A major challenge in constructing artificial cells is the establishment of a recursive genome
replication system coupled with gene expression from the genome itself. One of the simplest …

Despite numerous and increasing attempts to define what life is, there is no consensus on
necessary and sufficient conditions for life. Accordingly, some scholars have questioned the …

Automation is a useful strategy to make laborious evolutionary experiments faster and
easier. To date, several types of continuous flow reactors have been developed for the …

This paper analyses conceptual and experimental work in synthetic biology on different
types of interactions considered as minimal examples or models of communication. It …

The in vitro reconstitution of complex biological behavior from simple components is
challenging in wet ALIFE. Here, we present the reconstitution of host-parasite oscillation …

Reconstituting biological abilities from known molecules is a direct approach to understand
sufficient factors for biological phenomena. It also provides a novel biological system to …