APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Combinatorial DNA construction and functional screening in the following industries: Pharmaceuticals, especially protein-based drugs Agriculture Biofuels Bio-based chemicals Biotechnology Enzymes DNA synthesis Life-science instrumentation and microfluidic device industries ADVANTAGES: Cost and time savings compared to … [Read more...] about Lab-on-a-chip Device for Massively Parallel DNA Assembly and Functional Screening EJIB-2934
Synthetic Biology Tools and Software
j5: Automated DNA Assembly Design Software ECRB-2836, EIB-2928
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biotechnology research and development Biofuels research and development ADVANTAGES: Reduces the labor associated with current technologies Determines cost-minimizing DNA assembly strategies Condenses multiple projects for use with high-throughput platforms ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have … [Read more...] about j5: Automated DNA Assembly Design Software ECRB-2836, EIB-2928
Rationally Designed Synthetic Transcription Factors EIB-3211
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Metabolic engineering Gene therapy Stem-cell engineering Drug delivery systems Antiviral therapeutics ADVANTAGES: More suitable than natural transcription factors for biotech applications Rational design Enhances in vivo directed evolution of mutant phenotypes Broadly applicable in synthetic biology Method can be … [Read more...] about Rationally Designed Synthetic Transcription Factors EIB-3211