New Center for Synthetic Genomics

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Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung finances establishment of joint facility in Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Mainz

The management committee of the CZS Centre SynGen (from left to right): centre s
The management committee of the CZS Centre SynGen (from left to right): centre spokesperson Michael Knop (Heidelberg University), Edward Lemke (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) and Sylvia Erhardt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). | © Heidelberg University - Communications and Marketing / Uwe Anspach)

Applying and developing new technologies for DNA synthesis to pave the way for producing entire artificial genomes - that is the goal of a new interdisciplinary centre starting up at Heidelberg University, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (CZS) is financing the establishment of the Center for Synthetic Genomics over a period of six years with a total amount of twelve million euros. The aim is to spark new developments in synthetic genomics there, through basic research and technology development using methods from artificial intelligence. ...

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