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0000-0003-0319-5416The PLOS Synbio Collection organizes the synthetic biology papers from across the PLOS family of journals into nine categories. The collection includes publications going back to December 2006 so this month we’re celebrating 10 years of synbio articles. Here
0000-0003-0319-5416Synthetic biology aims to engineer biological cells to perform many different useful functions, but before they can be used commercially or clinically they are extensively tested in the lab. Fluorescent proteins serve as our main tool for
0000-0003-0319-5416The field, or at least the widely used term, of synthetic biology (synbio) started nearly two decades ago. As the field has matured, two PLoS ONE papers have analyzed the publishing data to look at
You say poTAYto; I say poTAHto. Degenerate pronunciations didn’t prevent Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from tripping the light fantastic. The degeneracy of the genetic code, however, with 61 possible codons specifying 20 different amino
By Grant Vousden-Dishington, PLOS Synbio Community Blogger The 2015 iGEM Giant Jamboree began with an opening ceremony on September 25th, during which PLOS announced its new joint-venture with the iGEM organization. “We are very excited to work
It’s almost that time of the year again — iGEM 2015 Jamboree is coming up on September 24–28 at the Boston Hynes Convention Center! Last year, PLOS Synbio Community Editors, Aakriti and David, attended iGEM and brought
