Research activity type
Synthetic Aesthetics: connecting synthetic biology and creative design
Research team
Research team
Overview
Description
1 October 2009 - 31 March 2011
This project arose out of an EPSRC/NSF sandpit, and is jointly funded by both organisations. It is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh (Jane Calvert, ISSTI and Alistair Elfick, Engineering) and Stanford University, California (Drew Endy, Bioengineering).
The project will bring together scientists and engineers working in synthetic biology with artists and designers working in the creative industries, and it will analyse the interactions that result. This could lead to new forms of engineering, new schools of art, and new approaches to societal engagement with synthetic biology.