Research Articles
The Red Gold Rush: Engineering a Tiny Bacterium to Brew Precious Lycopene
Discover how CRISPR technology is revolutionizing lycopene production by engineering Bacillus subtilis bacteria into efficient biofactories.
The Bubble That Thinks: How Scientists are Creating Artificial Cells with Smart Walls
Discover how scientists are creating artificial cells with pH-switchable walls that could revolutionize drug delivery and synthetic biology.
Taming the Cellular Factory: A Conversation with Sang Yup Lee on the Future of Manufacturing
Explore how metabolic engineering pioneer Sang Yup Lee is reprogramming microbes to create sustainable factories for chemicals, materials, and fuels.
The Genetic Conductor: How Bacterial Promoters Power the Bio-Revolution
Explore how bacterial promoters function as genetic switches that control gene expression and power biotechnology applications from medicine to sustainable manufacturing.
Nature's Molecular Assembly Lines: Reprogramming the Factories Behind Life-Saving Medicines
Explore how scientists are dissecting and exploiting intermodular communication in polyketide synthases to create novel medicines and combat antibiotic resistance.
The DNA Assembly Line: How MOE-PCR is Supercharging Synthetic Biology
Discover how Multiple Overlap Extension PCR (MOE-PCR) is revolutionizing synthetic biology by enabling rapid, seamless DNA assembly of multiple fragments in a single reaction.
The Tiny Healer: Engineering Yogurt Bacteria to Deliver a Powerful Repair Peptide
How scientists are turning a common food microbe into a next-generation, living medicine for tissue repair and antioxidant defense.
The Molecular Maestros: Engineering Proteins to Build a Better Future
Explore how protein engineering is revolutionizing bioproduction, turning microbes into efficient factories for medicine, biofuels, and sustainable materials.
The Soybean in a Test Tube: Brewing a Health Booster with Engineered Bacteria
Discover how scientists use engineered E. coli cocultures for de novo production of the powerful soy antioxidant genistein, a breakthrough in sustainable biotechnology.
The Rainbow Revolution: How Red Fluorescent Proteins Are Solving Chromoprotein Puzzles
Discover how engineered red fluorescent proteins are overcoming chromoprotein limitations in synthetic biology and biomedical imaging.