University of Northern Iowa
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jan 2nd, 2008
Promoters control the expression of genes in response to one or more transcription factors (TFs). The architecture of a promoter is the arrangement and type of binding sites within it. To understand natural genetic circuits and to design promoters for synthetic biology, it is essential to understand the relationship between promoter function and architecture. We [...]
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jan 2nd, 2008
Life is evolving fast (at least in the first world) and the latest technological gadget becomes outdated even before we have learnt how to use it. In this respect, science is no exception. The new buzzword ‘Systems Biology’ entered the vocabulary of the scientific community only a few years ago. Now that every biologist is [...]
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jan 2nd, 2008
Creative BiotechnologyAccording to Alex Palazzo, one of the big ideas from this year’s ScienceFOO “Camp”* was biohacking - garage molecular biology is the future. Modularizing DNA functional components will help promote this technology. (Drew Endy) Will molecular biology be so simple that someday a disgruntled kid will construct some sort of lethal [...]
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jan 1st, 2008
BOSTON, July 9 (UPI) — U.S. scientists are creating viruses to attack and destroy surface “biofilms” harboring bacteria in the body and on industrial and medical devices.Such viruses would be one of the first potential applications of the emerging field of synthetic biology, which aims to design and build useful biomolecular systems.The researchers at the [...]
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Dec 31st, 2007
College and high school students are helping MIT scientists develop an open source development kit for biological systems that could do for cells what Linux has done for computers.As part of the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last week, Peking University students created tiny assembly lines out of bacteria. Their entry, [...]
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jul 18th, 2007
Forget genetic engineering. The new idea is synthetic biology, an effort to rewire the genetic circuitry of living organisms.
New York Times
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jun 21st, 2007
In a commentary published this month in Nature Biotechnology, gene-synthesis companies have proposed guidelines for screening and handling the growing number of DNA orders.
Science
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jun 21st, 2007
An activist group’s concern about maverick genome sequencer J. Craig Venter’s intention to patent an entirely synthetic free-living organism has thrown a spotlight on the emerging intellectual-property landscape in this hot new field.
Science
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jun 21st, 2007
Scientists working to build a living organism from scratch apply to patent the method they will use.
BBC News
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jun 8th, 2007
Scientists working to build a living organism from scratch apply to patent the method they will use.
BBC News