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Call for proposals: European Foundations Award for Responsible Research & Innovation

28/10/2015

A number of European Foundations (see below for details) lau

Hacked molecular machine could pump out custom proteins

31/07/2015

An engineered ribosome with a permanent connection between its subunits (red) can operate side-by

New Life Made with Custom Safeguards

26/01/2015

A new class of species may have been invented, and all in the name of safety.

New Dutch online Knowledge base on synthetic biology

22/12/2014

A new Dutch online knowledge base

knowledge sharing

Introducing synthetic features to living organisms without genetic modification

23/06/2014

A new study has shown that controlling organisms on the cellular level does not necessarily requi

15/05/2014

May 7, 2014—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have engineered a bacterium whose

First yeast cells with a ‘synthetic’ chromosome

29/03/2014

Researchers for the first time grow yeast cells in which a natural chromosome was successively replaced by exchanging the entire natural DNA sequence by chemically synthesized DNA fragments.

Bio-Fiction: Call for entries!

10/02/2014

Bio-fiction 2014, the International Synthetic Biology Film Festival, is back and calls for submissions! Bio-fiction aims to document, speculate and reflect creatively on synthetic biology and its societal ramifications.