Promoting learning, curiosity, and collaboration in synthetic biology
Now open: Registration for the 2021 Synthetic Biology Solutions Challenge
A virtual case competition that promotes interdisciplinarity among the STEM and business fields.
Supporting our initiatives.
Synthusiasts is a student-led organization on the University of Alberta. Founded in 2018, we strive to promote collaboration, learning, and curiosity in the unique fields of synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and biotechnology. These fields are unique in their multi-disciplinary backgrounds, allowing interdisciplinary collaboration in numerous fields (ex. business and medicine, computer science and biology, sociology and genetics). Thus, many of our events and initiatives have focused on hosting events introducing collaboration between different forms of thinking and inviting individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Check out our virtual lab tour.
Trying to find a lab can be an extremely daunting task. You have no idea what to look for and it can be confusing trying to make sense of a professor’s research. Hopefully, Synthusiasts can help you get started with our Synthetic Biology Virtual Lab Tour. Here we will take you through several University of Alberta labs related to bioengineering, synthetic biology and more! All of it is free and online in a COVID friendly environment.
Volunteer with us.
We are currently looking for a director of collaborations who will be responsible for managing our collaboration projects in partnership with various student groups at the University of Alberta campus. If you are interested, it would be awesome to connect with you!
Support our initiatives.
We are a student led organization on campus with hopes of connecting interested and keen students to academia and industry through our events. In the future, we plan to host more events as well as develop relationships with present figures and companies in the biotechnology and synthetic biology industry. If you are currently involved in these related fields, it would be awesome to connect with you!
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
synbio@ualberta.ca