by CosmoCrops, the University of Copenhagen iGEM team 2016 The Challenge: Space Exploration Ever wondered why humans have not colonized Mars, or…
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Synthetic Biology iGEM blogs: Making Life in Space Easier by CosmoCrops
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post Shark Week: Fossil Shark Hall of Fame
As this week is Shark Week, it would be remiss of me, as the resident fishy person, not to jump on the bandwagon…
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post PLOS Ecology Reporting Fellowships Program – new for #ESA2016
PLOS Ecology is excited to announce the PLOS Ecology Reporting Fellowships Program that will provide five, $500 grants to PLOS Ecology community…
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Synthetic Biology Why Plants? Part I – Feynman and Flowers
by Steven Burgess We are going to hear a lot about genetic modification of plants over the next year as governments seek…
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Fossil Friday Roundup Fossil Friday Roundup: June 24, 2016
Featured image: Pablo Puerta, the head of Egidio Feruglio Paleontology Museum’s technical laboratory in Trelew, Argentina, lies alongside a sauropod dinosaur femur. (AP Photo/Museo…
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Ecology Oldest Fossil Evidence of Agriculture – By Termites
An international team of researchers has discovered the oldest fossil evidence of agriculture, and it dates back millions of years before humans…
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Dinosaurs Alamosaurus: how this massive titan’s neck is impacting relationships of titanosaurs
Remember the Alamo? Well, it’s easy to forget when you are staring at this massive dinosaur. It makes that Tyrannosaurus look…
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Synthetic Biology iGEM Blogs: The DNA Typewriter | Edinburgh iGEM 2016
by Edinburgh iGEM 2016 In 2040, you will not be able to read this sentence. This isn’t because of some sci-fi…
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From the community From the Community: Podcast on adoption of SBOL by ACS Synthetic Biology | Jake Beals Next Step
by Jake Beal Following up on my recent post announcing the official adoption of SBOL by the ACS Synthetic Biology, the journal…
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Early Career Only 24 hours in the day PART TWO: Breakdown by type of institution
The above image is of the Anthropology Museum at Beloit College (creative commons license). Last week we covered some general results…
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Synthetic Biology Bill Gates on Biotech & Global Health @ ASM Microbe 2016
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, came to Boston last Thursday to open the ASM Microbe…
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Neuroscience Ischemic stroke therapy – does the gut microbiota hold the key? by Sara Adães
As the world’s population grows older, the burden of stroke continues to increase. Epidemiological data indicates that around 17 million people suffer…