Mosquitoes, ticks, and other bugs have become resistant to pesticides. Pyrone Systems has engineered yeast to produce triacetic acid lactone (TAL), a versatile molecule that can be converted into many different products.
Their first product is pogostone, a natural insectide, normally found in the patchouli plant. This substance is non-toxic to birds and bees but it will kill mosquitoes. Yeast ...
Every photo you take, every file you make, every pixel you create, every sound you fake, every video you shake, I’ll be storing you. Hard drives, cloud drives, DVDs, and magnetic tape – all of these are used to store digital data but the amount of data being stored is growing rapidly and that storage space is running ...
Guest article contributed by Dr. Terri Quenzer, MiraCosta College. Time is running out. We need to stop global warming from heating the earth’s temperature by another 1.5 °C before it’s too late. We must do this no later than 2050, preferably sooner, and we’re already late to the party. Race Against the Clock (RATC) is ...
NAR Database List
I always look forward to the Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) database issue. Typically I cover the issue in January, but I got busy, and then a pandemic broke out, so this year I'm later than usual. Through the delay viruses emerged as a good topic. But, first the numbers.
The opening editorial ...
One of the themes of the recent @synbiobeta #sbbsf17 annual meeting (Oct 4,5 2017) was the impact of synthetic biology on making new things or making old things in new ways. From cement to food, synthetic biology is causing people to rethink the way things are made. One of the most interesting ideas is the notion of ...
@synbiobeta concluded it’s #sbbsf17 annual meeting on synthetic biology Oct 5, 2017. The progress companies are making in harnessing biology as a platform for manufacturing and problem solving is world changing. What is Synthetic Biology? Synthetic biology is a term that is used to describe the convergence of ...
