Cells navigate environments, communicate and build complex patterns by initiating gene
expression in response to specific signals. Engineers seek to harness this capability to …

Measuring biological data across time and space is critical for understanding complex
biological processes and for various biosurveillance applications. However, such data are …

Plant nanobionics aims to embed non-native functions to plants by interfacing them with
specifically designed nanoparticles. Here, we demonstrate that living spinach plants …

Plant synthetic biology aims to apply engineering principles to plant genetic design. One
strategic requirement of plant synthetic biology is the adoption of common standardized …

Plant production systems globally must be optimized to produce stable high yields from
limited land under changing and variable climates. Demands for food, animal feed, and …

Basic research has provided a much better understanding of the genetic networks and
regulatory hierarchies in plants. To meet the challenges of agriculture, we must be able to …

Many efforts have been put into engineering plants to improve crop yields and stress
tolerance and boost the bioproduction of valuable molecules. Yet, our capabilities are still …

Impacts of climate change like global warming, drought, flooding, and other extreme events
are posing severe challenges to global crop production. Contribution of Brassica napus …

Highlights•Successful fine-tuning of the stress response by engineering novel regulatory
targets.•Post-translational modifications regulate plant growth performance under stress.• …

Plant synthetic biology is an emerging field that combines engineering principles with plant
biology toward the design and production of new devices. This emerging field should play …