technologies in the field of synthetic biology and jointly serve the reform of China’s biotechnology industry based on the practical needs and problems of high-throughput automation.
Yang Lirong, chief scientist of the Institute of Biological and Molecular Intelligence of the Science and Technology Innovation Center, said that the institute is aiming at the national strategic needs and the frontier of discipline development. Relying on the industrial advantages led by the Yangtze River Delta, the school’s strong scientific research strength and the innovative system and mechanism of the Science and Technology Innovation Center, it has continuously Promote the development of deep integration of industry, academia and research.
He pointed out that this forum focuses on the theme of engineering bio-casting, relying on intelligent and automated high-throughput bio-casting devices, focusing on discussing key scientific and engineering technical issues in the field of synthetic biology, and promoting synthetic biology in bio-manufacturing, life and health. , disruptive breakthroughs and application innovations in the fields of agriculture, food, etc. As an emerging force in the field of synthetic biology, the institute will usher in better development with the support and help of all parties, and contribute more to the scientific and technological innovation in the field of synthetic biology in China.
Focusing on their respective research priorities, the participating experts focused on engineering bio-casting, and explored a new paradigm of cross-integration of life science and information science, from synthetic biology to bio-intelligence and bio-economy, to discuss synthetic biology opportunities, challenges and countermeasures, with a view to promoting synthesis Biotechnology and biomanufacturing industry development.
It is understood that the synthetic biology automation device (iBioFoundry) of the Science and Technology Innovation Center is currently the largest and most integrated full-process, high-throughput, automated device in the global synthetic biology research field. The use of this device can greatly improve the efficiency of artificial cell construction, further integrate life science and information science, achieve the goals of rapid data creation, intelligent analysis of data and data-driven re-creation, and achieve precise design, standard synthesis and precise regulation of artificial synthesis systems. .
Among them, iBioFoundry is designed according to the integrated design of four functional modules: sample library, cell screening and culture, DNA element assembly and analysis and detection, which can be widely used in the design and construction of gene circuits, artificial gene design and synthesis, cell factory design and construction, multi-cell system construction and Application, directed evolution of enzyme molecules, cell-free protein synthesis, compound synthesis and screening, biomaterial creation and other research directions. Recently, the device has been opened to researchers as an important shared scientific research platform. (Finish)