With increasing evidence that microbes colonize tumors, synthetic biology tools are being
leveraged to repurpose bacteria as tumor-specific delivery systems. These engineered …

Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Cells navigate environments, communicate and build complex patterns by initiating gene
expression in response to specific signals. Engineers seek to harness this capability to …

Synthetic biology is the discipline of engineering application-driven biological functionalities
that were not evolved by nature. Early breakthroughs of cell engineering, which were based …

Synthetic biology is bringing together engineers and biologists to design and build novel
biomolecular components, networks and pathways, and to use these constructs to rewire …

Many natural biological systems—such as biofilms, shells and skeletal tissues—are able to
assemble multifunctional and environmentally responsive multiscale assemblies of living …

Virulence-associated type III secretion systems (T3SS) serve the injection of bacterial
effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. They are able to secrete a great diversity of …

Spider dragline silk is a remarkably strong fiber that makes it attractive for numerous
applications. Much has thus been done to make similar fibers by biomimic spinning of …

The flagellum and the injectisome are two of the most complex and fascinating bacterial
nanomachines. At their core, they share a type III secretion system (T3SS), a transmembrane …

Chemical synthesis is a well established route for producing many chemicals on a large
scale, but some drawbacks still exist in this process, such as unstable intermediates …