Views on life beings in the design of the artificial cell among synthetic biology community

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design science; Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: HIBINO Aiko 弘前大学, 人文学部, 講師 (00511685)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 細胞デザイン / 生命観 / 科学社会学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the variation of views on life beings among scientists who have engaged in the design of the artificial cell. Through the bibliographic survey and additional observation and interview survey, the feature of perceptions in domestic scientific community has been analyzed. While it was assumed that the two types of perception style in the design, one focuses on motion and appearance of the artificial cell and the other focuses on biological requirements, the case shows the views on the artificial cell are segmented according to the fragmentation of modelling of the cell. A few laboratories tried to integrate the frame of modelling.

Free Research Field

科学社会学