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Synthetic biology : building on nature's inspiration ; interdisciplinary research team summaries ; Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 20-22, 2009 /

Table of Contents: “…-- How do we move beyond genetics to engage chemical and physical approaches to synthetic biology? -- What is the role of evolution and evolvability in synthetic biology? …”
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Synthetic Biology : Parts, Devices and Applications. by Lee, Sang Yup

Subjects: “…Synthetic biology.…”
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Synthetic biology : industrial and environmental applications /

Table of Contents: “…Synthetic Biology; Contents; List of Contributors; Short CV of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Biofuels; Bioremediation; Biomaterials; Novel Developments in Synthetic Biology; Introduction; What Are Synthetic Biology Applications?…”
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Synthetic biology : tools and applications /

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Applied bioengineering : innovations and future directions

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Strange natures : conservation in the era of synthetic biology / by Redford, Kent H., 1955-, Adams, W. M. (William Mark), 1955-

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Synthetic : how life got made by Roosth, Sophia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Analysis : synthesis -- Interlude 1: Plastic fantastic -- Life by design : evolution and creation tales in synthetic biology -- Interlude 2: From still life to more intense life -- The synthetic kingdom : transgenic kinship in the postgenomic era -- Interlude 3: To make an eye, a hair, a leaf -- The rebirth of the author : new life in legal and economic circuits -- Interlude 4: Much more than human -- Biotechnical agnosticism : fragmented life and labor among the machines -- Interlude 5: What comes before -- Life makes itself at home : the rise of biohacking as political action -- Interlude 6: Life embryonic and prophetic -- Latter-day Lazarus : biological salvage and species revival -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: A note on method.…”
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Chemical synthetic biology /

Table of Contents: “…Replicators: Components for Systems Chemistry / Olga Taran, Gunter von Kiedrowski -- Dealing with the Outer Reaches of Synthetic Biology Biosafety, Biosecurity, IPR, and Ethical Challenges of Chemical Synthetic Biology / Markus Schmidt, Malcolm Dando, Anna Deplazes -- The Synthetic Approach in Biology: Epistemological Notes for Synthetic Biology / Pier Luigi Luisi -- Index.…”
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Synthetic biology and morality : artificial life and the bounds of nature /

Table of Contents: “…Appeals to nature and the natural in debates about synthetic biology / Andrew Lustig -- Creating life: synthetic biology and ethics / Joachim Boldt -- Engineered microbes in industry and science: a new human relationship to nature? …”
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Synthetic biology and morality : artificial life and the bounds of nature /

Table of Contents: “…Appeals to nature and the natural in debates about synthetic biology / Andrew Lustig -- Creating life: synthetic biology and ethics / Joachim Boldt -- Engineered microbes in industry and science: a new human relationship to nature? …”
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Biotechnologies Blanches et Biologie de SynthÃs̈e. by Académie des technologies, Académie des

Subjects: “…Synthetic biology.…”
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Synthetic aesthetics : investigating synthetic biology's designs on nature / by Ginsberg, Alexandra Daisy, Calvert, Jane, Schyfter, Pablo, Elfick, Alistair, Endy, Andrew D.

Table of Contents: “…Synthetic biology : what it is and why it matters /…”
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A great big story. / Great big stories.

Subjects: “…Synthetic biology.…”
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A simpler life : synthetic biological experiments / by Dan-Cohen, Talia, 1982-

Subjects: “…Synthetic biology Methodology.…”
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Playing God / Horizon.

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The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet by Sasselov, Dimitar D.

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Regenesis : How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves / by Church, George M. (George McDonald)

Subjects: “…Synthetic biology.…”
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Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century : Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. by Engineering, National Academy of

Table of Contents: “…FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Synthetic Biology: Science and Technology for the New Millennium -- 3 Strategies for Advancing Synthetic Biology -- 4 Opportunities and Challenges Emerging via a Networked World -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: London Symposium Agenda -- Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda -- Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda…”
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Phage display as a tool for synthetic biology / by Carnazza, Santina

Table of Contents: “…Synthetic biology applications in nanobiotechnology -- The "never born proteins" -- Protein engineering and directed evolution -- In vitro and biological display technologies -- Phage display for directed molecular evolution -- Antibody phage -- Phage as bioselective probes -- Phage-derived nanomaterials -- Phage perspectives in nanobiotechnology.…”
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The emergence of life : from chemical origins to synthetic biology / by Luisi, P. L.

