Synthetic Biology: Recent Trends & Research

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News and Trends 7 Feb 2017

British Synbio’s Llama Antibodies recruited for Cancer T-Cell Therapy

Isogenica has licensed its synthetic llama antibody library to Maverick Therapeutics, which develops cancer T-cell therapies designed to reduce side effects. Isogenica is a synthetic biology company near Cambridge that develops libraries of therapeutic antibodies. The biotech has granted US-based Maverick Therapeutics licenses to its llamdA VHH antibody library for the discovery, development and commercialization of […]

February 7, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Jan 2017

Cryopreservation: Can you Cheat Death by Freezing Yourself?

Some people have already decided to take a leap of faith by cryogenically freezing themselves, often in the attempt to beat a yet incurable disease. Is science ready for it? And are we? Cryopreservation is a fairly common practice in sci-fi cinema. Several film directors – from Stanley Kubrick in his masterpiece “2001: A Space […]

January 25, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 17 Jan 2017

This Leading Gas Distributor from France is Going Bio

Global Bioenergies and Butagaz will collaborate to develop and incorporate renewable energy sources into France’s energy systems. Butagaz, a gas distributor from France, is partnering with Global Bioenergies, a synbio company in Paris that produces biofuel with renewable sources. Butagaz will support Global Bioenergies’ industrial development in exchange for the first batches of bio-isobutene the […]

January 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 27 Dec 2016

This SynBio Start-up is Redefining the Rules of Evolution

Biosyntia wants to reduce time and expenses in vitamin production by engineering microorganisms. Watch Hans Genee pitch his company at Labiotech Refresh! Many chemicals are currently produced using chemical synthesis. Hans Genee wants to be a “driver of the transition towards biobased products“. His strategy is to “redefine evolution rules to reduce cost and time” in […]

December 27, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 15 Dec 2016

This Biofuel Company partnered with Audi is about to shake the Oil Market

At Labiotech Refresh we had the opportunity to chat with Marc Delcourt, founder and CEO of Global Bioenergies, a biofuel pioneer challenging the oil market. Global Bioenergies, from France, uses synthetic biology to produce isobutene, the “building block of the chemical industry“. This molecule, currently extracted from oil, is essential for the manufacturing of gasoline, rubber, […]

December 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 12 Dec 2016

Meet Photanol: Harnessing Cyanobacteria’s Powers for Green Chemicals

Producing fuels and chemicals from CO2 and light has long been a dream of Biotech, and Amsterdam-based Photanol is working on making it an industrial reality with engineered cyanobacteria. I had a chat with Ross Gordon, Director of Business Development, about Photanol’s strategy. Photanol was present at the latest European Bioplastics Conference to present how it uses cyanobacteria, […]

December 12, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 28 Nov 2016

SynBio reinvents Photosynthesis with artificial CO2-fixing Pathway

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere could help with climate change, and there’s now a new biological method in the making to achieve this. Researchers have developed a new turbo-charged version of a metabolic pathway for fixing CO2, which is 20% more efficient than in plants. As described in an article just published in Science, a […]

November 28, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 8 Nov 2016

Swiss SynBio adds CRISPR to its Toolkit for new Specialty Chemicals

Evolva is licensing the CRISPR patents of Emmanuelle Charpentier, in a deal with holding company ERS Genomics. This will grant access to the wonder gene-editing technology for one of the most important players in European SynBio. Headquartered in Switzerland, Evolva develops new ways to obtain ingredients and specialty chemicals with brewing and engineered microorganisms. Its […]

November 8, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 5 Nov 2016

Would you Taste this Gene-Edited Dinner?

Genetic engineering can make food healthier, improve nutrition and reduce environmental impact. To demonstrate its potential, Cellectis hosted a dinner featuring futuristic food technology. Cellectis is a French company that develops immuno-oncology therapies and became famous last year when its CAR-T treatment saved a 1-year old girl from leukemia. Its gene-editing TALEN technology is also used by […]

November 5, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 3 Nov 2016

Which Teams are taking home Lego Trophies from iGEM this year?

The iGEM 2016 results are in! The world’s largest synthetic biology competition took place in Boston from the 24th to the 31st of October, and European teams took home the grand prizes in two of the three tiers, Postgraduate, Undergraduate and High School. The winners and their projects are listed below. Originally launched by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, […]

November 3, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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In Depth 2 Nov 2016

Green Waste is Biotech’s New Black Gold: A Review of Biorefineries

Replacing petroleum-based products with biobased equivalents is the Holy Grail of the bioeconomy. What are biorefineries doing and how can Biotech help? ‘Biorefinery’ is a buzzword for a cool technological space that draws from GreenTech, Industrial Biotech and SynBio. The core concept behind it is relatively simple: these plants mimic the traditional petroleum refinery, but […]

November 2, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 29 Oct 2016

Aliens in the Cornfield: The Borg Are Taking over Nebraska

The assimilation of the human race has begun! A Star Trek nightmare is coming true, as biohackers recruit piercing artists to build human-based Borg. Similar to the Borg’s obsession with perfecting biological life through machinery, biohackers are driven to make human life easier with technological implants. The first trials have already begun, as some biohackers have […]

October 29, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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British Synbio’s Llama Antibodies recruited for Cancer T-Cell Therapy

Cryopreservation: Can you Cheat Death by Freezing Yourself?

This Leading Gas Distributor from France is Going Bio

This SynBio Start-up is Redefining the Rules of Evolution

This Biofuel Company partnered with Audi is about to shake the Oil Market

Meet Photanol: Harnessing Cyanobacteria’s Powers for Green Chemicals

SynBio reinvents Photosynthesis with artificial CO2-fixing Pathway

Swiss SynBio adds CRISPR to its Toolkit for new Specialty Chemicals

Would you Taste this Gene-Edited Dinner?

Which Teams are taking home Lego Trophies from iGEM this year?

Green Waste is Biotech’s New Black Gold: A Review of Biorefineries

Aliens in the Cornfield: The Borg Are Taking over Nebraska

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