Roadmapping News

New Publication: Engineering Biology Metrics and Technical Standards for the Global Bioeconomy

A new report responding to engineering biology’s need for clear standards and metrics to enable the rapid development of a sustainable bioeconomy.

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New Publication: Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Engineering Biology

A companion piece to EBRC’s 2022 roadmap, Engineering Biology for Climate & Sustainability. Published in npj Climate Action.

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Just released: Engineering Biology for Climate & Sustainability: A Research Roadmap for a Cleaner Future

Check out EBRC’s newest technical research roadmap!

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Assess your Success – Contribute to EBRC’s Assessment of Engineering Biology!

Please help EBRC assess progress and barriers to achieving the roadmap’s goals and milestones.

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Modular cell-free expression plasmids to accelerate biological design in cells

Ashty S Karim, Fungmin Eric Liew, Shivani Garg, Bastian Vögeli, Blake J Rasor, Aislinn Gonnot, Marilene Pavan, Alex Juminaga, Séan D Simpson, Michael Köpke, Michael C Jewett.  ACS Synthetic Biology.

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Activation of Energy Metabolism through Growth Media Reformulation Enables a 24-Hour Workflow for Cell-Free Expression

Max Z. Levine, Byungcheol So, Alissa C. Mullin, Rob Fanter, Kayla Dillard, Katharine R. Watts, Michael R. La Frano, and Javin P. Oza. ACS Synthetic Biology.

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You get what you screen for: on the value of fermentation characterization in high-throughput strain improvements in industrial settings

Maren Wehrs, Alexander de Beaumont-Felt, Alexi Goranov, Patrick Harrigan, Stefan de Kok, Sarah Lieder, Jim Vallandingham & Kristina Tyner. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology.

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Automated design of thousands of nonrepetitive parts for engineering stable genetic systems

Ayaan Hossain, Eriberto Lopez, Sean M. Halper, Daniel P. Cetnar, Alexander C. Reis, Devin Strickland, Eric Klavins & Howard M. Salis. Nature Biotechnology.

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Artificial Photosynthetic Cell Producing Energy for Protein Synthesis

Samuel Berhanu, Takuya Ueda, Yutetsu Kuruma. Nature Communications.

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Gene-edited animal creators look beyond US market

Heidi Ledford. Nature.

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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.

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The race for enzymatic DNA synthesis heats up

Jeffery M. Perkel. Nature.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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