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The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project

Welcome to Sc2.0, the synthetic yeast genome WIKI.

This is a forum for engaging the yeast and synthetic biology communities in a new initiative to synthesize yeast chromosomes, and eventually, the genome, from the “bottom up”, and, to get your suggestions on how to design yeast 2.0. An important aspect of this will be to leverage the formidable collective knowledgebase of the yeast and synthetic biology communities. We are creating this as an open-source public resource; hence this WIKI.

This will be a costly project and at current prices, this project can only be done once, so we seek your help to do it right the first time and learn the maximum from this adventure. We specifically solicit advice and proposals on design principles, proposed alterations, phenotype monitoring, safety issues and relevant software/software development. At this point we are relatively committed to a “bottom-up” strategy because the proof of principle has been done and it seems straightforward. Help us make this project a community showpiece by contributing your ideas! All serious proposals will be considered; if your proposals are implemented, you may be asked to participate directly.

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