synthetic biology, cell & molecular biology, genetics & genomics

Researchers repurpose a bacterial immune system to be a molecular recording device.

Researchers create synthetic enzymes in the lab, encoded by artificial genetic material.

Synthetic biologists harness software to design genes and networks.

Designing genomes from scratch will be the next revolution in biology.

Exploiting the unique properties of living systems makes synthetic biologists better engineers.

A decade’s worth of engineering-infused biology

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.