1. 1 Synthetic Biology: Strategic Alternative Examples Stanford Corporations/industry partners: Energy/Pharma, etc. Foundation activities: Fab and tools/resources Standards and working groups Legal and policy efforts Events, grants and prizes Outreach, marketing and education Prepared by: Melanie Swan melanieswan.com/synbio.ppt Date: January 29, 2009 Scenario 1: Stanford-affiliated fab Fab Stanford (Berkeley, MIT, CalTech) Scenario 2: Academia/industry fab joint venture Stanford Synthetic Biology Foundation Incubator Grant-supportedDonor-supportedVC-supported Scenario 3: Synthetic Biology Foundation-owned fab R Fab R Research Development D Example: Stanford SimTKExample: Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) R DD R D Examples: Redwood Neuroscience Institute and Numenta (R&D) Plug and Play Tech Center (Incubator)

2. 2 Synthetic Biology Foundation Fab and toolsStandardsLegal and policy Legal Technology transfer Intellectual property Legal standards Licensing templates Policy Policy formation Committee participation Safety roadmap ELSI programs Outreach: marketing, education and journal Standards methodology Technical standards Working groups Technology roadmaps Standards resources IEEE interaction Fab Research Development Automated DNA Construction Fab Manufacturing Tools Parts Registry Model Repository Abstraction Hierarchies Complexity Management Tools Tools support OpenWetWare Tools documentation Tools data sheets Marketing Graphic novels Parts Registry UI PR/media strategy Blog, podcast Interaction Colloquia User groups, meetups Education Undergrad starter kits HS programs Science kits Workshops Webcasts/videos Journal New: applied focus Open access Survey articles Events, grants, prizes and advisory Events IGEM SB 4.0, 5.0 Sub-fields Workshops Regional Grants and prizes Grants Grand challenges Awards Prizes/contests Advisory Incubator interaction Startup advisory LEGEND Current activities Potential activities Synthetic Biology Application Areas: Energy Chemicals Manufacturing Agriculture Healthcare/medicine Computing Prepared by: Melanie Swan melanieswan.com/synbio.ppt Date: January 29, 2009

3. 3 Synthetic Biology: Strategic Overview Academia BioBricks Foundation ToolsConferenceJournal Education (U & Gr) Research Technology transfer Research institutes Outreach & Marketing Standards Methodology Technical Standards Legal Standards Working Groups Technology Roadmaps Development focus Parts Registry Model Repository Abstraction Hierarchies Fab OpenWetWare SB 4.0 Sub-fields Workshops Regional Graphic novels ELSI programs PR/media strategy Blog, podcast HS programs Parts Registry UI User groups Meetups Webcasts/videos Educational materials Science kits Competition & Advisory IGEM Grand challenges Awards Prizes/contests Grants Codon Devices LEGEND Current activities Potential activities Prepared by: Melanie Swan melanieswan.com/synbio.ppt Date: January 16, 2009 New Open access Survey articles Synthetic Biology Application Areas: Energy Chemicals Manufacturing Agriculture Healthcare/medicine Computing Old version from the first meeting