Policy & International Engagement

EBRC works to proactively engage on public policy issues that impact, or are affected by, the advancement of engineering biology and is committed to maintaining connections with international partners, finding ways to build a strong, better-coordinated global biotechnology community. We engage directly with government stakeholders to provide insight from the research base to support early stage engineering biology research and to promote the economic value of U.S. leadership in the field. The Policy & International Engagement Working Group serves as a focal point for international engagement, representing the U.S. engineering biology community in key international forums and processes.

Programs & Activities

  • Engineering Biology Metrics and Technical Standards for the Global Bioeconomy

    To identify stakeholder-driven metrics, metrology, and standards to enhance the performance of engineering biology for commercial and industrial activity.

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  • Global Forum for Engineering Biology

    EBRC is actively working with global leaders to facilitate an exchange of information on the nature and scope of engineering biology research worldwide.

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  • Global Center for Biofoundry Applications

    EBRC is a co-lead partner in Global Center for Biofoundry Applications (GCBA), which will establish global standards for biofoundries to enhance their scalability and impact. The GCBA will also develop frameworks for ethics, governance, public engagement, and workforce development to foster a more resilient research community.

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Working Group

Chair: Paul Freemont
Staff Director: Garrett Dunlap
  • Chase Beisel
    Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
    Group Leader
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  • Cinnamon Bloss
    University of California San Diego
    Associate Professor
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  • Council Member

    Roel Bovenberg
    DSM
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  • Matthew Chang
    National University of Singapore
    Associate Professor
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  • Neil Dalvie
    Harvard Medical School
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  • Council Member

    James Diggans
    Twist Bioscience Corporation
    Director, Bioinformatics and Biosecurity
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  • John Dueber
    University of California, Berkeley
    Associate Professor
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  • Garrett Dunlap
    EBRC
    Associate Director of Policy & International Engagement
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  • Steve Evans
    Steven Evans
    BioMADE
    Research Fellow
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    Paul Freemont
    Paul Freemont
    Imperial College London
    Professor
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  • Robert Friedman
    J. Craig Venter Institute
    Vice President for Policy
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  • Council Member

    Emma Frow
    Arizona State University
    Assistant Professor
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    Karmella Haynes
    Karmella Haynes
    Emory University
    Associate Professor
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  • India Hook-Barnard
    EBRC
    Executive Director
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  • Council Member

    Jussi Jantti
    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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  • Richard Johnson
    Richard Johnson
    Global Helix LLC
    CEO
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  • Council Member

    Richard Kitney
    Richard Kitney
    Imperial College London
    Professor
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  • Eric Klavins
    University of Washington
    Professor
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  • Mart Loog
    University of Tartu
    Professor of Molecular Systemas Biology
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  • Council Member

    Niall Mangan
    Northwestern University
    Assitant Professor
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  • Jenny Mortimer
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Staff Scientist
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  • Nigel Mouncey
    Joint Genome Institute
    Director
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  • Richard Murray
    California Institute of Technology
    Professor
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  • Council Member

    Michelle O’Malley
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    Associate Professor
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  • Ken Oye
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Associate Professor
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  • Council Member

    Merja Penttilä
    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Professor
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  • Elibio Rech
    National Institute of S&T in Synthetic Biology/EMBRAPA
    Dr.
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  • Robert Speight
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisaiton (CSIRO)
    Dr
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  • Ryan Tappel
    LanzaTech
    Senior Scientist
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  • Tiffany Tsang
    MITRE
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  • Council Member

    Keith Yamamoto
    UCSF
    Vice Chancellor, Science Policy; Strategy; Director, Precision Medicine
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  • Yan Zhang
    California Institute of Technology
    Postdoctoral Fellow
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