On the road to Paris: Join IWBDA at the iGEM Grand Jamboree
by Alexis Casas
on behalf of the IWBDA 2022 Organizing Committee
Registration is open now for the 14th International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA) to be held October 24-26, 2022 in Paris. IWBDA will be held at the Learning Planet Institute venue on the 24th and 25th of October 2022 and at the iGEM Grand Jamboree on Wednesday the 26th.
IWBDA will bring together researchers from the synthetic biology, systems biology, and design automation communities to discuss concepts, methodologies, and experimental and modeling tools for the computational analysis and engineering of biological systems.
The field of synthetic biology, still in its early stages, has largely been driven by experimental expertise, and much of its success can be attributed to the skill of the researchers in specific domains of biology. There has been a concerted effort to assemble repositories of standardized components; however, creating and integrating synthetic components remains an ad hoc process. Inspired by these challenges, the field has seen a proliferation of efforts to create computer-aided design tools addressing synthetic biology's specific design needs, many drawing on prior expertise from the electronic design automation community.
The IWBDA offers a forum for cross-disciplinary discussion, with the aim of seeding and fostering collaboration between the biological and the design automation research communities. Topics of interest include:
Design methodologies for synthetic biology.
Standardization of biological components.
Automated assembly techniques.
Computer-aided modeling and abstraction techniques.
Engineering methods inspired by biology.
Domain specific languages for synthetic biology.
Data exchange standards and models for synthetic biology.
How to join
We invite you to join us for IWBDA 2022 at the iGEM Grand Jamboree. Be sure to register before the September 30 deadline.
Grand Jamboree Ticket Holders
iGEM Grand Jamboree ticket holders are invited to attend IWBDA, including the pre-Jamboree events on October 24 and 25. If you're an iGEM judge, advisor, team member, or other iGEM Grand Jamboree participant, and you want to attend IWBDA you must register through this link by September 30. You will need your iGEM ticket order number.
General Attendees
If you are not an iGEM Grand Jamboree participant but would like to attend IWBDA, you can purchase an IWBDA ticket through the iGEM Jamboree Website. Select "IWBDA @ iGEM'' in the Partner Events to complete your registration.
General Attendees - Student Tickets
50% off price tickets are available for students with the code: IWBDASTUDENT. (Please note: the discount is only available to non-iGEM students, meaning you cannot be registered on an iGEM team and receive this discount.)
IWBDA 2022 at the iGEM Jamboree in Paris promises to be a grand event indeed. We look forward to seeing you there!
IWBDA is organized by the non-profit Bio-Design Automation Consortium (BDAC). BDAC is an officially recognized 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
Cover photo by Stephan Louis on Unsplash
