Kicheva Anna, Rivron Nicolas C
Institute of Science and Technology IST Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6200 MD, The Netherlands
Development. 2017 Mar 1;144(5):733-736. doi: 10.1242/dev.144915.
In November 2016, developmental biologists, synthetic biologists and engineers gathered in Paris for a meeting called 'Engineering the embryo'. The participants shared an interest in exploring how synthetic systems can reveal new principles of embryonic development, and how the manipulation and modeling of development using stem cells can be used to integrate ideas and expertise from physics, developmental biology and tissue engineering. As we review here, the conference pinpointed some of the challenges arising at the intersection of these fields, along with great enthusiasm for finding new approaches and collaborations.
2016年11月，发育生物学家、合成生物学家和工程师齐聚巴黎，参加一场名为“胚胎工程”的会议。与会者都对探索合成系统如何揭示胚胎发育的新原理，以及如何利用干细胞对发育进行操控和建模以整合物理学、发育生物学和组织工程学的观点及专业知识有着浓厚兴趣。正如我们在此回顾的，此次会议明确指出了这些领域交叉所产生的一些挑战，同时也展现出了寻找新方法和开展合作的巨大热情。
