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Science as Muse

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:34

What happens when a leading scientist visits a group of first year illustration students at the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA)? The birth of a new field where the scientist becomes the muse.

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Mammalian synthetic biology comes of age

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:30

Mammalian synthetic biology will make a huge impact on medicine and healthcare if just a fraction of the many exciting projects discussed at the 5^th Annual Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop in Boston (May 5 and 6) come to fruition.

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SAW Trust inspires again

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:08

The SAW Trust were back in Edinburgh on May 3 to deliver what was their third successful training day in science communication.

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Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies

Submitted by synbio on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 08:54

Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology, is the recipient of a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme.

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International workshop to discuss unmet needs in ‘design-build-test’ for synbio

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 15:24

In little over a decade, synthetic biology has evolved from demonstrating proof-of-concept gene circuits in bacteria to developing a new class of therapeutic devices (theranostics).

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Tapping bacterial survival strategies for ocean navigation

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 14:30

Funding to understand how bacteria swim to stay alive could lead to the development of bacterial ‘biosensors’ to help the U.S. Navy navigate at sea.

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New user-friendly DNA assembly toolkit

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 12:56

The development of a more versatile, simple and efficient DNA assembly kit will offer researchers unlimited ways of building complex molecular constructs by combining different DNA parts.

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Painting with light-powered bacteria

Submitted by synbio on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 14:40

Dr Teuta Pilizota, a PI in the UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology, is part of a research team who have used genetically modified bacteria to produce light-induced patterns as a potential route for engineering smart materials.

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Crossing Kingdoms and Disciplines: Living Art at SynthSys

Submitted by synbio on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:25

For two weeks in January 2018, SynthSys and Science Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) jointly hosted pioneering biological artists Ionat Zurr, Oron Catts and Tarsh Bates from SymbioticA: the Centre of Excel