The Nordic Committee on Bioethics in collaboration with the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board are organizing a conference in Tromsø on the 28th of August 2014. The meeting is free of charge, please register here 

Synthetic biology aims to utilize emerging approaches of modern biotechnology to engineer biological systems for human and environmental purposes. At this conference, key persons will describe approaches and innovations within the field, accompanied by presentation that focus more on potential ethical, societal and safety implications. The conference will close with brief presentations by PhD students.

To see the agenda, please visit NCBio's website here

Travel grants for PhD students

The Nordic Committee on Bioethics offers travel grants for 6-10 PhD students from the Nordic countries working on synthetic biology or related questions (philosophical, ethical, literary, biosafety issues or other related topics will be considered).

If you have questions concerning this event, please contact
Anne Myhr, chair, anne.i.myhr@uit.no,  Tel.:  +47 77 64 46 42