Synthetic Biology – News and Features
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IDT Presents at Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Representing the International Gene Synthesis Consortium and its ongoing work to prevent the misuse of synthetic genes.
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Life Technologies and SG Biofuels Complete Sequence of Jatropha Genome
Sequence combined with largest germplasm library accelerates development of promising energy crop.
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IDT Signs Contract to Supply Research Councils UK with Custom Oligonucleotides
IDT’s expert production technologies to aid RCUK in delivering on the UK government’s objectives for science and innovation.
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Synthetic biology in Europe, at least, it is dialogue or bust.
Without effective public engagement, there will be no synthetic biology in Europe, says Colin Macilwain.
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Fertilizer-free corn?
Is it really possible to "teach" corn to fix its own nitrogen, eliminating or at least reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer applications? Synthetic biology attempts to construct artificial circuits that can control biological functions in potentially transformational ways
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Sloning Further Strengthens its Intellectual Property with new U.S. Patent
Sloning’s Slonomics® platform allows researchers to increase the success rate of their screening for new and optimized therapeutic antibodies.
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Call for Participants for a new Project on Design and Synthetic Biology
The Synthetic Aesthetics seek participants for a research project on synthetic biology, design, and aesthetics.
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Virginia Tech Licenses GenoCAD Source Code to ISCB
Agreement facilitates the open source development of GenoCAD by the synthetic biology community.
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IASB Welcomes New Recommendations of the U.S. Government for Biosecurity in Synthetic Gene Production
The recommendations provide guidance to producers of synthetic genomic products and encourage best practices in addressing biosecurity concerns.
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Gene-Synthesis Firms Set Up Biosecurity Protocol
New firms aim to support government efforts to prevent the misuse of gene-synthesis technology.
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