Ginkgo organism engineers and the pipe – Ginkgoo blog
“Here I’ll try to give a high-level picture of Ginkgo’s pipeline for organism engineering. If you’ve checked out our webpage, you’ll see that we have seve...
Tag: biology
Biosphere 2 Gets New Owner, Funding – ScienceInsider
“The future of Biosphere 2 as a scientific facility is on a firmer footing, thanks to two major gifts announced this week. On Friday, the University of Ar...
DARPA to Offer $30 Million to Jump-Start Cellular Factories – ScienceInsider
“Approved barely a month ago, the $30 million Living Foundries program should be sending out a request for proposals in the next few weeks and making awar...
ScienceShot: Why Wallabies Don’t Pass Methane Gas – ScienceNOW
“When cows digest food, they produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas, but when kangaroos chow down, their digestive tract is relatively methane-free. The...
Designing Biology at SXSW 2012?
I’ve been thinking of what to do at SXSW Interactive next year around Biology. Biology at SXSW? It’s not as far-fetched as you’d think. The tr...
Scattering Microscope Peers Into the Nanoscale – ScienceNOW
From the article: Researchers have come up with a new idea for a light microscope. They placed between the light source and the object a lens made from a slab o...
Satellite tracking will reveal turtle wanderings : Nature News
“By borrowing the tools of the manicurist’s trade, marine biologists have found a way of attaching satellite-tracking tags to turtle hatchlings. The...
A united front – contamination in biotech drugs : Nature
“At least 17 incidences of viral contamination in biologics have been reported, but industry insiders say that many more go unreported. Rather than risk n...
Gut bacteria in Japanese people borrowed sushi-digesting genes from ocean bacteria | Discover Magazine
“Nori is, by far, the most likely source of bacteria with porphyran-digesting genes. It’s the only food that humans eat that contains any porphyrans and u...
Divided by language, united by gut bacteria – people have three common gut types | Discover Magazine
“Enterotypes aren’t quite as well-defined as, say, blood groups, but they could have similar uses as medical markers. The microbiome helps us to digest ou...