Interviewed by Marlee Tichenor August 2, 2008Undergraduate student Christine Brown is a member of the iGEM team. She performs research involving synthetic biology applications. 00:11 What is your name and association with iGEM?00:34 Describe a day in the life of a synthetic biologist.01:37 What is synthetic biology?02:32 What information helps you define synthetic biology?02:51 Do you think synthetic biology is defined by a process?03:40 What is iGEM?04:55 Describe the process of lysis.06:18 How is your work progressing?07:08 How do you test your promoters?08:28 How does your project relate to synthetic biology? 09:12 Can you compare your research under iGEM to research under a professor?10:23 What do you think synthetic biology research will be like in the future?11:47 Do you think there are any ethical concerns related to your iGEM research?12:56 Where do you dispose of research materials, such as cell cultures?13:47 What was your trajectory to synthetic biology?15:10 Why did the iGEM team relocate?15:52 How would you compare this research to working …(inaudible)?16:53 Any last comments? Less