Introduction

SynthSys (formerly CSBE) is a Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology.

Originally established as a Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (CISB) funded by the BBSRC and the EPSRC in 2007. Our experimental and theoretical researchers are co-located in the new CH Waddington building situated on the Kings Buildings science campus.

SynthSys represents an interdisciplinary research environment with members across many Research Institutes, Colleges and Schools, including The University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and BioSS.  The Centre is currently expanding its membership and now includes additional researchers leading grants in related areas.

SynthSys is affiliated with two Colleges;

College of Science and Engineering

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

and six Schools within the University;

• ​School of Biomedical Sciences

• School of Chemistry

• School of Engineering and Electronics

• School of Informatics

• School of Mathematics

• School of Physics

The University of Edinburgh has been instrumental in shaping history for over 400 years and is one of the largest universities in the UK. It is Scotland's premier research University and was graded among the top British Universities in the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise. It has over 7000 staff and a student population of some 20,000. The University consists of twenty-one academic Schools organised into three Colleges - Science and Engineering; Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; and Humanities and Social Sciences.