Synthetic biology promises to usher in a new era of scientific innovation and discovery [1].
Applicationsof thistechnology are broad and diverse [2]. Although applications frequently …

John F. Kennedy, Rice University, September 12, 1962 “Biology is complex.”“Biology is not
well understood enough to engineer.”“Biology is not ready for design software.” Sound …

Synthetic biology has its roots in designing biological system behavior according to a
desired specification. For the last two decades, researchers have made scientific …

There is a pressing need for design automation tools for synthetic biology systems.
Compared to electronic circuits, cellular information processing has more complex …

Bio-design automation (BDA) is an emerging field focused on computer-aided design,
engineering principles, and automated manufacturing of biological systems. Here we …

Computer-aided design (CAD) has revolutionized many engineering fields, enabling the
quick exploration and testing of designs in silico, that minimizes the need for expensive and …

The aim of synthetic biology is to make genetic systems more amenable to engineering,
which has naturally led to the development of computer-aided design (CAD) tools …

Engineering biological organisms is a complex, challenging, and often slow process. Other
engineering domains have addressed such challenges with a combination of …

Synthetic biology is frequently defined as the application of engineering design principles to
biology. Such principles are intended to streamline the practice of biological engineering, to …

Synthetic biology is revolutionizing how we conceptualize and approach the engineering of
biological systems. Recent advances in the field are allowing us to expand beyond the …