SpeedyGenes gene synthesis method

A new chapter in Methods Mol. Biol. (Currin et al, 2017. Vol 1472, 63-78) describes our SpeedyGenes method that allows the assembly of DNA sequences with fewer errors and its use to encode extensive, statistically designed sequence variation at any position in the...

Biosynthesis of semi-synthetic antibiotics

A major new collaboration between members of SYNBIOCHEM and the John Innes Centre, funded by BBRSC/EPSRC and Innovate UK, will explore SynBio approaches for the total biosynthesis of semi-synthetic antibiotics. Natural products are molecules typically produced by...

Synthetic biology for high performance materials

In partnership with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), The University of Manchester (UoM) and SYNBIOCHEM, have launched a series of SynBio initiatives around the development of high performance materials with potential civilian and military...

New Uk – Brazilian collaboration

Harnessing SynBio, metagenomics and bioprocessing to provide alternative routes to high value chemicals. Lignin can be obtained as a by-product of cellulosic ethanol production, and is a potential source of renewable chemicals. Efficient valorisation of lignin is a...

Equipment recycling in Africa

Reynard Spiess who provides Mass Spectrometry support to the SYNBIOCHEM Centre visited the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology near Nairobi in Kenya earlier this summer. He helped with the installation of Mass Spectrometry equipment donated from the...