Author: Jay KeaslingPost date: 03/15/2013Hello and welcome to our blog! Here you'll find informative opinion pieces about a range of issues in the field of synthetic biolgy, researcher profiles, and helpful resources in the form of both videos and text. Please join us here each week for commentary created by and for members of our community.Stay tuned for Linda Kahl's blog next week, where she discusses U.S. patent law reform and current U.S. Supreme Court cases that may impact the ways in which DNA might be patented, as well as whether patent holders can enforce their patent rights on the products of self-replicating technologies after an authorized sale.Also on deck is a blog from Christina Agapakis on the impact of Synberc's Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program.If you'd like to contribute a posting, please contact Kevin Costa (kcosta@berkeley.edu) for submission guidelines. We're looking forward to hearing from all of the voices in our community!Jay KeaslingDirector, Synberc