Sensing the future of bio-informational engineering

TA Dixon, TC Williams, IS Pretorius - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
The practices of synthetic biology are being integrated into 'multiscale'designs enabling two-
way communication across organic and inorganic information substrates in biological, digital …

Building a biofoundry

MB Holowko, EK Frow, JC Reid, M Rourke… - Synthetic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A biofoundry provides automation and analytics infrastructure to support the engineering of
biological systems. It allows scientists to perform synthetic biology and aligned …

[HTML][HTML] Innovation intermediaries at the convergence of digital technologies, sustainability, and governance: A case study of AI-enabled engineering biology

C Holland, A McCarthy, P Ferri, P Shapira - Technovation, 2024 - Elsevier
We probe the missions and practices of innovation intermediaries involved in the
convergence of digital technologies, focusing on the case of AI-enabled engineering biology …

The design and engineering of synthetic genomes

JS James, J Dai, WL Chew, Y Cai - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic genomics seeks to design and construct entire genomes to mechanistically dissect
fundamental questions of genome function and to engineer organisms for diverse …

Public biofoundries as innovation intermediaries: the integration of translation, sustainability, and responsibility

A Watkins, A McCarthy, C Holland… - The Journal of Technology …, 2024 - Springer
The emergence and evolution of engineering biology, and its potential to address multiple
global challenges is associated with the rise of biofoundries. These innovation …

The whack-a-mole governance challenge for AI-enabled synthetic biology: literature review and emerging frameworks

TA Undheim - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
AI-enabled synthetic biology has tremendous potential but also significantly increases
biorisks and brings about a new set of dual use concerns. The picture is complicated given …

Seeding the idea of encapsulating a representative synthetic metagenome in a single yeast cell

I Belda, TC Williams, M de Celis, IT Paulsen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Synthetic metagenomics could potentially unravel the complexities of microbial ecosystems
by revealing the simplicity of microbial communities captured in a single cell …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinformational trends in grape and wine biotechnology

TA Dixon, TC Williams, IS Pretorius - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
The creative destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic is yielding immense
opportunity for collaborative innovation networks. The confluence of biosciences …

Unlocking the bacterial domain for industrial biotechnology applications using universal parts and tools

L De Wannemaeker, I Bervoets, M De Mey - Biotechnology advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology can play a major role in the development of sustainable industrial
biotechnology processes. However, the development of economically viable production …

Visioning synthetic futures for yeast research within the context of current global techno‐political trends

TA Dixon, RSK Walker, IS Pretorius - Yeast, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Yeast research is entering into a new period of scholarship, with new scientific tools, new
questions to ask and new issues to consider. The politics of emerging and critical technology …