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Synbio news • 01/07/09 Flow of venture capital for green tech slows

After years of rapid growth, venture capital investments in green technology started shrinking in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis took its toll, two new reports show…

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Synbio news • 12/30/08 Students, Scientists Build Biological 'Machines'

Student participants in the 2008 International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition crafted biological "machines," or living organisms, using original combinations of DNA and other organic material to help tackle environmental and health problems.

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Synbio news • 12/27/08 Biohackers attempt to unstitch the fabric of life

Allegedly, thousands of Americans are "biohacking" to genetically engineer organisms in their living rooms or garages. One such experimenter is attempting to "rewire the DNA of yogurt bacteria so that they will glow green to signal the presence of melamine"...

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Project news • 12/17/08 Importance of Synthetic Biology in the 21st Century

The Synthetic Biology Project is being launched to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of the field, explore public perceptions towards it, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation. Take the quiz! Winners Announced!

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Synbio news • 12/15/08 Opinion: Synthetic biology is a key to energy independence

Barack Obama recently pledged to establish a $150 billion "Apollo project" for energy independence…

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Synbio news • 12/01/08 Life As We Don’t Know It

IF YOU THINK OF LIFE on Earth as a magnificent incarnation of natural technology, then life has the classic double-edged character of all powerful technologies…

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Synbio news • 11/24/08 Synthetic Viruses Could Explain Animal-to-Human Jumps

In a technical tour de force with potentially profound implications for the study of emerging diseases, researchers have built the largest-ever self-replicating organism from scratch…

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Synbio news • 11/17/08 Synthetic biology aims to generate biofuels, medicines, and novel organisms

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. It sounds big and sweeping like synthetic chemistry, and it is…

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Synbio news • 11/14/08 Build Your Own Cell: Local Scientists Work to Engineer Life

Bay Area futurists and their fans are gathering Sunday in a coming-of-age celebration for the fledgling field of synthetic biology, which builds living entities from lifeless chemicals…

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Synbio news • 11/12/08 Amyris brews barrels of diesel from sugarcane

The Bay Area's latest motor fuel factory looks like a microbrewery run by Ph.D.s…

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Synbio news • 11/11/08 Engineering life: the implications of synthetic biology

Drew Endy, a leading researcher in a new field called synthetic biology, gave a lecture at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine recently, explaining how researchers in this promising new field are shaping the future of life sciences…

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Synbio news • 11/10/08 'Bio-Beer' Designed to Extend Life

Here's a reason to raise a pint; scientists at Rice University have created beer that could extend your life…

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Project news • 11/07/08Synthetic Biology on the Nanofrontier?

Mechanical engineers use off the shelf tools and components to create their products, and in Jay Keasling’s vision, genetic engineers will one day soon have similar resources at their disposal.

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