EuSynBioS goes to the 2023 Grand Jamboree!
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by SC EUSynBioS
3M ago
Four of EUSynBioS Steering Committee members - Louis, Içvara, Joana and Stephen - joined the iGEM 2023 Grand Jamboree in Paris last November and participated in different activities with different roles. iGEM, International Genetically Engineered Machinery, is a synthetic biology competition where students from all over the world take part by bringing innovative and out of the box ideas to solve real life challenges. With topics ranging from climate crisis to diagnostics and food nutrition. This year was even more special, as iGEM turned 20…let’s see how our members were involved in the event ..read more
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The people behind EUSynBioS
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by SC EUSynBioS
5M ago
Get to know the steering committee of the society: from their favorite lab equipment to their hobbies! As anticipated in the last introductory blog post, we are going to present who is behind EUSynBioS. Our members are from different parts of Europe, have a wide variety of expertise and (SynBio) interests! Here we present both the old and the new members, along with their research focus and what they like to do besides SynBio! But, before getting started with our members, we have an important question: what is your favorite cloning strategy? Here what’s our members think: Favorite cloning str ..read more
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ATG SYNBIO SPAIN 2023 CONGRESS – A parade of amazing stakeholders in the SynBio field
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by SC EUSynBioS
5M ago
By Joana L. Rodrigues, EUSynBioS Steering Committee In July 2023, ATG SynBio Spain, the Spanish SynBio association, organized the II International Congress in Synthetic Biology, STEAM Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. I had the opportunity to attend and share the work we do at EUSynBioS and also to present the SynBio research that I do at Centre of Biological Engineering (University of Minho).  The conference was held in the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park: what an incredible view and venue! I don’t know if it was the view of the beach on the other side of the street or the ..read more
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A new beginning for EUSynBioS!
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by SC EUSynBioS
6M ago
As the SynBio community continues to expand, we, at EUSynBioS, felt we needed a fresh start! What’s better than starting with a new website? In the last year we have been working on renewing and updating our website. In this blog we will highlight all the new features, as well as our plans and ideas for the upcoming months. During the last decade in Europe, there has been a growing interest, in the field of SynBio, reflected in the growing number of SynBio laboratories, industries, and start-ups. EUSynBioS was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing together people with different backgrounds ..read more
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Onyx Platform Helps Synthetic Cannabis Company Create Its First Commercial Product
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6M ago
You may have heard of the cannabis compounds THC and CBD, but did you know there are more than 100 cannabinoids, many of which could have valuable therapeutic properties but are not abundantly available in plants? It is one field where synthetic biology could play a crucial role, and the speed, efficiency, and reliability of high-throughput genome engineering of the Onyx™ platform is already enabling one business to embrace the opportunity. Canadian biotech company Willow Biosciences is developing simple, robust processes for manufacturing rare cannabinoid compounds in high purity ..read more
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Entrepreneurship in Synthetic Biology for early-career researchers:  An introduction
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6M ago
Introduction Synthetic biology is a young and exciting engineering discipline, the ability to rationally design and build novel biological systems represents an incredibly worthwhile intellectual pursuit on its own. On the other hand, engineering biology has a significant potential to bring commercially viable solutions to many problems, including the major global challenges such as environmental pollution, pandemics, and famine. Academics and researchers are bringing the most impactful synthetic biology innovations that are stemming from the fundamental research. Numerous individuals, both s ..read more
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The EUSynBioS Symposium 2020
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6M ago
Since 2016 EUSynBioS has been organizing yearly symposia in different European countries, with the objective of disseminating the field of Synthetic Biology and gathering the European community. This year, we partnered up with the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB), which organizes Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, one of the biggest conferences in Synthetic Biology happening in Europe, this year at its 5th edition (ASBE V). Originally, the meeting was supposed to be held in the university town Delft in The Netherlands, but as for many other conferences, we were forced to hold the ..read more
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Challenges for women in Synthetic Biology #3 - Nethaji Gallage
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6M ago
Building a strong synthetic biology community in Europe requires the fair and equal involvement and participation of women. Unfortunately, women still face many challenges and obstacles in science and industry. That is why we are addressing this issue by highlighting powerful examples of women in synthetic biology in our blog series “challenges for women in synthetic biology”.  This time, we have interviewed Nethaji Gallage, the CEO & co-founder of Octarine, a company specialized on the biotechnological production of cannabinoids and related compounds. Nethaji will be also joining our ..read more
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IGEM Groningen 2020/21 - RootPatch
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6M ago
Motivation Potatoes are one of the most common agricultural crops globally. Annually, a loss of est. €460 million worth of potato crop is incurred due to Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCNs), which induce the development of harmful syncytia on the roots by inserting genome altering chemicals. A syncytium is a single cell or a cytoplasmic mass that contains several nuclei. Formation of syncytia on potato roots results in the withdrawal of nutrients from the crop and dramatically reduced tuber size. Moreover, female nematodes form cysts that can survive in the soil for up to 20 years. When the environm ..read more
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Welcoming the new EUSynBioS Advisory Board
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6M ago
  Dear EUSynBioS community, we are proud to present our new Advisory Board. It is an honour for the whole EUSynBioS Steering Committee to welcome fourteen leading synthetic biology scientists, who have committed themselves to support our association. Their guidance has, and will further help us shape the synthetic biology community throughout Europe. The Advisory Board is now comprised of: Prof Victor de Lorenzo (National Centre of Biotechnology, Madrid) Prof Tom Ellis (Imperial College London, London) Dr Nicola Patron (Earlham Institute, Norwich) Prof Jean-Loup Faulon (Univers ..read more
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