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This is priceless! (and terrifying) I had to read it carefully
because I thought it was a spoof!<br>
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Denis<br>
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On 14/06/2011 13:17, Michel Bauwens wrote:
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bryan Bishop <<a
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target="_blank">kanzure@gmail.com</a>></span> Jun 07
02:26PM -0500 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-11-44/listing.html"
target="_blank">https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-11-44/listing.html</a><br>
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Synopsis:<br>
Added: Jun 03, 2011 4:42 pm<br>
Special Notice (SN) DARPA-SN-11-44<br>
SUBJECT: Living Foundries Industry Day<br>
DATE: June 28, 2011<br>
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 21, 2011<br>
Registration Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://safe.sysplan.com/mto/livingfoundries"
target="_blank">https://safe.sysplan.com/mto/livingfoundries</a><br>
TECHNICAL POC: Dr. Alicia Jackson, DARPA/MTO<br>
<br>
Living Foundries Industry Day, DARPA-SN-11-44<br>
<br>
The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) of the Defense Advanced
Research<br>
Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring an Industry Day for
"Living<br>
Foundries," a new DARPA program. The goal of the Living
Foundries program is<br>
to apply an engineering framework to biology to harness its use
as a<br>
technology and drive its advance as a manufacturing platform. In
turning<br>
biological production into an engineering space where the only
limit is the<br>
creativity of the designer, Living Foundries aims to enable
on-demand<br>
production of new and high-value materials, devices and
capabilities for the<br>
Department of Defense and establish a new manufacturing
capability for the<br>
United States.<br>
<br>
Because of the multidisciplinary nature of Living Foundries,
DARPA is<br>
looking to engage the wider research community from fields both
outside and<br>
inside the biological sciences to develop new ideas, approaches
and tools to<br>
overcome current limitations and to create revolutionary
capabilities.<br>
<br>
Current, primitive examples of engineering biology rely on an ad
hoc,<br>
laborious, trial-and-error process, wherein one successful
project does not<br>
inform subsequent, new designs. This approach combined with the
complexity<br>
of biological systems restricts current, one-off efforts to
modifying only a<br>
small set of genes and constructing simple, isolated genetic
circuits and<br>
metabolic pathways. Consequently, we are limited to producing
only a small<br>
fraction of the vast number of possible chemicals, materials,
and living<br>
systems that would be enabled by the ability to truly engineer
biology.<br>
Through an engineering-driven approach to biology, Living
Foundries aims to<br>
create a rapid, reliable manufacturing capability where multiple
cellular<br>
functions can be fabricated, mixed and matched on demand and the
whole<br>
system controlled by integrated circuitry, opening up the full
space of<br>
biologically produced materials and systems. Key to success will
be the<br>
democratization of the biological design and manufacturing
process, breaking<br>
open the field to those outside the biological sciences.<br>
<br>
In order to achieve the vision of Living Foundries, new tools,
technologies<br>
and methodologies must be developed to transform biology into an
engineering<br>
practice, decoupling design from fabrication and speeding the
biological<br>
design, build, test cycle. These include: design tools that span
from<br>
high-level description to fabrication in cells; modular genetic
parts that<br>
allow a combination of systems to be designed and reproducibly
assembled;<br>
methods for developing and fine-tuning new genetic parts and
systems;<br>
well-understood test platforms, "cell-like" systems and chassis
that readily<br>
integrate new genetic designs in a predictable fashion; next
generation DNA<br>
synthesis and assembly techniques; and tools that allow for
routine system<br>
characterization and debugging, among others. Further, these
technological<br>
advances and innovations must be integrated to prove-out and
push the<br>
boundaries of biological design towards the ultimate vision of
point-of-use,<br>
on-demand, mass-customization biological manufacturing.<br>
<br>
The Industry Day will be held at the Capitol Conference Center
in Arlington,<br>
VA on June 28, 2011. Directions to the Capital Conference Center
can be<br>
found at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.thecapitalconferencecenter.com/"
target="_blank">http://www.thecapitalconferencecenter.com/</a>.<br>
<br>
The goals of the Industry Day are: (a) to introduce the research
community<br>
(industry, academia, and Government) to the Living Foundries
vision and<br>
goals; (b) to encourage and promote teaming arrangements among
potential<br>
research organizations that have the relevant expertise,
facilities, and<br>
capabilities for executing research and development responsive
to the Living<br>
Foundries program goals; and (c) to facilitate interaction
between<br>
investigators who may have capabilities to develop elements of
interest and<br>
relevance to the Living Foundries goals. The Industry Day will
include<br>
overview presentations, a poster session to facilitate
interaction and team<br>
building among participants, and an opportunity to interact and
present<br>
capabilities and concepts to government personnel in closed-door
sidebar<br>
sessions.<br>
<br>
There is no fee for any Industry Day activities. Registration is
limited by<br>
the venue capacity (maximum of 100 attendees) and early
registration is<br>
strongly recommended. Organizations are limited to two
attendees; however,<br>
in the event that the Industry Day is oversubscribed, DARPA
reserves the<br>
right to limit participation to 1 attendee per organization. The<br>
registration cutoff date is June 21, 2011, at noon ET, or once
attendance<br>
capacity is met, whichever comes first. An on-line registration
form,<br>
preliminary workshop agenda, citizenship verification form,
foreign national<br>
visit request form, meeting details, and hotel information for
the workshop<br>
can be found at the following registration website,<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://safe.sysplan.com/mto/livingfoundries"
target="_blank">https://safe.sysplan.com/mto/livingfoundries</a>.