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Regenesis : how synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves / by Church, George M. (George McDonald)

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Bloomberg Businessweek debrief. / Jason Kelly

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Natural Products : Discourse, Diversity, and Design. by Osbourn, Anne

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Brutes or angels : human possibility in the age of biotechnology by Bradley, James T., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Cells and molecules : the unity of life -- Stem cells : embryos, therapeutic cloning, and personhood -- Embryo selection : preimplantation genetic diagnosis -- The human genome project: spin-offs and fallout -- Human diversity, genes, and medicine : richness and dangers -- Genetic enhancement : humankind healing and redesigning itself -- Human reproductive cloning : sameness, uniqueness, and personal identity -- Age retardation : chasing immortality for better or worse -- The mind: neuroenhancement and neuroethics -- Synthetic biology: from cocreator to creator.…”
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Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology : Workshop Summary. by Threats, Forum on Microbial

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Frontiers of Engineering : Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2010 Symposium

Table of Contents: “…Autonomous systems and synthetic biology /…”
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Human nature and natural law

Table of Contents: “…Opinion on ethical aspects of synthetic biology of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) presented to the European Commission /…”

Frontiers of Engineering : Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 Symposium

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Technology : between apocalypse and integration

Table of Contents: “…The ideals of humanity in the light of synthetic biology and artificial intelligence /…”

Ethics, society, politics : proceedings of the 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 2012

Table of Contents: “…From functional differentiation to (re- ) hybridization : the challenges of bio-objects in synthetic biology /…”
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Synthetic gene network : modeling, analysis, and robust design methods by Chen, Bor-Sen, Wang, Yu-Chao, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Mathematical models and design specifications in synthetic gene networks -- Robust synthetic biology designs based on system dynamic models -- Robust synthetic biology designs based on network evolutionary methods -- Construction of promoter and promoter-RBS libraries for synthesis of gene networks -- Robust synthetic gene network designs based on library-search method -- Robust design of synthetic biological filter and transistor based on promoter-RBS libraries -- Communication and synchronization of a population of coupled synthetic gene networks.…”
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Making sense of life : explaining biological development with models, metaphors, and machines by Keller, Evelyn Fox, 1936-2023

Table of Contents: “…Synthetic biology and the origin of living form -- Morphology as a science of mechanical forces -- Untimely births of a mathematical biology -- Genes, gene action, and genetic programs -- Taming the cybernetic metaphor -- Positioning positional information -- The visual culture of molecular embryology -- New roles for mathematical and computational modeling -- Synthetic biology redux--computer simulation and artificial life.…”
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New Biotechnologies for Increased Energy Security : the Future of Fuel

Table of Contents: “…FRONT COVER; ABOUT THE EDITOR; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HOW TO CITE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I -- THE PREMISE; CHAPTER 1 -- Synthetic Biology: A Promising Technology for Biofuel Production; PART II -- PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; CHAPTER 2 -- Efficient Extraction of Xylan from Delignified Corn Stover Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide; CHAPTER 3 -- Process Modeling of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Wet-Exploded Corn Stover; CHAPTER 4 -- Bioconversion of Lignocellulose: Inhibitors and Setoxification; PART III -- ADVANCED MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES.…”
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The ethics of protocells : moral and social implications of creating life in the laboratory

