The Arts Catalyst, UCL and Synthetic Aesthetics in partnership with SymbioticA present: Synthesis :: July 4-9, 2011 :: University College London (UCL), UK :: Call for Participants — Deadline: April 4; 10:00 am.

Synthetic Biology is an emerging area of research which applies engineering principles to biology. Synthesis will be an intensive exchange laboratory for artists, designers, synthetic biologists, engineers, and others from relevant disciplines, collaboratively exploring synthetic biology’s ideas and techniques and its social and cultural implications.

The exchange laboratory will be devised and led by scientists including Prof John Ward (UCL) in collaboration with artist/designers Oron Catts (SymbioticA UWA/Royal College of Art) and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (Synthetic Aesthetics).