Objective Synthetic biology has emerged as a very recent but highly promising approach to re-organizing the scientific biological endeavor by integrating central elements of engineering design.By applying the tool box of engineering disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering and computer sciences, including the vigorous application of modeling techniques and organizing the development of novel biological systems along a hierarchical systems architecture with defined and standardized interfaces, synthetic biology aims at no less than revolutionizing the way we do bioengineering today. If successful, synthetic biology will transform bioengineering into a highly successful and sustainable life science industry. However, such an endeavor requires urgently a coordination effort from the very beginning in order to point the transitions into the most promising directions.We will establish this coordination on several levels:- we will include the majority of European scientists and engineers currently active in the field and reach out to include crucial developments in the USA and Asia via a communication platform;- we will establish the intellectual foundation for synthetic biology by recruiting the required competence from neighboring engineering disciplines;- we will contribute to the formation of concepts and the implementation of state-of-the-art design methodology by starting to implement a dedicated IT infrastructure;- we will start providing the intellectual fundamentals map the most promising approaches to standardizations of procedures and parts; and- we will embed the early development of synthetic biology into the most meaningful industrial context by exploring the industrial interface including IP issues.In addressing these aspects, we will provide a firm foundation for synthetic biology to prosper in Europe and to fulfill indeed its role as a future engine for economic growth. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencessynthetic biologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesengineering and technologychemical engineering Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NEST-2005-Path-SYN - Synthetic biology Call for proposal FP6-2005-NEST-PATH See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH EU contribution No data Address Raemistrasse 101 ZURICH Switzerland See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACION CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLOGICAS CARLOS III Spain EU contribution No data Address MELCHOR FERNANDEZ ALMAGRO, 3 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER INFEKTIONSFORSCHUNG GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Inhoffenstrassse 7 BRAUNSCHWEIG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DSM INNOVATION CENTER BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Het Overloon 1 HEELEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DENMARK) Denmark EU contribution No data Address Anker Engelundsvej 1 KGS. LYNGBY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GENEART GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Josef-Engert-Str. 11 REGENSBURG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address The Old Schools, Trinity Lane CAMBRIDGE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Route de Saclay PALAISEAU See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON EU contribution No data Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE DE REGULACIÓ GENÒMICA Spain EU contribution No data Address Passeig Maritim, 37-49 BARCELONA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Serrano 117 MARID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data