Chapter 2: Engineering biology: what and why?
Box 1: Example applications of engineering biology
Figure 1: Price declines for DNA sequencing and synthesis
Chapter 3: Government strategy for engineering biology
Industrial strategy and DSIT’s National Vision for Engineering Biology
Figure 2: UKRI’s Engineering Biology Annual Spend, 2004–2023
National Vision for Engineering Biology: research funding
Skilled staffing for Government and DSIT
Chapter 4: Policy to support engineering biology
Skills for engineering biology
Training the next generation of researchers
Training for technicians and technical skills
Engineering Biology Regulators’ Network and Regulatory Innovation Office
Resourcing and expertise for regulators
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023
Standards for engineering biology
Access to facilities for generating data; intellectual property
Funding and mapping existing infrastructure
New lab space and scale-up infrastructure
Chapter 5: Engineering biology for growth
Scaling up companies: economic issues
Figure 4: EU-US venture capital investment by development stage
Driving adoption across the economy
Figure 5: Engineering biology firms in the UK by category
Incentives and mandates to create a market for engineering biology
Feedstocks and supply chain implications
Figure 6: Biomass utilisation hierarchy
Chapter 6: Operational challenges for engineering biology
Biosecurity and risk management
Biosurveillance, testing, vaccine, and therapeutics infrastructure
Managing risks of bio-error or accidental release
Managing risks to biodiversity
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8377/engineering-biology/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.