Synthetic Biology Could Lead to Clean Energy Using Light and Carbon Dioxide
Researchers in Germany and France have combined synthetic biology with microfluidics to create artificial photosynthetic…
May 15, 2020 - 3 minutes
Synthetic biology
Camena Bioscience Hits DNA Synthesis Milestone
Camena Bioscience has achieved a significant DNA synthesis milestone by reproducing the DNA sequence of…
February 6, 2020 - 3 minutes
A Different Culture Shaping Synthetic Biology in Europe
Synthetic biology research is strong in Europe, but the region has much to learn from…
January 7, 2020 - 8 minutes
Scientists Use DNA Data Storage to Hide Information in Everyday Objects
Scientists have developed a method for storing DNA data in 3D-printed objects, which could one…
December 9, 2019 - 4 minutes
British AI Firm Gets €9M Boost to Develop Drug-Discovery Tech
London-based LabGenius has secured €8.9M in Series A funding, which the company plans to use…
October 24, 2019 - 2 minutes
UK Scientists Open Bacterial Genome Up to Making Artificial Proteins
A research group from the University of Cambridge has created bacteria with less complexity in…
May 16, 2019 - 2 minutes
This Biotech Writes Long DNA Molecules From Scratch
Writing long stretches of DNA is difficult and expensive. The Austrian biotech Ribbon Biolabs is…
April 12, 2019 - 3 minutes
Unlocking the Potential of Fast DNA Synthesis
While the price and speed of reading DNA have dropped massively, writing DNA fast and…
March 20, 2019 - 4 minutes
Life in Bioplastic, it’s More Fantastic
Plastic is the staple material of modern life, and a sustainable future will need bioplastics.…
January 14, 2019 - 10 minutes
How to Scale up in Biotech
Scaling up is a problem a lot of biotechs find difficult, both in terms of…
January 10, 2019 - 9 minutes
Easy as ATCG: Commercialization of DNA as Data Storage
You could be storing information in DNA sooner than you might think. Although the technology…
December 11, 2018 - 5 minutes
Biohacking: Democratization of Science or Just a Quirky Hobby?
The biohacking movement is making scientific research accessible to everyone under the form of low-cost…
November 7, 2018 - 5 minutes
