Australian scientists have successfully developed a research system that uses 'biological artificial intelligence' to design ...

In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...

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The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental diseases? In a new paper, researchers led by István Mikó and Holly Hoag at ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

It represented a significant shift in the synthetic biology landscape, traditionally dominated by coastal hubs. “It’s really exciting to get to share early-stage research findings across our Central ...

The Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences has a strong focus on developmental and stem cell biology. We use a variety of cell and animal models to study the impact of genetic and epigenetic ...