Engineering biology (including synthetic biology) applies rigorous engineering principles to designing biological systems, with potentially ground-breaking applications across a host … read more

Human genome editing, 3D-printed replacement organs and artificial photosynthesis – the field of bioengineering offers great promise for tackling the … read more

Researchers publishing in Science have created five new synthetic yeast chromosomes with DNA from chemicals in a lab. read more

Publishing in the journal Science a group of researchers in the field of synthetic biology have proposed a project to help the understanding and development of tools and methods for large-scale synthesis and editing of genomes – an organism’s DNA blueprint. read more

Close to 1000 researchers in synthetic biology descended on Imperial College London for the 6th international meeting of BIOBRICKS, the synthetic biology meeting. The SMC invited some of the leading experts attending to meet with UK journalists beforehand. read more