The University of Sheffield
Synthetic Biology

MATEs Recommended Reading

BBSRC commissioned review: "Synthetic Biology, Social and Ethical Challenges"
Andrew Balmer & Paul Martin Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham

"Tales of Emergence - Synthetic Biology as a Scientific Community in the Making" Journal article by Susan Molyneux-Hodgson and Morgan Meyer

(See also, Powerpoint presentation link at the right of this page)

SYNBIOSAFE publications: Safety, Security and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology

Systems and Synthetic Biology Journal: The Special Issue: Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology - Guest Edited by Markus Schmidt

"Synthetic Bio Group Finalizes Code of Conduct" GenomeWeb Daily News

European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies: Opinions No. 25 "Ethics of Synthetic Biology"

NATURE: "Without effective public engagement, there will be no synthetic biology in Europe" - Colin Macilwain

'Synthetic biology: Building machines from DNA' in Scientific American

Presidential Bioethics Commission chair on synthetic biology - The Scientist