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0000-0002-6828-1000 Advances in the field of biotechnology and synthetic biology are providing tremendous promise with respect to new ways to combat disease, produce useful chemicals, and remediate environmental damage, to name a few applications. However,
0000-0002-6828-1000 A recent article in New York Times about DIY biology and biohacking sparked a vigorous discussion about biosecurity and regulation of synthetic biology. The article starts with the rather sensationalist title, As D.I.Y.
0000-0003-0319-5416The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are working to develop a report on security concerns around synthetic biology. The committee recently put out its initial report, “A Proposed Framework For Identifying Potential Biodefense Vulnerabilities Posed
Guest blog post by Dr. Eric van der Helm Last month, the SB7.0 conference attracted around 800 synthetic biology experts from all around the world to Singapore. I was attending as part of the SB7.0
Guest post by Devang Mehta This September, as part of their annual symposium, EUSynBioS will hold an Open Discussion on the topic, “Synthetic Biology and Environmental Engineering”, at the National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain. They will host
By guest author Devang Mehta The world in 1918 was emerging from under the pall of a World War that had claimed 38 million lives, and yet in the span of only one year, just
By Steven Burgess and Dominic Berry Last month, researchers from the Universität Marburg reported mixing 12 enzymes from three spheres of life, including plants, humans and microbes, to create an artificial pathway that is more
I have always looked at multidisciplinarity as the key to technological advancement. I was pleased to see my belief backed by a crowd of 380 people participating to Biofabricate 2016 – the annual summit for
“Why, this is very midsummer madness.” Shakespeare, Twelfth Night In the fast moving field of synthetic biology, things have been speeding up over the last couple of months. Control of infectious disease is a hot topic with concern
by Dr. Filippa Lentzos, King’s College London Synthetic biology is swimming in defense dollars. The most recent figures available on US trends in synthetic biology research funding indicate that two thirds of the $200 million invested
