GASB I
The first conference of the German Association for Synthetic Biology — “Synthetic Biology made in Germany” — with an open call for talks and posters from the country's young SynBio community.
GASB community projects · 2017 → 2027
The community work BioBeyond grew out of.
Since 2017, BioBeyond founder Hendrik Cooper has helped build the community projects of the German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB): conferences, World Cafés and investor summits, collaborations with iGEM teams, school outreach and policy statements — designing most of their visual identities and representing German synthetic biology from Brussels to Riga.
- 12 conferences & summits
- 5 iGEM collaborations
- 6 policy statements
- 3 talks abroad
- 11 cities
2017
Conference 2018
Conference GASB II
The second GASB conference — “Synthetic Biology made in Germany” — in Berlin.
Motion and slide design: animated social title, intro slides
- GASB podcast — Podcast branding and icon
- PolicyCBD peer review — GASB comments on the CBD expert report on synthetic biology
2019
Conference GCSB 2019
The third GASB conference and the first under a new name: the German Conference on Synthetic Biology.
Complete visual identity: logo, poster, booklet, badges, banners, roll-up, slides
- iGEMGerman iGEM Meetup, Düsseldorf — GASB partner: reception and a free year of membership for all 18 teams
- PolicyGenome editing in plant science — GASB endorsement of the open statement by 100+ European institutions
2020
iGEM iGEM Video Challenge
A science video competition for the German iGEM online MeetUp hosted by iGEM Marburg, with prizes of up to €500 and free conference tickets.
Banner and logo; GASB support
World Café SynBio World Café 2020
The first World Café: short talks, then table discussions between researchers, corporates, start-ups and investors on one question — what stops the SynBio revolution?
Logo and virtual venue design
Conference GCSB 2020
The fourth GASB conference, moved online during the pandemic: free to attend, with keynotes, virtual poster rooms and social rooms.
Visual identity “GCSB II”; vice head of the GASB steering committee
2021
Conference GCSB 2021
Three fully virtual days with the Centre for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt, DECHEMA and GBM — networking in GatherTown and break-out sessions from SynBio in space to biosecurity.
Organisation and design: campaign visuals, newsletters, speaker and participant communication, sponsoring
Brand GASB logo
A refreshed logo family for the association, in dark, light and mono variants.
Logo design
Collaboration GASB meets ÖkoProg
A joint series with the Öko-Progressive Network, bringing synthetic biology and sustainable agriculture into one conversation.
Key visual
- iGEMGASB for iGEM teams — Introduction deck for German iGEM teams
- GASB retreat — Programme for the members' retreat
2022
World Café SynBio World Café 2022
The World Café in person at TU Darmstadt, with the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Built with Biology — tables on capital, legislation and IP, AI, sustainability and science communication.
Lead organiser and designer
iGEM European iGEM MeetUp
The European iGEM MeetUp hosted by iGEM Hamburg. GASB sponsored the team-voted poster prizes, ran a quiz and presented GASB and the World Café.
Led GASB's contribution: prizes, quiz, talk and all visuals
iGEM iGEM JuniorJam
“Prepare for Paris”: a European meet-up organised by iGEM Münster ahead of the Grand Jamboree, with GASB on the jury.
Banner design; GASB support
Conference GASB6 · GCSB 2022
The sixth GASB conference and the first in person after two virtual years, hosted at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research.
Core organiser, marketing lead and designer: corporate design, website, badges, certificates, registration
Education BioBits
GASB lends cell-free BioBits kits to German schools, so classes can watch transcription and translation happen live — with a German handbook, teacher package and flyer.
Oversight, as part of the GASB steering committee
Representation SynBio Day, Monaco
“Synthetic Biology for the Protection of our Planet”, hosted by eureKARE with the Monaco Scientific Centre and more than 25 international experts.
Talk on GASB and the SynBio World Café, as head of the GASB steering committee
2023
Policy CBD submission on synthetic biology
A 13-page joint submission with the Joint Working Group on Synthetic Biology (GFGSB) to the CBD's horizon-scanning process, arguing for case-by-case, science-based regulation.
Supported, as part of the GASB steering committee
World Café SynBio World Café 2023
Two days of World Café with SPRIN-D and the Centre for Synthetic Biology — from banner and website to badges, schedule, tickets and follow-up.
Lead organiser and designer
- PolicyNGT statement to the Bundestag — On regulating new genomic techniques by traits, not process
- PolicyEU NGT draft — Statement on the Commission's proposal for NGT plants
2024
Representation EIC × SynBee Day
A day at the European Commission with the European Innovation Council and the Horizon Europe project SynBee: roundtables on start-ups, regulation and funding, and a start-up pitch competition.
Represented GASB and German synthetic biology
Representation Deep Tech Atelier
Deep Tech, Bio Tech and Space Days in Riga. Panel “Building the (Bio)Future” with Nina Pulkkis (Synbio Powerlabs) and Tālis Juhna (Riga Technical University).
Panellist for GASB
- PolicyCBD horizon scanning — Comments on the CBD's synthetic biology horizon-scanning outcomes
2025
Summit SynBio Reactor 2025
The first Startup × Investor Summit: founder pitches, a mentor wall and investors meeting synthetic biology start-ups, with partners including High-Tech Gründerfonds, Vossius and Fraunhofer.
Organiser and complete design: social media, speaker cards, banners, roll-up, badges, website
Event Biotech Snippets
“A crash introduction to research commercialisation” — an evening with BCG X, BioCentra, FoodLabs and GASB.
2026
Summit SynBio Reactor 2026
The second summit, with a start-up pitch cohort and the winners of Read~Write~Grow, the European biotech hackathon.
Design
2027
Summit SynBio Reactor 2027
The third edition, with a new brand built around a reactor porthole — logo family, design system, sponsor flyers and web pages.
Brand and design lead, as BioBeyond