Plant roots secrete various flavonoids that are vital in establishing mutually beneficial relationships with rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbionts. Additionally, plants release other signaling molecules ...

Controlling gene activity is important for engineering plants for improved bioenergy crops and other applications. This research developed synthetic genes that use Boolean logic gates to achieve ...

Leveraging Ginkgo's plant-cell assay and engineering capabilities to aid Light Bio in optimizing the performance of its light-emitting plants The scientists at Light Bio have discovered a new type of ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Julius B. Lucks understands the value of lab work. As a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and codirector of the Center ...

Climate change is affecting the types of plant varieties we can cultivate, as well as how and where we can do so. A new collection of articles in the open access journal PLOS Biology explores the twin ...

Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research, published in the journal Science, represents a major ...

This video was created in partnership with Bill Gates, inspired by his new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Humans ...

The project is powered by interdisciplinary expertise in synthetic biology, modeling and metabolic engineering, as provided by David Nielsen, a chemical engineering professor in the School for ...

Cells are the fundamental unit of life. The average human body contains around 30 trillion cells with varying functions and potentials. Communication between cells is central to the body’s ability to ...