Three university teams will explore and take initial steps to mitigate risks associated with manufacturing capabilities that rely on biological processes in space as part of the DARPA B-SURE program #UF #UTAustin #WUSTL ow.ly/vLLE50NkweF

Excellent work led by Gökçe Altın in collaboration with The Alper Lab!

Biomanufacturing Blasts Off to Support Space Missions and, Potentially, Life on Other Planets DARPA TexasChE Contreras Group at UT cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/9…

We're excited to announce the publication of our most recent article that utilizes microfluidic droplet screening to identify differential itaconic acid production phenotypes in yeast. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D3LC00…

Our lab has been collaborating with the The Alper Lab, The Nelson Lab, and Ayokunle Olanrewaju among others to make engineered living materials! Imagine a building material that can photosynthesize, make chemicals, and repair itself! bit.ly/41Atlou

Three university teams and an industry performer will take initial steps to lessen risks associated with biomanufacturing capabilities in resource-limited environments, including space, as part of the DARPA B-SURE program #UF #UTAustin #WUSTL #Space_Tango ow.ly/Cwi450OmTrj

Our latest Nature Communications paper features a tripartite consortium for producing phenylpropanoids (including eugenol). Modular consortia can overcome enzyme promiscuity limitations. These consortia also work in Engineered Living Materials. The Nelson Lab U.S. National Science Foundation doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Excited to see our collaboration with Michael C. Jewett @JGI published. Here we combine metabolic engineering with cell-free biology to produce pre-optimized, flux enhanced cell extracts for rapid prototyping of pathways doi.org/10.1016/j.ymbe…

A sustainable future is biological. How can we engineer biology to make what we need? We worked with The Alper Lab Joint Genome Institute to explore accelerating biological design with flux enhanced cell-free systems. #syntheticbiology doi.org/10.1016/j.ymbe…

We are thrilled to be working with bitBiome_Official on a collaboration to find new plastic degrading enzymes and microbes! So Tsuda bitbiome.bio/news/news-pres…

Meet TexasChE student Angela Gordillo Sierra! She's from Bogota, Colombia & wants to pioneer developments in healthcare when she graduates. She encourages other int'l students to follow social media channels to learn about events & join clubs on the #FortyAcres. Texas Engineering

Recently we reported on a co-culture system enabled by Y. lipolytica to produce apigenin and isovitexin. doi.org/10.1016/j.ymbe…

New Nature Communications paper published today on the de novo production of a suite of halogenated molecules produced using E. coli. 26 halogenated compounds produced including many new-to-nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

New robust (growth-phase and scale-independent) promoters for S. cerevisiae doi.org/10.1016/j.synb…

Here we discuss challenges and opportunities for biobased degradation of plastics: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

New Nature Communications review on the challenges and opportunities for using bio-based approaches to solve the plastics problem. TexasChE doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

In an effort to re-circularize plastic waste in upcycled technologies, The Alper Lab of UT Austin will screen 1000s of untested enzymes that can degrade common plastics. TexasChE jgi.doe.gov/announcement-c…

In his lecture "Engineering Biology to Develop a Taste for Waste" at #AIChEAnnual October 29 in San Diego, Hal Alper will address how #metabolic engineering and synthetic biology are improving how we deal with waste. bit.ly/3XD5nt5 The Alper Lab #synbio

A great upcoming conference to attend.