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Artificial Photosynthetic Cell Producing Energy for Protein Synthesis
Samuel Berhanu, Takuya Ueda, Yutetsu Kuruma. Nature Communications.
More →EBRC research roadmap will be available to all members for feedback
The EBRC research roadmap will be available to all members for feedback and review following the Spring 2019 Retreat (Boston). Please provide feedback and comments to roadmap@ebrc.org.
More →UC’s patent for its pioneering CRISPR discovery
UC’s patent for its pioneering CRISPR discovery sets up a big battle over its rights. Los Angeles Times.
More →PLANT-Dx: A Molecular Diagnostic for Point of Use Detection of Plant Pathogens
Matthew Verosloff, James Chappell, Keith L. Perry, Jeremy R. Thompson, and Julius B. Lucks. ACS Synthetic Biology.
More →Standardizing Automated DNA Assembly: Best Practices, Metrics, and Protocols Using Robots
David I. Walsh, III, Marilene Pavan, Luis Ortiz, Scott Wick, Johanna Bobrow, Nicholas J. Guido, Sarah Leinicke, Dany Fu, Shreya Pandit, Lucy Qin, Peter A. Carr, Douglas Densmore. SLAS Technology.
More →Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Grab your kiddos and take a listen to February’s episode of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids featuring Danielle Tullman-Ercek discussing engineering bacteria.
More →North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons
Military analysts are increasingly concerned about the nation’s “advanced, underestimated and highly lethal” bioweapons program.
More →SPA Visit to Ginkgo Bioworks on March 22
The SPA is hosting an Industry Site Visit to Ginkgo Bioworks on March 22 in association with the EBRC Retreat.
More →New Addition to the EBRC staff
We welcome Dr. Clem Fortman to the EBRC staff at the Director for National Security Engagements!
More →Congratulations to Kristala Jones-Prather
Congratulations to Kristala Jones-Prather for her election to the 2018 class of AAAS Fellows, Section on Engineering
More →Karmella Haynes has started a new position as an Associate Professor
Karmella Haynes has started a new position as an Associate Professor in the Georgia Tech/ Emory University W. H. Coulter Biomedical Engineering Department
More →Designing Spatially Distributed Gene Regulatory Networks To Elicit Contrasting Patterns
Authors: Mika Tei, Melinda Liu Perkins, Justin Hsia, Murat Arcak, and Adam Paul Arkin. ACS Synthetic Biology
More →PNNL has developed a new, publicly available, tool
PNNL has developed a new, publicly available, tool for understanding the current state of the U.S. biodefense enterprise. The Biodefense Policy Landscape Analysis Tool (B-PLAT, v2.0) →.
More →Oxford University Press has issued a call for papers
Oxford University Press has issued a call for papers for a Special Issue on Synthetic Biology Education.
More →Abstract submission for the 2019 Synthetic Biology
Abstract submission for the 2019 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED) Conference (New York City, NY) closes March 1, 2019.
More →U.S. FDA Proposed Rule
The U.S. FDA has issued a proposed rule on amending the definition of “biological product”. Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted by February 25, 2019. Federal Register.
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