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Synthetic Biology

This page provides educational resources, events, news and products related to synthetic biology. Content will cover aspects from the systems used to create synthetic DNA, proteins and organisms, to their utility in areas such as biopharmaceutical production and biosensor creation.

Synthetic Biology – Highlights

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Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Synthetic Biology

In the drug discovery pipeline, there are several areas where the speed and accuracy of new synthetic biology tools are making a measurable difference in the ability to accelerate drug development while concurrently reducing expenses. In this article, we take a closer look at how synthetic biology can be harnessed to aid the discovery and development of drugs.

Teach Me in 10 – Gene Drive Research With Dr Jennifer Baltzegar

In this week's installment of Teach Me in 10, we are joined by Dr Jennifer Baltzegar, a population geneticist who teaches us all about gene drives in less than 10 minutes.

Recent Synthetic Biology Research Developments

This article discusses novel developments occurring in synthetic biology and their applications among a vast sum of multidisciplinary scientific fields.

Redesigning Medicine Using Synthetic Biology

This article will discuss how synthetic biology can be exploited to explore mechanisms of human disease, as well as develop treatments, highlighting key examples.

An Introduction to Electroporation – A Tool for Transfection and Competent Cell Generation

There are many reasons you may want to deliver something into a cell, be it genetic material or a therapeutic drug, and electroporation is a vital tool to achieve this. In this article, we will consider what electroporation is, how it works and how it’s used.

Synthetic Biology – News and Features

A Breath of Fresh Air Is Key for Cell-Based Therapies

In 2021, a University-led research team received a contract worth up to $33 million to develop an implantable “living pharmacy” to control the human body’s sleep/wake cycles. Now, the researchers have completed a major step toward achieving this.

Half-Synthetic Yeast Engineered for the First Time

The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project 2.0 declares a major milestone: it has created a yeast strain comprising over 50% synthetic DNA.

Industry Insight

Exploring Key Challenges in Life Science R&D

Technology Networks spoke to Dr. Markus Gershater to learn more about Synthace's Lab automation & experimentation in life science R&D 2023-2024 report, its findings and their significance.

Plastic-Eating Bacteria Turn Waste Into Useful Materials

Researchers have engineered a strain of E. coli that can digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics and transform them into adipic acid – a useful feedstock for nylon materials, drugs and fragrances.

How an Unexpected Discovery in a University Pond Changed the DNA Rulebook

A recent discovery, published in PLoS Genetics, challenges the “rulebook” of DNA. We speak with the first author, Dr. Jamie McGowan, to learn about the accidental finding and what it means for synthetic biology.

Digitally Creating 16 Million Colors Using DNA

The DNA double helix is composed of two DNA molecules whose sequences are complementary to each other. Researchers succeeded in creating fluorescent duplexes that can generate any of 16 million colors.

Synthetic Biology – Multimedia

A light blue strand of DNA made from small circles.

Synthetic Biology

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Synthetic Biology

Utilizing Synthetic Biology To Help You Scale and Expedite Discovery content piece image

Utilizing Synthetic Biology To Help You Scale and Expedite Discovery

Synthetic Biology – Webinars and Online Events

Rethinking Developmental Biology With Cellular Reprogramming content piece image

Rethinking Developmental Biology With Cellular Reprogramming

Bugging Our Bowels: Engineering Bacteria To Eavesdrop on Gut Health content piece image

Bugging Our Bowels: Engineering Bacteria To Eavesdrop on Gut Health

An Automated Workflow for Untargeted Metabolomics of Complex Biological Samples content piece image

An Automated Workflow for Untargeted Metabolomics of Complex Biological Samples

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