Transforming a cool idea or a breakthrough technology into a mature application is challenging. Open Cell is aiming to facilitate that…
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Interview How to make synbio more accessible: an interview with Helene SteinerRead more
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Interview Mastodon Surprise! An Interview with Alton DooleyRead more
The mastodon–an Ice Age cousin of today’s elephants–is an icon of North American paleontology. Known to science for over 200 years, and…
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biosecurity Controlling Biosafety and Biosecurity Threats, an interview with Michael ImperialeRead more
Advances in the field of biotechnology and synthetic biology are providing tremendous promise with respect to new ways to combat disease…
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Interview Untapping the catalytic potential of environmental bacteria with synthetic biology: an interview with Pablo Iván NikelRead more
Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering are two closely related (and, for the most part, overlapping) disciplines that continue to thrive and…
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Interview Accelerating the Bioscience Revolution: an interview with Arye LipmanRead more
Starting a biotech company can be a daunting task, and the perceived difficulties may discourage aspiring entrepreneurs. But fear not &ndash…
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From the community Hello Tomorrow, an innovation facilitator that makes its first strides in synthetic biologyRead more
As the next Hello Tomorrow Global Summit is approaching (taking place on March 14-15, click here for more info on the…
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Dinosaurs Munching and Migrating Megabeasts: Sauropod teeth illuminate migration patterns between Europe and AfricaRead more
When someone studies migration patterns of different organisms, one may consider many lines of evidence. For modern organisms, that is easy: visual…
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Interview Looking for the origins of life using synthetic biology: an interview with Betul KacarRead more
In the interdisciplinary field of engineering life, synthetic biologists team up with experts from different fields. However, pairing synthetic biology with…
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Interview Interview with Colin Scott, one of Australia’s leading synbio expertsRead more
Colin Scott is a Principal Research Scientist working at CSIRO, Canberra. He runs the CSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology Team…
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Interview Synthetic Biology from an editor’s perspective: Interview with Ross CloneyRead more
If you submit you synthetic biology paper to Nature Communications, Ross Cloney is the person that will handle your case. After…
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From the community A new synbio initiative: interview with the Synbio Canada steering committeeRead more
Canada is known for several things: cold weather, Niagara Falls, kind residents, maple syrup… but a new initiative, SynBio Canada, aims…
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Dinosaurs Stepping Out: New Ornithomimosaur from Arkansas DescribedRead more
Last week, a new species of dinosaur was described in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The dinosaur, Arkansaurus fridayi, is an ornithomimosaur…