Dear Friends of the BioBricks Foundation,

Here’s the latest news from the BioBricks Foundation and our fundraising campaign to raise $50K by December 31, 2011. As of today, we have already raised $35K toward our goal. So that leaves just $15K to go! Already made a gift? Thank you so much! Haven’t given yet? There’s still time to do so. Help us make it to the top!

The BioBricks Foundation (BBF) is a public-benefit organization dedicated to advancing synthetic biology (SynBio) to benefit all people and the planet. We work to create a sustainable future by supporting the development and free exchange of standardized biological parts that are safe, ethical, cost effective and publicly accessible. The funds raised in this campaign will support the BBF’s work for SynBio in technology, the law, education, and community building for the coming year.

If you work in the BioTech industry, attended the SB 5.0 Conference, follow the BIOFAB, or are one of 9,000 people who use OpenWetWare, you are part of the BBF community. Please act now by making a personal financial gift to support the BBF.

Your tax-deductible gift of $10, $20, $50, $100, or any amount will have a big impact. With your help, the BBF will have resources to conduct such activities as launching OWW2.0, providing scholarships to young researchers for SB 6.0, hosting workshops on exciting themes, and launching initiatives to unite global BIOFABs and create a road map for the field of SynBio. The time to give is now. Make a secure, online donation to the BBF today.

SynBio has the power to transform our world. Let’s work together to ensure a strong, safe, open SynBio field. Please support the BBF mission.

Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Holly Million Executive Director, The BioBricks Foundation	Natalie Kuldell Board of Directors, The BioBricks Foundation OpenWetWare “Super User”

P.S. Want to get more involved? The BBF is making plans to better serve the SynBio community. Want to find out when SB6.0 is taking place? Want to give input on our new Education Program? Send us a message.

Dear Friends of the BioBricks Foundation,

Here’s the latest news from the BioBricks Foundation and our fundraising campaign to raise $50K by December 31, 2011. As of today, we have already raised $21K toward our goal. So that leaves just $29K to go! Already made a gift? Thank you so much! Haven’t given yet? There’s still time to do so. Help us make it to the top!

The BioBricks Foundation (BBF) is a public-benefit organization dedicated to advancing synthetic biology (SynBio) to benefit all people and the planet. We work to create a sustainable future by supporting the development and free exchange of standardized biological parts that are safe, ethical, cost effective and publicly accessible. The funds raised in this campaign will support the BBF’s work for SynBio in technology, the law, education, and community building for the coming year.

If you work in the BioTech industry, attended the SB 5.0 Conference, follow the BIOFAB, or are one of 9,000 people who use OpenWetWare, you are part of the BBF community. Please act now by making a personal financial gift to support the BBF.

Your tax-deductible gift of $10, $20, $50, $100, or any amount will have a big impact. With your help, the BBF will have resources to conduct such activities as launching OWW2.0, providing scholarships to young researchers for SB 6.0, hosting workshops on exciting themes, and launching initiatives to unite global BIOFABs and create a road map for the field of SynBio. The time to give is now. Make a secure, online donation to the BBF today.

SynBio has the power to transform our world. Let’s work together to ensure a strong, safe, open SynBio field. Please support the BBF mission.

Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Holly Million Executive Director, The BioBricks Foundation	Natalie Kuldell Board of Directors, The BioBricks Foundation OpenWetWare “Super User”

P.S. Want to get more involved? The BBF is making plans to better serve the SynBio community. Want to find out when SB6.0 is taking place? Want to give input on our new Education Program? Send us a message.

Dear Friends of the BioBricks Foundation,

Here’s the latest news from the BioBricks Foundation and our fundraising campaign to raise $50K by December 31, 2011. As of today, we have already raised $10K toward our goal. So that leaves just $40K to go! Already made a gift? Thank you so much! Haven’t given yet? There’s still time to do so. Help us make it to the top!

The BioBricks Foundation (BBF) is a public-benefit organization dedicated to advancing synthetic biology (SynBio) to benefit all people and the planet. We work to create a sustainable future by supporting the development and free exchange of standardized biological parts that are safe, ethical, cost effective and publicly accessible. The funds raised in this campaign will support the BBF’s work for SynBio in technology, the law, education, and community building for the coming year.

If you work in the BioTech industry, attended the SB 5.0 Conference, follow the BIOFAB, or are one of 9,000 people who use OpenWetWare, you are part of the BBF community. Please act now by making a personal financial gift to support the BBF.

Your tax-deductible gift of $10, $20, $50, $100, or any amount will have a big impact. With your help, the BBF will have resources to conduct such activities as launching OWW2.0, providing scholarships to young researchers for SB 6.0, hosting workshops on exciting themes, and launching initiatives to unite global BIOFABs and create a road map for the field of SynBio. The time to give is now. Make a secure, online donation to the BBF today.

SynBio has the power to transform our world. Let’s work together to ensure a strong, safe, open SynBio field. Please support the BBF mission.

Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Holly Million Executive Director, The BioBricks Foundation	Natalie Kuldell Board of Directors, The BioBricks Foundation OpenWetWare “Super User”

P.S. Want to get more involved? The BBF is making plans to better serve the SynBio community. Want to find out when SB6.0 is taking place? Want to give input on our new Education Program? Send us a message.

Dear Friends of the BioBricks Foundation,

The BioBricks Foundation (BBF) is a public-benefit organization dedicated to advancing synthetic biology (SynBio) to benefit all people and the planet. We work to create a sustainable future by standardizing biological parts that are safe, ethical, cost effective and publicly accessible. Your enthusiastic involvement in the SynBio community and the work of the BBF makes a crucial difference.

The BBF is a young organization that has produced results. This year, we successfully created the first-in-the-world BioBrick™ Public Agreement (BPA), a legal tool that enables the free exchange and use of standard biological parts. BIOFAB, our first professional research collaboration, has produced reliable, standardized biological parts that constitute a free operating system for biotechnology. In addition, the BBF also manages OpenWetWare (OWW), an open-source wiki that facilitates teaching, learning, and sharing of data for 9,000 researchers through a culture of collaboration and open science. That’s not all. Just this past June, the BBF successfully organized SB 5.0, an inspiring 3-day global conference in SynBio with the participation of over 70 international speakers and 730 attendees from over 25 countries.

With 2012 approaching, the BBF plans to do even more to support and connect our SynBio community, promoting the effectiveness of OWW, creating new educational programs, and much more. We need your help to make these goals a reality.

To support this exciting work, the BBF has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $50K by December 31, 2011. Thanks to a generous donor, we’ve already raised $8K toward our goal. That leaves just $42K to go!

Your gift of $10, $20, $50, $100, or any amount will have a big impact. With your help, the BBF will have resources to conduct such activities as launching OWW2.0, providing scholarships to young researchers for SB 6.0, hosting workshops on exciting themes, and launching initiatives to unite global BIOFABs and create a road map for the field of SynBio. The time to give is now. Make a secure, online donation to the BBF today.

We live in a world with limited natural resources. Striving to build a sustainable world is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. SynBio may hold the key to our future. The BBF fills a unique need in this field, educating, building community, creating legal tools, and fostering cooperation. Please act now by making a personal financial gift to support the BBF.

We’ll let you know our progress in meeting our campaign goal. Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203388804576617563914681284.html

There are 2 months and 21 days left until the SB 5.0 meeting. For those who have already registered, we urge you to book your travel and your accommodation as soon as possible. June is a busy month in Stanford due to Graduation thus finding accommodation can be a challenge.  For those who have not registered, we encourage you to register as soon as possible since space is limited.

In addition,  we would like to share with you our list of confirmed speakers thus far. Please see below or visit the following link to see our list of speakers: http://sb5.biobricks.org/speakers/

Stay tuned for upcoming news from us.  We are looking forward to receiving you in June.

SB 5.0 Speakers:

• Luke Alphey, Oxford
• Adam Arkin, LBNL
• Steve Benner, FFAME
• Peter Carr, MIT
• Michelle Chang, UC Berkeley
• Linda Chrisey, ONR
• George Church, Harvard
• Lee Crews, Duane Morris LLP
• Douglas Densmore, Boston University
• Maitreya Dunham, University of Washington
• Andy Ellington, UT Austin
• Mark Fischer, Duane Morris LLP
• Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zurich
• Justin Gallivan, Emory University
• Dan Gibson, J. Craig Venter Institute
• John Glass, J. Craig Venter Institute
• Theresa Good, NSF
• Jeff Gore, MIT
• Jeff Gralnick, University of Minnesota
• Nathan Hillson, Joint BioEnergy Institute
• Alicia Jackson, DARPA
• Amy Keating, MIT
• Tanja Kortemme, UCSF
• Natalie Kuldell, MIT
• Emily Leproust, Agilent Technologies
• Anselm Levskaya, Stanford
• Trent Northern, LBNL
• Manu Prakash, Stanford
• Petra Schwille, Technische Universitat Dresden
• Matthew Scott, University of Waterloo
• Reshma Shetty, Gingko Bioworks
• Pamela Silver, Harvard
• Christina Smolke, Stanford
• Angelike Stathopoulos, Caltech
• Gurol Suel, UT Southwestern
• Alice Ting, MIT
• Cole Trapnell, MIT
• Chris Voigt, UCSF
• Yun-Ling Wong, Gates Foundation

Visit this website again for a complete list of confirmed speakers and speaker bios in the coming weeks.

Our event planning committee will make decisions about the winning applications and email you a notification by April 1, 2011.

See you soon!

SB1.0 through SB4.0 have hosted over 1,500 researchers from more than 18 countries and have been held on 3 continents. In addition to presentations of cutting-edge biotechnologies, the meetings have included discussions to place the research within its current and future social context, including issues of biosafety, biosecurity, bioethics, and intellectual property.

To find out more, visit sb5.biobricks.org.

We can’t wait to see you there!