About this Research Topic
Biology is a broad science so it has many definitions, theories and explanations about the mechanisms that sustain life. Synthetic biology utilizes biological principles to create what can be seen as a technology. Examples of the interdisciplinary technology are based on many types of self-organization (self-activity, self-assembly, self-replication, autonomy) by using an engineering approach to biology. BioBrick and biocircuit technologies in synthetic biology are important because they increase the capacity of testing, designing and synthesizing that can be done in biological systems and beyond.
By developing new technologies we can improve the most important areas for the progress of synthetic biology: digital biology, the problem of sameness in biology, pattern recognition, and the construction of artificial proteins. Biotechnology and synthetic biology have been advancing like never before. Numerous great tools are used in research that allows fields to progress faster than ever, but we still have a long way to go. iGEM teams have spotted a great opportunity to develop tools for biosciences and biotechnology. Team TecCEM 2015 from Mexico was awarded a silver medal for DNAbots, a self-replicating and self-assembling innovative nanotechnology. A team from Heidelberg won a iGEM Grand Prize in 2014 for their work on designing a universal toolbox for modifying proteins post-translationally utilizing inteins and sortases. They provided a new foundational advance introducing full post-translational modification to Synthetic Biology. More projects can be found through the Phoenix Project.
This Research Topic is open for iGEM competition participants.
We are interested in original research articles, systematic reviews, and methods that tackle the field of biotechnology. Technology in synthetic biology is very useful for applications in medicine, climate change, energy, and beyond. We suggest thinking about articles titles with general themes like: synthetic biology as technology, synthetic biology as part of Biotechnology, biopatterning technology for the development of biotechnology, What is Biopatterning recognition? What is biopatterning technology? Which are the main problems for the development of synthetic biology? The manuscripts should follow all the rules guidelines given in the journal website for this type of article, and it can be done in many different formats.
By developing new technologies we can improve the most important areas for the progress of synthetic biology: digital biology, the problem of sameness in biology, pattern recognition, and the construction of artificial proteins. Biotechnology and synthetic biology have been advancing like never before. Numerous great tools are used in research that allows fields to progress faster than ever, but we still have a long way to go. iGEM teams have spotted a great opportunity to develop tools for biosciences and biotechnology. Team TecCEM 2015 from Mexico was awarded a silver medal for DNAbots, a self-replicating and self-assembling innovative nanotechnology. A team from Heidelberg won a iGEM Grand Prize in 2014 for their work on designing a universal toolbox for modifying proteins post-translationally utilizing inteins and sortases. They provided a new foundational advance introducing full post-translational modification to Synthetic Biology. More projects can be found through the Phoenix Project.
This Research Topic is open for iGEM competition participants.
We are interested in original research articles, systematic reviews, and methods that tackle the field of biotechnology. Technology in synthetic biology is very useful for applications in medicine, climate change, energy, and beyond. We suggest thinking about articles titles with general themes like: synthetic biology as technology, synthetic biology as part of Biotechnology, biopatterning technology for the development of biotechnology, What is Biopatterning recognition? What is biopatterning technology? Which are the main problems for the development of synthetic biology? The manuscripts should follow all the rules guidelines given in the journal website for this type of article, and it can be done in many different formats.
Keywords: Synthetic Biology, biotechnology, biopatterning, Biopatterning recognition, iGem
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