Panel Discussion on Synthetic Biology and Cleantech

The Bay Area Bioinformatics Forum is partnering with the Harvard Club Cleantech Thought Leader Series to present a panel discussion on "Synthetic Biology and Cleantech: Can "artificial life" save real life and the planet?"

The Harvard Club of San Francisco invites you to the sixth installment of the Cleantech Thought Leader Series. Join us on Thursday October 7, 2010 at The University Club in San Francisco for an evening presentation and panel discussion with thought leaders at the intersection of synthetic biology and biofuels.

Doug Hershberger will moderate a panel of synthetic biology pioneers engineering alternatives to petroleum fuels and chemicals. The panel will discuss synthetic biology and it's applications in cleantech.

Confirmed panelists . . .

Robert Blazej, Ph.D. – Allopartis, Co-Founder & President. 
Jack D. Newman, Ph.D – Amyris, Co-Founder and Sr. VP Research. 
Stephen del Cardayre, Ph.D. – LS9, VP Research & Development. 
Damien Perriman – Verdezyne, VP Business Development. 

Meet the cutting edge of synthetic biology and cleantech at the Harvard Club.

For details and registration see the Harvard Club page.  Note: You must sign up and pay at the Harvard Club site.  Walk-in registration is $65.