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Research at Victoria University of Wellington could lead to a new generation of antibiotics, helping tackle the global issue of ‘superbugs’ that are resistant to modern medicine. 
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Hamilton Smith is scientific director of synthetic biology and bioenergy at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, California. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of an enzyme that cuts DNA, an advance vital to genetic engineering. He told Kat Austen he...
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SSBSS 2015 : International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - Biology meets Engineering & Computer Science (SSBSS 2015 : International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer ...
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BioCoder is a quarterly newsletter for DIYbio, synthetic bio, and anything related.
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*A great new edition of BioCoder*
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 10, 2014--(PR Newswire)--
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To Get More Information: http://www.bigmarketresearch.com/synthetic-biology-market Synthetic biology is a novel field that finds its origin at the intersection of biology and engineering. It involves designing and construction of biological systems or devices that can be applied in varied domains to get specified results.
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by Haynes is an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, one of Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She is among educators and researchers using synthetic biology techniques in pursuit of solutions to many of society’s major biotechnology and medical challenges. The field combines biological sciences and engineering in designing and creating new manufactured biological systems and devices, as well as redesigning existing natural biological systems to maintain and enhance human health. Researchers are using the capabilities of synthetic biology to probe the fundamental makeup of biological systems, enabling them to do things such as modifying and reprogramming body cells and DNA to perform medicinal functions. Such techniques are also being used in plant biology to enhance agriculture. The rapid advance of synthetic biology has prompted discussions about how to weigh the benefits of the research against potential social and ethical implications, and concerns about safety. Haynes and two colleagues – Steve Evans and Jay Keasling – gave presentations on those questions to staff members representing members of Congress, National Science Foundation officials, science journalists and other interested parties. Evans is a research fellow at Dow AgroSciences, a part of the Dow Chemical Company that focuses on sustainable agriculture. Keasling is the chief executive officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, assistant director at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and a professor of biochemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also director of the National Science Foundation-supported Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), which helped to organize the Congressional briefing. Haynes is an affiliate researcher with SynBERC. The speakers stressed the importance of increasing public awareness of synthetic biology as a way to foster confidence about the methods and the goals of researchers. “We want to inform more people to prevent unfounded fears that might hinder work that has great value for addressing society’s needs,” Haynes said after the briefing. The audience was also told it will be increasingly important to have experts in the field working with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration to help keep government regulations up to date on rules related to biological research and biotechnology development. Current regulations “need to be more aligned with technology that is coming from synthetic biology,” Haynes said. Arizona State University “was highly visible” at the briefing, she said, due particularly to talk about the Workshop on Research Agendas in the Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology to be hosted by ASU in November. “We hope we convinced everyone at the briefing that sustained support for biomedical engineering is in the best interests of the nation,” Haynes said."
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Real vegan cheese. It's not an oxymoron, it's a miracle of synthetic biology.
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Keystone Symposia: Precision Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology 2015 will be held in Big sky, MT, United States on January 11th.
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Our work in the latest issue of BioCoder: Research collaboration and management via the cloud will result in a drastic expansion of our problem-solving capacity, since groups of people with different backgrounds and expertise that openly gather around common interests are more likely to succeed at solving complex problems. Another advantage is that collaboration between individuals becomes possible regardless of their geographic location and background. Here we present a novel, open-web application called Leukippos, which aims to apply these information and communication technologies to in silico synthetic biology projects. We describe both the underlying technology and organizational structure necessary for the platform’s operation. The synthetic biology software search engine, SynBioAppSelector, and the game, SynBrick, are examples of projects being developed on this platform."
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Researchers detail the binding domain of BurrH, a DNA-binding protein. They also reprogrammed the domain, called BuD, showing its potential as a gene-editing tool.
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Advances in synthetic biology have made it possible to convert biomass to chemicals, fuels and materials, and produce new therapeutic drugs
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Synthetic biology is attracting attention from both scientists and regulators. But there is little agreement on what it is. Can we find a road out of synthetic biology’s definitional quagmire?
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Dejana Jovicevic, Benjamin A. Blount andTom Ellis
"A team of US researchers recently reported the design, assembly and in vivo functionality of a synthetic chromosome III (SynIII) for the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The synthetic chromosome was assembled bottom-up from DNA oligomers by teams of students working over several years with researchers as the first part of an international synthetic yeast genome project. Embedded into the sequence of the synthetic chromosome are multiple design changes that include a novel in-built recombination scheme that can be induced to catalyse intra-chromosomal rearrangements in a variety of different conditions. This system, along with the other synthetic sequence changes, is intended to aid researchers develop a deeper understanding of how genomes function and find new ways to exploit yeast in future biotechnologies. The landmark of the first synthesised designer eukaryote chromosome, and the power of its massively parallel recombination system, provide new perspectives on the future of synthetic biology and genome research."
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