Author of the article: Konstantinos Vavitsas I had the pleasure to meet Leslie about two years ago during a summer course in…
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From the community Building a genome from scratch: an interview with Dr. Leslie Mitchell
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From the community Help students learn about scientific writing by participating in the online BioTreks conference
Last year, students from eight schools in the United States and Canada participated in a highly successful online conference to publish original…
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From the community AURATOR: a growing archive of personal diaries about synbio
Author of the article: Britt Wray Have you ever wondered what kinds of questions other synthetic biologists ask themselves when they lie…
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biosecurity Synbio and Biosecurity
By guest author Devang Mehta The world in 1918 was emerging from under the pall of a World War that had claimed…
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From the community Activation and repression of transcription factors via a synthetic construct in Arabidopsis thaliana
Author of the article: Cameron Tout of Legume laboratory Being able to turn genes on and off as required is a significant goal…
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From the community Rewriting our food supply
How genome editing will revolutionize agriculture and secure our future, if we let it. Author of the article: Devang Mehta Genome editing is…
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From the community Researchers create synthetic cells to isolate genetic circuits | MIT News
Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new functions such as producing drugs…
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biosecurity Regulating the Use of Genetic Sequence Data
By Steven Burgess and Dominic Berry Last month, researchers from the Universität Marburg reported mixing 12 enzymes from three spheres of life…
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From the community Harnessing bacteria to fight ocean pollution | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
More than five trillion tiny pieces of plastic are floating on the surface of the world’s oceans, threatening marine life and…
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From the community iGEM: thinking big, creativity, community-building and great science!
by Konstantinos Vavitsas One of the events that mark the synthetic biology calendar every year is the iGEM Giant Jamboree. iGEM stands…
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From the community To Produce Biopharmaceuticals on Demand, Just Add Water | MIT News
Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins. Author of the article: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office September…
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From the community MicroSynbiotix uses synbio to help fish farming
Fish is an essential component of diets across the world and can provide essential nutrients for healthy diet. As the need for…