Latest Synthetic biology Stories

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AEN), (the "Company") announced today that the Board of Directors has taken several actions to prioritize the Company's focus on its recent entry into the emerging field of synthetic biology. As previously announced on November 22, 2011, the Company and Intrexon Corporation ("Intrexon") entered into a worldwide exclusive channel collaboration for the development and commercialization of a...

DNA2.0 announces the integration of the first standardized information exchange framework for synthetic biology into the company's breakthrough gene design and assembly application. Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) December 14, 2011 DNA2.0 the leading provider of bioengineering solutions, today announced the integration of the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) into the company’s groundbreaking gene design and assembly tool, Gene Designer. SBOL is a synthetic biology standard...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that the company has introduced its GeneArt® Algae Engineering Kits, the first commercially available genetic modification and expression systems for photosynthetic microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Synechococcus elongatus. The strains are model organisms for the study of photosynthesis, circadian rhythms and nutrient-regulated gene activity, and are being investigated...

[ Watch the Video ] Any way you slice it, bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene, the orange substance that gives carrots their color. When it’s eaten, beta-carotene turns into vitamin A. The students’ project is the university’s entry in iGEM, the...

Facility will be LEED Platinum Certified and will be on the University of California, San Diego Campus SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomics research institute, today held an official groundbreaking ceremony for their new California facility. The JCVI building, designed by ZGF Architects, will be a state-of-the-art, "ultra-green" 45,000 square foot, highly adaptable, wet laboratory and computational laboratory...

In the wake of last year's creation of the first self-replicating cell with a synthetic genome "“ which was quickly followed by a request from President Barack Obama for a report by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues "“ a series of essays in the Hastings Center Report examines the social challenges that synthetic biology presents. Among the authors is the chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, who discusses its report on...

Fluorescent Black, a wildly popular science fiction comic printed first as a periodical in Heavy Metal Magazine and later as a collected novel, will now be released in European territories, in three different languages: Spanish, French and English. French printer Bragelonne and Spanish printer Norma Editorial will be releasing the books in October of 2011. Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2011 Fluorescent Black, a wildly popular science fiction comic printed first as a periodical in Heavy...

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation has signed an exclusive license agreement for novel technology that enables synthetic biologists to effectively program and control the genetic circuitry in engineered pathways and organisms. This technology, discovered by the inventors while at Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, provides the ability to target and regulate expression within the genome and will enable researchers to more...

Rigorous bioinformatic analysis of the strengths, limitations published in Nature BiotechnologyA software package designed to minimize the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defense and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.Virginia Tech has licensed GenoTHREAT, a software tool that helps detect the use of synthetic DNA as bioterrorism agents. Developed as an open-source project by a team led by...

Having trouble with your resolutions list already? Make the switch from cloning to synthesis and give yourself more time and energy to focus on your research. Resolve to work smarter"”saving time and money and getting better results. Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2011 Having trouble with your resolutions list already? Make the switch from cloning to synthesis and give yourself more time and energy to focus on your research. Resolve to work smarter"”saving time and money and...