There will be no on-site<br>
registration.<br>
<br>
Posters: Appropriate teaming will be a critical element in
responding to an<br>
anticipated DARPA Living Foundries solicitation. Industry Day
participants<br>
are strongly encouraged to prepare poster abstracts describing
areas of<br>
capabilities in order to facilitate communications,
interactions, and<br>
teaming discussions during the poster session. Poster abstracts
must be<br>
submitted by June 21, 2011, at noon ET. Poster abstracts must
include a<br>
brief (1 page) narrative description of capabilities. Responders
may find<br>
abstract submission guidance at the registration website. Poster
abstracts<br>
submitted in response to the Special Notice will be considered
public<br>
information and will be provided on a public website.<br>
<br>
Sidebars: Attendees who wish to describe their capabilities in a
closed-door<br>
session with government personnel are required to submit an
abstract<br>
describing their research and capabilities using the guidelines
provided<br>
below; there will be a limited number of sessions depending on
schedule,<br>
with each session lasting no more than ten minutes.<br>
<br>
Areas of interest include new tools, technologies and
methodologies to<br>
transform biology into an engineering practice and manufacturing
platform,<br>
decouple biological design from fabrication and speed the
biological design,<br>
build, test cycle. Examples include: design tools that span from
high-level<br>
description to fabrication in cells; modular genetic parts that
allow a<br>
combination of systems to be designed and reproducibly
assembled; methods<br>
for developing and fine-tuning new genetic parts and systems;<br>
well-understood test platforms, "cell-like" systems and chassis
that readily<br>
integrate new genetic designs in a predictable fashion; next
generation DNA<br>
synthesis and assembly techniques; tools that allow for routine
system<br>
characterization and debugging; and the integration of these
capabilities<br>
for the rapid design and development of new biological systems
and products,<br>
among others.<br>
<br>
DARPA appreciates responses from all capable and qualified
sources including<br>
but not limited to universities, university affiliated research
centers, and<br>
private or public companies.<br>
<br>
Sidebar session abstract responses should adhere to the
following<br>
instructions:<br>
1. All submissions must be made electronically (as described
below), and be<br>
in either Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format.<br>
2. Cover Page (1 page)<br>
a. Title<br>
b. Organization<br>
c. Responders technical and administrative points of contact
(names, mailing<br>
and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers)<br>
3. Technical Ideas (up to 2 pages of text with up to 4 pages of
appended<br>
figures and diagrams)<br>
a. Executive summary<br>
b. A discussion of the capability/challenge addressed (from your<br>
perspective) that is key to realizing the vision of Living
Foundries<br>
c. Technical response. Your discussion should address the
following: What is<br>
your proposed innovative technology/concept? How does it address
the<br>
specific capability/challenge that you identified? What is its
improvement<br>
over SOA? What extensions or advances are needed to achieve the
Living<br>
Foundries vision?<br>
4. An optional list of citations, including URLs, if available.<br>
5. Company brochures and promotional materials are not of
interest.<br>
<br>
DARPA will employ an electronic upload process for response
submissions. NO<br>
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL NOTICE
(SN) ABSTRACT<br>
RESPONSE. Responses to this SN are due no later than noon ET on
June 21,<br>
2011. Responders may find submission guidance at the
registration website.<br>
<br>
This SN is issued solely for information and potential new
program planning<br>
purposes; the SN does not constitute a formal solicitation for
proposals or<br>
proposal abstracts, any so sent will be disregarded. In
accordance with FAR<br>
15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be
accepted by<br>
the Government to form a binding contract. Submission is
voluntary and is<br>
not required to propose to subsequent Broad Agency Announcements
(if any) or<br>
research solicitations (if any) on this topic. DARPA will not
provide<br>
reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this SN.
Respondents are<br>
advised that DARPA is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt
of the<br>
information received, or provide feedback to respondents with
respect to any<br>
information submitted under this SN.<br>
<br>
DARPA intends to publish the Living Foundries BAA prior to the
scheduled<br>
Industry Day. However, DARPA is not obligated to publich the BAA
prior to<br>
conducting the Industry Day or to publich an associated BAA at
all. If and<br>
when published, the BAA will be made available - at a minimum -
on the<br>
Federal Business Opportunies (FBO) website.<br>
<br>
Questions regarding this event may be directed to <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:DARPA-SN-11-44@darpa.mil"
target="_blank">DARPA-SN-11-44@darpa.mil</a>.<br>
Please refer to the "Living Foundries Industry Day" in the
subject line.<br>
Contracting Office Address:<br>
3701 North Fairfax Drive<br>
Arlington, Virginia 22203-1714<br>
Primary Point of Contact.:<br>
Dr. Alicia Jackson<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:DARPA-SN-11-44@darpa.mil"
target="_blank">DARPA-SN-11-44@darpa.mil</a><br>
<br>
- Bryan<br>
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value="+15122030507" target="_blank">1 512 203 0507</a><br>
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