Exploiting the unique properties of living systems makes synthetic biologists better engineers.
Exploiting the unique properties of living systems makes synthetic biologists better engineers.
Designing genomes from scratch will be the next revolution in biology.
Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
Learn about the field’s first genetic circuits and read forecasts by George M. Church and J. Craig Venter of a future where man-made organisms pump out novel fuels, drugs, and therapies.
Researchers show that errors in chromosome segregation known to cause chromosome instability can also lead to gene translocations, insertions, or deletions.
The European Commission takes a major step towards unraveling the secrets of human epigenetics.
Researchers design patterns of fluorescent protein expression to deliver secret messages.