Mastodawn

A novel RNA-based barcoding system enables scientists to identify and track which bacteria receive genetic material from bacteriophages within complex microbial environments.
#SyntheticBiology #Microbiology #Bioengineering #EnvironmentalEngineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/sybi06162601.html

RNA Barcoding Maps Virus-Host Dynamics

A novel RNA barcoding system maps bacteriophage-host interactions in complex microbiomes without the need for traditional lab culturing.

CSBJ Jun 9

🤖 Have we built AI powerful enough to design proteins, but too complicated for most scientists to use?

🔗 BioPipelines: Accessible Computational Protein and Ligand Design for Chemical Biologists. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0129

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#BioPipelines #ProteinEngineering #ComputationalBiology #ProteinDesign #SyntheticBiology #Bioinformatics #AlphaFold #SystemsBiology #AI

CSBJ Jun 9

🦠 Can a redesigned bacterial platform reshape the future of protein engineering?

🔗 Optimized Quantitative Bacterial Two-Hybrid (qB2H) for Protein–Protein Interaction Assessment. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0098

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#ProteinEngineering #SyntheticBiology #ProteinDesign #DrugDiscovery #ProteinInteractions #TherapeuticDiscovery

Scientific Frontline Jun 8

Scaffolded DNA origami is a technique that utilizes a long scaffold strand and numerous short staple strands to self-assemble highly precise two- and three-dimensional nanoscale objects.
#SyntheticBiology #Nanotechnology #Biophysics #ComputingScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/sybi06082601.html

Optimizing DNA Origami Nanostructures

Learn how a computational tool optimizes DNA origami assembly by minimizing sequence errors, advancing future biomedical and agritech applications.

Winbuzzer Jun 7

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/07/ai-leaders-back-dna-screening-as-biosecurity-chokepoint-xcxwbn/

AI leaders have backed DNA and RNA screening rules that would make gene synthesis sellers verify customers and orders before risky designs reach labs.

#AI #AISafety #AIRegulation #AISecurity #OpenAI #Anthropic #GoogleDeepMind #MicrosoftAI #Microsoft #SamAltman #MustafaSuleyman #DarioAmodei #DemisHassabis #SyntheticBiology

Scientific Frontline May 27

The living bandage is a cell-based delivery platform that utilizes encapsulated, engineered cells as on-site "factories" to secrete therapeutic signaling proteins directly into a wound over extended periods. It is designed to maintain therapeutic levels of tissue-regenerating molecules precisely where they are needed most.
#Bioengineering #SyntheticBiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/beng05272601.html

Living Bandage: Accelerating Wound Healing

Rice University's living bandage uses engineered cells to continuously deliver cytokines, accelerating the healing process for chronic wounds.

Protein Report May 25

#Newswire: StrainX Bioworks has raised $13 million in a round led by Prime Venture Partners and Leo Capital as it emerges from two years of stealth-mode development. The India-based synthetic biology and microbial fermentation company has built an integrated platform spanning strain engineering, fermentation, and product development, and has demonstrated operations at 10,000-liter scale.

#SyntheticBiology #Fermentation #Biotech #FoodIngredients #India

https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/strainx-bioworks-raises-13m-as-it-emerges-stealth-build-global-synthetic-biology-synbio-company-india

StrainX Bioworks raises $13 million to scale microbial fermentation from India

StrainX Bioworks raised $13M led by Prime Venture Partners and Leo Capital to scale its microbial fermentation platform from India for global markets.

Law-In-Action May 19

We The Subjects — Plundering Health Data

When geneticist Jingyuan Fu heard that an artificial intelligence (AI) group in China had downloaded a large biomedical dataset her team built in Europe, she felt pride — and a jolt of unease. “We spent millions on that dataset,” says Fu, a professor of systems medicine at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. “And the Chinese bought the whole thing for around €2,000.” In recent years, Fu’s group, like many others, has also begun using such data as feedstock for […]

https://law-in-action.com/2026/05/19/we-the-subjects-plundering-your-health-data/

Scientific Frontline May 17

Xenobots are microscopic, programmable biological machines constructed entirely from living cells without any genetic modification. Measuring less than a millimeter, they lack traditional mechanical parts and are entirely organic, biodegradable, and derived primarily from embryonic stem cells of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis).
#WhatIs #EvolutionaryBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #SyntheticBiology #ComputationalBiology #SoftRobotics
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/wi05172601.html

What Is: Xenobots

What Is Xenobots, microscopic programmable machines built from living cells. Learn how they revolutionize regenerative medicine and synthetic biology.

Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle [Unofficial]May 16

KAUST scientists build nanoscale drug factory inside cells

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1494422/kaust-scientists-build-nanoscale-drug-factory-inside-cells/