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		<title>Happy Holidays, say the recombinant bacteria</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;ELISA Redux&#8221; 96-Well Plate Cryptography Challenge</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/424</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The publication GEN is running a contest, with $1,500 plus fancy biotechnology equipment as the prize, for the first one who can decode the cryptographic message hidden in this 96-well plate: Register on the GEN site &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/424">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Battery-powered, Pocket-sized PCR Thermocycler</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/422</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, some bright students at Texas A&#38;M improved upon the most basic tool for manipulating microbiology: a thermocycler.   Thermocyclers are typically large tabletop instruments which require a large sample, a lot of electrical &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/422">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When a needle is not a needle: inside &#038; outside needle diameter variations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In various discussions in biology circles there&#8217;s often the lament that &#8220;biology is hard&#8221; (which I agree) and from the biologists there are continued remarks that repeating a protocol in a slightly different way will have &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/396">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Always Trust Open Source Software.  Why Trust Open Source Biology?</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/389</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The software you are happily using may be.. unnecessarily brittle. Recently I&#8217;ve been developing a little bit of high-level software using open source libraries.  Sometimes it amazes me that open source software works at all.  Here&#8217;s &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/389">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Perl Bio-Robotics module, Robotics.pm and Robotics::Tecan</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/386</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FYI for Bioperl developers: I am developing a module for communication with biology robotics, as discussed recently on #bioperl, and I invite your comments. Currently this module talks to a Tecan genesis workstation robot. Other vendors &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/386">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Software for Biohackers</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/382</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some open source software collections of biology interest are noted here. I&#8217;ll update this list as time goes on. If you would like to have your project listed too, leave a comment with all the fields &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/382">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Centrifuge the column(s) at ≥10,000×g (13,000 rpm) for 1 minute, then discard the flow-through.&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A basic equation of physics, for those out there building their own centrifuges: What are RPM, RCF, and g force and how do I convert between them? The magnitude of the radial force generated in a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/380">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3G Cellphone as Biotech Tool: &#8220;Cellular Phone Enabled Non-Invasive Tissue Classifier&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/360</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent paper in PLoS ONE describes a diagnostic system which uses a common 3G cellphone with bluetooth to assist in point-of-care measurement of tissues, from tissue samples previously taken, with remote data analysis [1].  The &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/360">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Comments Re: Woodrow Wilson International Center&#8217;s Talk on Synthetic Biology: Feasibility of the Open Source Movement</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/325</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a recent talk on Synthetic Biology, Patents, and Open Source.  This talk is now available via the web; link below.  I&#8217;ve written some comments on viewing the talk, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/325">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Playing with the $100K Robots for Biology Automation</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/318</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tecan Genesis Workstation 200: It&#8217;s an industrial benchtop robot for liquid handling with multiple arms for tray handling and pipetting. The robot&#8217;s operations are complex, so an integrated development environment is used to program it &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/318">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>HVPS for Systems Biology: A Low Cost, High Voltage Power Supply with Schematics + Board Layout</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/303</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have designed this high voltage, low current power supply for various experiments in systems &#38; synthetic biology. I have cleaned up the design and I am placing the schematic and board layout online below!  This &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/303">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>DIY Digital Microfluidics for Automating Biology Protocols (sub-microliter droplets)</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/280</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Systems biologists and synthetic biologists spend a large amount of time moving small liquids from one vial to another. I would say it makes up the majority of their work day, even in a technologically cutting-edge &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/280">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Make some simple biology lab tools</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/257</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes biology lab tools are really simple, and ridiculously obvious (i.e., a petri dish?).   Yet most of the general public form the idea that biology, chemistry, or even nanotechnology, is impossible because we don&#8217;t have high-tech &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/257">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Make the News Headlines: &#8220;Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/234</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a nice holiday surprise for me this week, my project (Melaminometer) &#38; a team member (Meredith L. Patterson) made it into Associated Press science news: &#8220;Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home&#8221;.  The article is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/234">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Average Americans are Scared of &#8220;Synthetic Biology&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/210</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, believe it, non-synthetic biologists have a poor, even fearful, associations when synthetic biology is described to them: Q: How do the descriptions of these technologies [synthetic biology] make you feel? Female Respondent: I really thought &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/210">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Skunkworks Bioengineering &#8212; Prerequisites to Success?</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/174</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Despite all the support and money evident in the projects, there is absolutely no reason this work could not be done in a garage. And all of the parts for these projects are now available from &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/174">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Witch Hazel? Triclosan? Horsetail Extract? Camellia Sinesis Leaf?</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/108</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breeze by the cosmetics section of the department store next time. There is a 1+ billion-dollar market being bought and sold right under, and on top of, everyone&#8217;s noses, using mostly experimental organic chemistry, wrapped up &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/108">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;SynBioSS: The Synthetic Biology Modeling Suite&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/80</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SynBioSS (Synthetic Biology Software Suite) is a suite of software for the modeling and simulation of synthetic genetic constructs. SynBioSS utilizes the registry of standard biological parts, a database of kinetic parameters, and both graphical and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/80">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Word on the Street @ Synthetic Biology 4.0 &#8211; Day 3</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/56</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word on the street from Synthetic Biology 4.0..  take a word or leave a word. Venture capitalists and private investors are very interested in synthetic biology.  Significant buzz in the Bay Area regarding the term.  Large &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/56">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Word on the Street @ Synthetic Biology 4.0 &#8211; Day 2</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/52</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word on the street from Synthetic Biology 4.0..  take a word or leave a word. Tom Knight mentions it will be another 10 years before an untrained hobbyist can order a BioBrick off the shelf, stir &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/52">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Word on the Street @ SB 4.0 &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/46</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word on the street from Synthetic Biology 4.0..  take a word or leave a word. DIY Bio such as Garage Hacking Biobricks &#8211; it&#8217;s not for grandma or the kids or even the DIY hackers.  It&#8217;s &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/46">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy Protein Families :-D</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/43</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fun card deck from GeneArt at SB4.0.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Synthetic Biology Conference 4.0 (2008) Agenda</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/29</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Synthetic Biology Conference for 2008 is in Hong Kong. The agenda can be found here: Synthetic Biology Conference 4.0 Agenda]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7th Annual International Symposium Addressed the Engineering through Systems Biology</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/5</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 08:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2008 SYMPOSIUM Systems Biology and Engineering Sunday, April 20 and Monday, April 21 2008 7th Annual International Symposium Addressed the Engineering through Systems Biology The Institute for Systems Biology and the University of Washington College of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/5">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Synthetic Biology Conference 3.0, 2007</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/4</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Synthetic Biology Conference for 2007 (aka: SB3.0) was held in Zurich; download the conference proceedings. Many of the talks are available for viewing online. Video: Welcome to SB 3.0, by Sven Panke, ETH Zurich Welcome &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/4">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>NCBI BLAST: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/144</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BLAST finds regions of similarity between biological sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/144">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Synthetic Biology Conference 2.0 &#8211; video excerpt</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/132</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Second International Conference on Synthetic Biology (SB2.0) took place on May 20-22, 2006, at the University of California, Berkeley. The conference brought together a diverse group of participants from a variety of disciplines, including some &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/132">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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