New partnership with SynbiCITE

SynbiCITE launches new five-year strategy. Dedicated to promoting the adoption and use of synthetic biology by industry, SynbiCITE has announded the launch of a new 5-year strategy underpinned by a new £5M grant from UK Research and Innovation and other sources....

Responsible Research and Innovation – A Manchester Perspective.

What is Responsible Research and Innovation? Barbara Ribeiro and Philip Shapira have written a short briefing paper that provides an overview of responsible research and innovation (RRI), with concise highlights about principles of responsibility, the emergence of RRI...

An automated Design-Build-Test-Learn pipeline

The SYNBIOCHEM automated pipeline for the discovery and optimisation of biosynthetic pathways for microbial production of fine chemicals has been published in Nature: Communications Biology. The microbial production of fine and speciality chemicals promises to deliver...

Faster genome evolution methods to transform yeast

Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast we use for bread and beer production. This is to develop a synthetic yeast strain that can be transformed on demand, making it particularly...

eForFuel: Fuels from CO2 and Electricity

C3 Biotechnologies Ltd is taking part in eForFuel, an exciting EU-funded research and innovation initiative that seeks to provide a sustainable replacement of fossil fuels by using electricity and microorganisms to convert CO2 into renewable fuels. Read more Updates...