Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
0000-0002-6828-1000 Guest post by Jestin George The Biodesign Challenge (BDC) was created in 2015 as a competition and education program that partners classrooms with scientists, artists, and designers to develop projects that envision how
0000-0002-6828-1000 New York is a global center of life sciences, but, until recently, synthetic biology startups clustered in Boston and San Francisco. I had a chance to talk with John Murray, who runs the Life
0000-0002-6828-1000 Several companies participated in SynbiTECH 2019, showcasing their ideas and applications. One of them is Leaf Expression Systems, a startup from Norwich. The company aims to use the tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana as an
0000-0002-6828-1000 In my previous post, I promised some interviews with the SynbiTECH participants. I had the opportunity to interview the SynbiTECH organisers Professors Richard Kitney and Paul Freemont, who were kind enough to answer my
0000-0002-6828-1000 Guest post by Jacob Beal, BBN, Synthetic Biology Open Language Consortium How do you represent your genetic designs? Nearly every synthetic biology company is involved in the engineering of new genetic designs. The methods
0000-0002-6828-1000 For many people, London does not sound like an appealing summer destination. But I was excited when I landed in Heathrow on Sunday last week, looking forward to two days full of synthetic biology.
