File:TeamParis-SynthEthics.pdf

Synthetic Biology, as a dual use technology, raises numerous questions on several levels such as biosafety and biosecurity concerns, effects on "life" conception through the artificial living, standardization processes or opensource models. As one of the stakeholders, our team decided to analyse the questions relatives to Synthetic Biology. This project was mainly achived by Sara Aguiton, student in Social Studies of Science at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Paris. This work revolves around 3 points:

Ethical Lab Book An anthropological enquiry in the Paris Team of IGEM 09 of which she manage collective talk about ethical and sociological concerns. Report A sociological report, relating how social studies of science can help scientist to figure out ethical issues of synthetic biology. Materials Gather several links on documents relative to Ethics and Synthetic Biology.