Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water
New adhesives based on mussel proteins could be useful for naval or medical applications.
Engineers design ‘living materials’
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology receives five-year NIH grant
Five-year grant will support research on cancer therapy, artificial tissue homeostasis, and infectious diseases.
Turning bacteria into chemical factories
Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
An easier way to control genes
New method for turning genes on and off could enable more complex synthetic biology circuits.
Mass. Secretary of Education Matthew Malone visits MIT
The state's education chief speaks with high-school science teachers on campus.
Cells as living calculators
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
Cell circuits remember their history
MIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.
MIT team builds most complex synthetic biology circuit yet
New sensor can detect four different molecules, could be used to program cells to precisely monitor their environments.
Researchers build a toolbox for synthetic biology
Engineers design new proteins that can help control novel genetic circuits in cells.
Genetic 911: Cells’ emergency systems revealed
Study examines how cells exploit gene sequences to cope with toxic stress.
Toying with biological systems
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.