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In Depth 20 Jun 2022

France’s grand plan to lead Europe’s biotech innovation landscape

For decades, the French biotech scene has been catching up to key strongholds such as the U.S. and U.K. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government last year bet €7.5 billion on an ambitious project to turn France into Europe’s health innovation magnet by 2030. France is one of Europe’s most established […]

June 20, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 13 Jun 2022

DNA synthesis: tackling the main bottleneck in biology research

A wave of new technologies to synthesize DNA faster, more cheaply and more accurately could have a far-reaching impact across all areas of biology research. More than ten years ago, Sylvain Gariel was working for the French oil company TotalEnergies, engineering microorganisms to produce biofuels. It was tedious work. “You had to introduce hundreds of […]

June 13, 2022 - 10 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 6 Jun 2022

Releasing the microbiome’s potential to restore European soils

For decades, soil has been treated as an everlasting food machine rather than as a fragile living thing, and it is reaching a crisis point. Understanding how the soil microbiome interacts with the environment and helping farmers embrace new sustainable methods can have a beneficial impact on the soil, and consequently, our health. After years […]

June 6, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

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In Depth 30 May 2022

Decentralized autonomous organizations are changing how biotechs are run

Built on the emerging ecosystems of Web3 and blockchain, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) allow communities to collectively fund and advance biotech research. The majority of biotech companies are highly centralized with much of the data siloed away in their proprietary databases. Companies have no incentives to openly share this data, which slows down progress in […]

May 30, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

In Depth 23 May 2022

The coming of age of European synthetic biology

Within a few years, synthetic biology has evolved from being a new player in the molecular biology and biotech arena to being a front-row contender with multiple industrial advances and large amounts of investor money. There have been a number of definitions of synthetic biology, also known as synbio. Generally, it involves redesigning genetic systems […]

May 23, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

In Depth 9 May 2022

Exosome Therapy: Borrowing from Nature’s Toolbox

In just a few years, exosomes have started gaining recognition as a solution to deliver treatments safely and effectively, and as a new approach to regenerative medicine. For hundreds of millions of years, multicellular organisms have faced many of the same challenges that biotechnology is grappling with today: how best to shuttle biomolecules to and […]

May 9, 2022 - 11 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha

In Depth 19 Apr 2022

How Augmented Reality Strengthens Biotech Manufacturing

Biotech and pharma companies are starting to implement augmented reality technologies at their manufacturing facilities, bringing forth a whole new world of possibilities. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for embracing new ways of working. Travel restrictions and limited access to facilities have pushed the adoption of technologies that enhance remote work. This is […]

April 19, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

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In Depth 13 Apr 2022

Cultured Meat Is Coming Soon: Here’s What You Need to Know

Cultured meat promises to change the way we eat and help solve some of the big problems of a crowded planet. When will it be on our plate and how will this technology impact the world? In a couple of years, your food might be served with meat that has been grown from animal cells […]

April 13, 2022 - 12 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 4 Apr 2022

Portable Sequencing Is Reshaping Genetics Research

Portable sequencing is making it possible for biologists to perform DNA analysis anywhere in the world. How is this technology reshaping the way they work? Thanks to nanopore technology, scientists can now collect samples and sequence them anywhere. It is the concept of backpacking applied to scientific research. French molecular biologist Anne-Lise Ducluzeau has experienced […]

April 4, 2022 - 11 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

In Depth 7 Mar 2022

Multiplexing Speeds up Writing and Editing DNA

While scientists can read DNA fast, editing and writing it is not that easy. Increasing the speed of editing and writing DNA sequences will be critical to ushering in new applications of genome engineering. Much of biotech is about reverse-engineering the designs that billions of years of evolution have put together. To be able to […]

March 7, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

In Depth 28 Feb 2022

Biorobotics Teaches Machines to Sense and Respond to the World

Integrating biology and robotics would allow robots to feel, smell, or hear in order to react to changing environments, opening a wide range of applications. Our senses allow us to interact with our surroundings. They are also the basis for learning. In the quest to make machines more efficient, researchers are looking at one of […]

February 28, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

In Depth 31 Jan 2022

Nature’s Painters: Making Sustainable Colors with Microbes

The production of textile dyes and food colorants can have a big environmental footprint. Biotech startups are rising to the challenge by engineering bacteria, fungi, and algae to sustainably produce natural colors. Eight years ago, University of Cambridge researcher Jim Ajioka was in Nepal helping to produce a biosensor to detect arsenic in drinking water […]

January 31, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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France’s grand plan to lead Europe’s biotech innovation landscape

DNA synthesis: tackling the main bottleneck in biology research

Releasing the microbiome’s potential to restore European soils

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The coming of age of European synthetic biology

Exosome Therapy: Borrowing from Nature’s Toolbox

How Augmented Reality Strengthens Biotech Manufacturing

Cultured Meat Is Coming Soon: Here’s What You Need to Know

Portable Sequencing Is Reshaping Genetics Research

Multiplexing Speeds up Writing and Editing DNA

Biorobotics Teaches Machines to Sense and Respond to the World

Nature’s Painters: Making Sustainable Colors with Microbes

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