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Empowering research through automation: Stellenbosch University’s biofoundry

Biofoundries are advanced facilities that integrate high-end equipment and skilled people with automation, synthetic biology, and high-throughput technologies, providing the infrastructure to engineer biological systems systematically, transforming...

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Automation helps nucleic acid foundry to accelerate cell and gene therapy development

Officinae Bio, a synthetic biology start-up based in Italy, has developed an AI-based software platform to aid the design of DNA vectors for drug discovery. The company is combining this powerful technology with automated synthesis and assembly...

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Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?

It has been estimated that, by 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh water and fuel, while reducing CO2 emissions by 100%. These are massive global challenges that are not going to be solved by...

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Synthetic biology in the real world – automating the creation of new lifeforms

Synthetic biology is, quite literally, the creation of new genetic constructs and novel micro-organisms with innovative functions. Together with systems biology, it provides a platform for translating advances in genomics, proteomics and molecular...

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