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NIH Synthetic Biology Consortium (SBC)

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Jermont Chen , Ph.D.
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Program Director
 Division of Discovery Science and Technology (Bioengineering) Program Area: Nanomaterials
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The Synthetic Biology Consortium was formed as a place for researchers and stake holders interested in the synthetic biology field to interact and share ideas with each other, as well as to facilitate bringing synthetic biology researchers to the NIH.  

Background

In 2019, the Synthetic Biology Consortium (SBC) was formed as a result from interest from Program Staff from 11 NIH Institutes/Centers and the Office of the NIH Director. The NIH SBC hosts an annual meeting that is open to the public. The annual meeting summaries and videos and other NIH led synthetic biology workshops are linked below under the Historical Synthetic Biology Workshops section.

funding opportunities

Active Synthetic Biology Funding Opportunities

NOT-EB-23-002
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications

NOT-HL-21-024
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Bold New Bioengineering Research for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases

RFA-OD-24-010
R03: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science

NSF-24-603
Biomedical Research Initiative for Next-Gen BioTechnologies - SynBio Control (BRING SynBio)
NSF/Directorate of Engineering and NIH/NIBIB program solicitation 

BRING SynBio webinar recording now available | NSF - National Science Foundation

POSEIDON | ARPA-H
Notice ID: ARPA-H-SOL-24-109
Platform Optimizing SynBio for Early Intervention and Detection in ONcology

synthetic biology meeting section

NIH Synthetic Biology Consortium Annual Meeting
Learn more and register for the upcoming meeting

Dates: November 20 – 22, 2024

Location: NIH Neuroscience Center Building (NSC) 

Learn more about the annual workshop 

Register here

 

Historical Synthetic Biology Workshops

2024

Workshop on Synthetic Biology for Molecular Imaging in Cancer
National Cancer Institute

2023

Synthetic Biology for Aging Workshop
Hosted by NIBIB, NIA

2022

Synthetic Biology and New Directions for HLBS Application Virtual Workshop
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

NIH SBC Meeting history videos links and summaries: 

2023: Biomanufacturing and Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications (Hybrid/in person)

Day 1 Video
Day 2 Video

2022: Control Theory and Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications (Virtual) 

Breakout meeting 1 Response to the Pandemic and Opportunities for Synthetic Biology to Prepare and Recover from a Pandemic 
Breakout meeting 2 Control Theory, Toolkits and Modeling
Breakout meeting 3 Engineering Biology Capabilities and Bottlenecks
Breakout meeting 4 Scaling up Biocontrol Methods to Complex Biological Systems
Main Synthetic Biology Consortium meeting

2021: Synthetic Biology Technology Showcases (Virtual)

Day 1 Video Link
Day 2 Video Link

2019:  First NIH Synthetic Biology Meeting!  Breakout sessions in Embryogenesis & Morphogenesis, Natural Products, Vaccine Development, Immunotherapy (In person, no video link)

Synthetic Biology Consortium Members
See a complete list of members

NIBIB Contacts