Krink Nicolas, Löchner Anne C, Cooper Hendrik, Beisel Chase L, Di Ventura Barbara
Co-founder German Association for Synthetic Biology, Germany.
Previous Steering Committee German Association for Synthetic Biology, Germany.
Biotechnol Notes. 2021 Dec 31;3:8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.biotno.2021.12.001. eCollection 2022.
Despite its start in the early 2000s, synthetic biology is still overall perceived as a young discipline. In some countries, such as the US, synthetic biology is academically and industrially established, while in others, including Germany, it is still an upcoming field of research. Issues with funding schemes, commercial translation of technologies, public perception, and regulations need to be addressed to establish synthetic biology as a key discipline of the 21 century. This perspective article reviews the German and European synthetic biology landscape and how the German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB) is addressing the above-mentioned challenges with its events and community-building activities.
尽管合成生物学始于21世纪初，但总体上仍被视为一门年轻的学科。在一些国家，如美国，合成生物学在学术和工业领域已确立地位，而在包括德国在内的其他国家，它仍是一个新兴的研究领域。要将合成生物学确立为21世纪的关键学科，就需要解决资金计划、技术的商业转化、公众认知和监管等问题。这篇观点文章回顾了德国和欧洲的合成生物学概况，以及德国合成生物学协会（GASB）如何通过其活动和社区建设活动应对上述挑战。
