DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful tool to precisely design and control
molecular circuits, machines and nanostructures. A major goal in this field is to build devices …

DNA nanotechnology relies on the structural and functional information encoded in nucleic
acids. Specifically, the sequence‐guided reconfiguration of nucleic acids by auxiliary …

In vitro compartmentalization of biochemical reaction networks is a crucial step towards
engineering artificial cell-scale devices and systems. At this scale the dynamics of molecular …

The construction of synthetic biochemical circuits from simple components illuminates how
complex behaviors can arise in chemistry and builds a foundation for future biological …

The realization of artificial biochemical reaction networks with unique functionality is one of
the main challenges for the development of synthetic biology. Due to the reduced number of …

Bottom-up synthetic biology aims to engineer artificial cells capable of responsive behaviors
by using a minimal set of molecular components. An important challenge toward this goal is …

The regulation of cellular dynamics and responses to stimuli by genetic regulatory networks
suggests how in vitro chemical reaction networks might analogously direct the dynamics of …

Reaction networks displaying bistability provide a chemical mechanism for long-term
memory storage in cells, as exemplified by many epigenetic switches. These biological …

The photochemical deprotection of structurally engineered o-nitrobenzylphosphate-caged
hairpin nucleic acids is introduced as a versatile method to evolve constitutional dynamic …

Living cells regulate the dynamics of developmental events through interconnected
signaling systems that activate and deactivate inert precursors. This suggests that similarly …