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Career Brief |
Plug-and-play DNA
Bioengineering lab is hiring 29 scientists and engineers to develop synthetic biology 'parts'.
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Article |
A synchronized quorum of genetic clocks
A defining focus of synthetic biology is the engineering of genetic circuits with predictive functionality in living cells. Here, a decade after the first synthesized genetic toggle switch and oscillator, an engineered gene network with global intercellular coupling is designed that is capable of generating synchronized oscillations in a growing population of cells.
- Tal Danino
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Editorial |
Ten years of synergy
Contributions to and from basic science are the part of synthetic biology that most deserves celebration.
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News & Views |
Synchronized bacterial clocks
By synchronizing clocks, humans make more efficient use of their time and orchestrate their activities in different places. Bacteria have now been engineered that similarly coordinate their molecular timepieces.
- Martin Fussenegger
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News Feature |
Five hard truths for synthetic biology
Can engineering approaches tame the complexity of living systems? Roberta Kwok explores five challenges for the field and how they might be resolved.
- Roberta Kwok