Earth Life's Genetic Alphabet Has Been Expanded To Create Novel Proteins astrobiology.com/2024/09/eart...#astrobiology#genomics#biochemistry#synbio#nanotechnology
It’s a dogma taught in every introductory biology class: Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words.
We are excited to announce several keynote speakers joining us at the 1st International SynBYSS Conference, held at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, from December 9-12, 2024. - Ian Paulsen, PhD - Adam Arkin, PhD - Lingchong You, PhD - Wenjun Zhang, PhD www.jcvi.org/events/synbyss#synbio
Tricorder Tech: Novel Coupled Nanopore Platform Offers Greater Precision For Detecting Molecules astrobiology.com/2024/09/tric...#astrobiology#tricorder#nanotechnology#synbio#genomics
Nanopore size control throughout the AC-STEM drilling process Series of ADF-STEM (annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy) images
REMINDER: Biotech Inc is still seeking greater power & profit by controlling the building blocks of life. Their new TECHNOFIX buzzword is "generative biology" to describe the integration of synbio and AI. Hype? Dire threat? Bit of both? More in this new briefing paper: acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), together with Third World Network (TWN) and ETC Group, have produced a timely briefing paper ahead of the 16th
The X SynBio Summer School at Magdalena Palace (Santander) was truly inspiring. I lectured on biocomputation and, as often lately, I started with a bit of history: Torres Quevedo, von Neumann, Brenner, Monod... I hope to attend the XI next year!
We are hiring at all prof ranks in synthetic biology, loosely defined. Even if you don't consider synbio to be your main focus but maybe you develop genetic tools, have some applied research in the mix, work with defined communities, etc, you should apply. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/660751/m...
Invite applications for multiple tenure/tenure-track positions at all ranks to begin in the Fall of 2025.
I just applied to be a judge at #iGEM2024#Biotech#SynBio#Mentoringcompetition.igem.org
Discussions of speculative "existential risks" posed by new techs are marketing tools to suggest how powerful they will be - seen before with nanotech & synbio. But, as this FT piece suggests for AI, risk is disillusion when users encounter actually existing versions www.ft.com/content/bffa...
Constant warnings about the technology’s power primes early users for disappointment