Table of Contents: “…Bedau -- A new virtue-based understanding of the precautionary principle / Per Sandin -- Ethical dialogue about science in the context of a culture of precaution / Bill Durodié -- The creation of life in cultural context : from spontaneous generation to synthetic biology / Joachim Schummer -- Second life : some ethical issues in synthetic biology and the recapitulation of evolution / Laurie Zoloth -- Protocell patents : property between modularity and emergence / Alain Pottage -- Protocells, precaution, and open-source biology / Andrew Hessel -- The ambivalence of protocells : challenges for self-reflexive ethics / Brigitte Hantsche-Tangen -- Open evolution and human agency : the pragmatics of upstream ethics in the design of artificial life / George Khushf -- Human practices : interfacing three modes of collaboration / Paul Rabinow and Gaymon Bennett -- This is not a hammer : on ethics and technology / Mickey Gjerris -- Toward a critical evaluation of protocell research / Christine Hauskeller -- Methodological considerations about the ethical and social implications of protocells / Giovanni Boniolo.…”
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Routledge handbook of war, law and technology

Table of Contents: “…/ Brian Rappert -- Computer network attacks under the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello : "armed" effects and consequences / James Gow and Elaine Korzak -- Computer network attacks under the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello : distinction, proportionality and attribution / Elaine Korzak and James Gow -- Proportionality in cyber-targeting / Marco Roscini -- Digital intelligence and armed conflict after snowden / Sir David Omand -- Cyber security and the human factor / James Gow -- Autonomy of humans and robots / Thrishanta Nannayakkara -- Autonomous agents and command responsibility / Jack McDonald -- Legal-policy challenges of armed drones and autonomous weapon systems / Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson -- The "robots don't rape" controversy / Maziar Homaynoujenad -- Humanity and lethal robots : an engineering perspective / Tony Gillespie -- Bio-technological innovation, non-obvious warfare and challenges to international law / Christopher Lowe -- Synthetic biology and the biological weapons convention / Filippa Lentzos and Cecile Hellestveit -- A threat assessment of biological weapons : past, present and future / Matteo Bencic Habian -- Challenges in regulation : the synthetic biology dilemma : dual use and the limits of academic freedom / Guglielmo Verdirame and Matteo Bencic Habian -- Space warfare and the challenge to international law / Bleddyn Bowen -- Space and private companies: consequences for global security / Pawel Frankowski -- Biometrics and human security / James Gow and Georg Gassauer -- Future war crimes and the military (1) : cyber warfare / James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn -- Future war crimes and the military (2) : autonomy and synthetic biology / James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn -- Future war crimes and prosecution : gathering digital evidence / Maziar Homaynoujenad -- The russian concept of information warfare / Oscar Jonsson -- Unconventional warfare and technological innovation in Islam : ethics and legality / Ariane Tabatabai -- France and cyber-war / Anne-Marie Le Gloannec and Fleur Richard-Tixier -- The US, the UK, Russia and China : regulating cyber attacks under international law : developments at the united nations / Elaine Korzak -- The US, the UK, Russia and China : regulating cyber attacks under international law : the potential for dedicated norms / Elaine Korzak.…”
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Conversations about Energy : How the Experts See America's Energy Choices. by Carl, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…; Session 3: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Session 4: Synthetic Biology and Its Applications in Energy; Session 5: Putting a Price on Carbon; Session 6: A Sustained Research and Development Policy; Session 7: Emerging International Energy Relationships; Appendix 1; Working with China and India; What Can America Do with China? …”
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Re-creating nature : science, technology, and human values in the twenty-first century / Science, technology, and human values in the twenty-first century by Bradley, James T., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Cells, molecules, genes, and nature -- Embryos, stem cells, genetic enhancement, genomics, and synthetic biology -- Genetically engineered organisms -- CRISPR and life's future -- Nanotechnology, life, and nanoethics -- Brains, minds, and neuroethics -- Robots and roboethics -- Responsibilities and living well with modern biotechnologies -- The urgency of now.…”
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The Transhumanist Reader : Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future. by More, Max

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Vital forms : biological art, architecture, and the dependencies of life by Johung, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : vital dependencies -- Vital synthesis : art, design, and synthetic biology -- Vital maintenance : the tissue culture and art project, and infrastructures of care -- Vital contexts : morphology, mutability, and Sabin+Jones Labstudio -- Vital ecologies : protocells and hylozoic ground -- Vital regeneration : the promise and potentiality of stem cells -- Epilogue : vital times.…”
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