Innovative community efforts in academia and non-profits to engage student researchers, encourage open sharing of DNA constructs and new methodology as well as build a Registry of Standardized Biological Parts have been central to the emergence of synthetic biology.
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I would like to thank D. Endy, M. Fischer, D. Grewal, R. Rettberg and P. Silver for discussions on iGEM and the BBF.
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Smolke, C. Building outside of the box: iGEM and the BioBricks Foundation. Nat Biotechnol 27, 1099–1102 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1209-1099
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