APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel development Industrial enzyme manufacturing ADVANTAGES: Enables evaluation of several enzymatic reactions in parallel Can be used directly with crude environmental samples Potential for rapid parallel analysis with low sample volumes ABSTRACT: Trent Northen and colleagues at Berkeley Lab and JBEI have developed a rapid … [Read more...] about NIMS-based Multiplexed Enzymatic Assays EJIB-2926
Synthetic Biology Tools and Software
Production of Bacterial Microcompartments for Synthetic Biology Applications IB- 2013-014
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biotechnology Carbon capture and sequestration Biofuels production Drug delivery Specialty chemical manufacturing Vaccine development ADVANTAGES: Small, uniform geometries Long lasting (> 2 months) Semipermeable membrane walls Allows engineered pore selectivity Does not rely on natural operon sequences Well … [Read more...] about Production of Bacterial Microcompartments for Synthetic Biology Applications IB- 2013-014
Irreversible, Low Load Genetic Switches EJIB-2593
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Induction/suppression of gene expression Production of genomic knock-outs and knock-ins Growing genetically engineered crops for biofuel feedstock Targeted gene therapy Containment systems for environmental cleanup Research by developmental and systems biologists, biological engineers and synthetic biologists ADVANTAGES: Handles … [Read more...] about Irreversible, Low Load Genetic Switches EJIB-2593
Directed Evolution of Microbe Producing Biofuels Using In Vivo Transcription Factor Based Biosensors EJIB-2710
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Improved production of C2-C6 linear alcohols and aldehydes Alcohol-based induction system for gene regulation and protein overexpression ADVANTAGES: High throughput screening and selection Improved sensitivity for measuring enzyme activity and small molecule production Broad applicability Single cell resolution … [Read more...] about Directed Evolution of Microbe Producing Biofuels Using In Vivo Transcription Factor Based Biosensors EJIB-2710
Lab-on-a-chip Device for Massively Parallel DNA Assembly and Functional Screening EJIB-2934
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