Since ancient times, humans have used #fermentation to produce beer, bread, & wine 🍷 Today, scientists like Yong-Su Jin from University of Illinois are leveraging #precisionfermentation—using microbial engineering to evolve yeast strains for sustainable & economical food production!

A leader in #syntheticbiology and #metabolicengineering, Jay Keasling graced 28 Medical Drive’s packed auditorium last 9 June 👏 At the SINERGY Consortium seminar, Keasling shared how his laboratory engineered yeast to produce #naturalproduct therapeutics like vinblastine and QS-21.

Will we ever experience a post-pollution future? 🤔According to Michael Köpke 🏭💨+🧬🦠=♻️⛽🧴🧵 and LanzaTech Global, the answer is yes! As Köpke shared in a SINERGY Consortium seminar last 16 June, waste carbon can be captured and transformed through #syntheticbiology into sustainable products ♻️

Zoom in, zoom out—there’s a new camera in town 📸 Called ‘BacCam’, the simple living digital camera was developed by SynCTI PI Chueh Loo Poh's group. The team used bacteria to record, store, & retrieve images like 'NUS' 😊 in #DNA 🧬 Read here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Can you believe it’s been a month since #ME15? 😱 From the booming beats of kompang drums to the lively bhangra and lion dances, as well as surprise renditions of ‘Let It Go’ ❄️ and ‘Gangnam Style’ 🇰🇷, the banquet at @gardensbythebay was surely a night to remember!

Snapshots of the global #metabolicengineering community 🥰 The Metabolic Engineering Conference 15 (#ME15) was filled with reunions and introductions alike 🤝 From photobooths to poster sessions, these photos show that metabolic engineers know how to have a good time 😎

“The imminent data overload has us searching for alternatives. In #DNA, we have a medium that can store a breathtaking 215,000 terabytes of data in just a single gram—that's akin to stacking 45 million DVDs together.” Chueh Loo Poh NUS SynCTI SynBioBeta bit.ly/3NYAo4r

Join us for 2 exciting seminars for #synbio and #biotech enthusiasts in Singapore. - 24 July Seminar by Nina Lin Register eventbrite.sg/e/680633441947 - 25 July Seminar by Kim Jin Soo Register eventbrite.sg/e/679830059007 Read more: sinergy.sg/events/ NUS SynCTI SynBioSG

When our bodies break down purines, uric acid is formed. However, excess uric acid in blood serum (hyperuricemia) is linked to disease ☹️ Here, Matthew Chang et al explored how bacteria could be leveraged to diagnose and manage hyperuricemia! Link: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Even without detailed knowledge of their underlying mechanisms, #machinelearning can provide data-driven insights into living systems—promising to increase the efficiency of #syntheticbiology research 🙌 Read more about machine learning in #synbio here: link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

After a very successful SynBio Africa #conference 2023 recently in Kampala, Uganda, and a refreshing visit to my home #village, I am glad to be safely back in #Singapore to carry on with my #research position at the National University of Singapore NUS in the #synthetic

Leveraging the power of microbial communities 💪🦠 In a seminar hosted by SINERGY Consortium, Nina Lin of University of Michigan shared how her laboratory is investigating microbial communities and uncovering the fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms at work! ⚙️

On 28th August, 4pm, we are glad to host Professor Huang Jiandong, who will discuss his work on designing and engineering bacteria to reveal the principle underlying biological pattern formation and to target tumours. Register📌: eventbrite.sg/e/692539252547 NUS SynCTI SynBioSG

From Chueh Loo Poh and team at NUS SynCTI, a biological camera that captures and stores images directly into DNA! We are happy see Twist Bioscience #DNA utilized in support of this work 🧬 #DNADataStorage Asian Scientist Magazine bit.ly/3OWWwho

#Didyouknow that scientists worldwide like Kim Jin Soo are exploring how genes can be edited beyond #CRISPR 😱 In a SINERGY Consortium seminar, Soo shared how his team is developing novel tools for A-to-G & C-to-T base editing of organellar DNA in human cells, animals, & plants! 🧬

At SynCTI, Senior Research Fellow Yeoh Jing Wui is blazing the trail in developing computational models 🖥️ that deepen our understanding of genetic circuits and expedite experimental design! 🧬 Learn more about Jing Wui and her work here: syncti.org/spotlight-yeoh…

From chemical engineering to computational biology, today's synthetic biologists come from all walks of life 🤩 In this feature, discover how SynCTI Research Fellow Elvis Chua pivoted from chemistry to synthetic biology: syncti.org/spotlight-elvi…

#SynCTI congrats #NUS #iGEM 2023 Team on winning Top 3 Position in Global #iGEM Competition! This is an outstanding achievement by the students from #NUS CDE, #NUS Life science, #NUS computing, Duke-NUS, with support from #SynCTI and #CDE Read More: cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/nu…

Synthetic chromosomes unlock enormous potential for genetic engineering and beyond. Another step to achieving the first eukaryotic synthetic genome in Project Sc2.0! Presenting SynXV, redesigned and constructed by our team here at #SynCTI sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This week, it was a wonderful time having Prof Tae Seok Moon with us! Prof Moon shared the latest research updates from his lab ranging from biosensor development, kill switches and microbiome engineering strategies. An exciting start to 2024! Tae Seok Moon