Genetic engineering applications in the field of biofuel are rapidly expanding due to their
potential to boost biomass productivity while lowering its cost and enhancing its quality …

The increasing use of engineered organisms for industrial, clinical, and environmental
applications poses a growing risk of spreading hazardous biological entities into the …

Technologies to profoundly engineer biology are becoming increasingly affordable,
powerful, and accessible to a widening group of actors. While offering tremendous potential …

Bio-production of chemicals is an important driver of the societal transition toward
sustainability. However, fermentations with heavily engineered production organisms can be …

The ability to switch a gene from off to on and monitor dynamic changes provides a powerful
approach for probing gene function and elucidating causal regulatory relationships. Here …

Synthetic auxotrophy in which cell viability depends on the presence of an unnatural amino
acid (unAA) provides a powerful strategy to restrict unwanted propagation of genetically …

Highlights•Genetically modified organisms are integral to realizing a sustainable
bioeconomy.•Utility of GMOs is dependent on the development of secure biosystems …

Engineered microbes are exciting alternatives to current diagnostics and therapeutics.
Researchers have developed a wide range of genetic tools and parts to engineer probiotic …

The development of synthetic biology has resulted in the use of genetically engineered
microbes (GEMs), becoming increasingly critical for addressing global issues such as …

Engineering multicellularity is one of the next breakthroughs for Synthetic Biology. A key
bottleneck to building multicellular systems is the lack of a scalable signaling language with …