While some may believe that science is better left to scientists, hundreds of amateur biologists around the world have been setting-up makeshift biology labs in their homes, garages and community ...
From the dark recesses of the Internet circa 2009 comes the BioBrick-A-Bot, a liquid handling system for molecular biologists. The 2009 iGEM competition was a student competition to build devices for ...
Bacteria bright enough to see with the naked eye won the coveted BioBrick at this year's International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
Cambridge, Mass. – Bioengineering designs were on display last week at the second annual International Genetically Engineered Machines design competition. Student teams from 13 universities in the ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — The emerging science of “synthetic biology” is attracting a broad and eclectic group of researchers, scientists and engineers. A small group of about 300 attended the Synthetic ...
In my first post, I provided a very brief description of what synthetic biologists call parts. We use these parts to build more complicated systems. But this seems too obvious. Doesn't every ...