Synthetic biology is an emerging research field that focuses on using rational engineering
strategies to program biological systems, conferring on them new functions and behaviours …

Synthetic biology is focused on the rational construction of biological systems based on
engineering principles. During the field's first decade of development, significant progress …

Materials in nature have fascinating properties that serve as a continuous source of
inspiration for materials scientists. Accordingly, bio-mimetic and bio-inspired approaches …

A major goal of synthetic biology is to reprogram cells to perform complex tasks. Here we
show how a combination of in vitro and in vivo selection rapidly identifies a synthetic …

This article presents a branch of research where the use of molecules to encode and
transmit information among nanoscale devices (nanomachines) is investigated as a bio …

Cells use feedback to implement a diverse range of regulatory functions. Building synthetic
feedback control systems may yield insight into the roles that feedback can play in regulation …

Cell-cell communication is a widespread phenomenon in nature, ranging from bacterial
quorum sensing and fungal pheromone communication to cellular crosstalk in multicellular …

Bacteria use chemotaxis signaling pathways to sense environmental changes. Escherichia
coli chemotaxis system represents an ideal model that illustrates fundamental principles of …

Main conclusion Plant molecular biology and bacterial behaviour research in the future
could focus on using genetically engineered bacteria as a sensor, hormonal/disease …

Many applications require cells to switch between discrete phenotypic states. Here, we
harness the FimBE inversion switch to flip a promoter, allowing expression to be toggled …