Rafts4Biotech blog
Less genes, more answers. This is how minimal genomes can help us understand life and boost biotechnology.
Humans, like computers, are programmed. Our lifeblood is encoded in our DNA, a long helix of nucleic acids that contains our instructions. Combinations of four letters (A, C, G, and T) that give rise not [...]
October Top10 BactToTheFuture stories
The Halloween decorations disappeared and the Christmas ornaments start conquering the cities. We know, October just flew by! But we don’t want you to miss any of these SynBio stories from BactToTheFuture, here is our [...]
September Top10 BactToTheFuture stories
Make sure you didn't miss any of the best BactToTheFuture stories from September! Here you have the top10! 1.Design #Bacteria and help astronauts colonise Mars with this #SynBio game from @WellesleyHCI Everyone knows that bacteria [...]
10 steps to turn your thesis into a biotech
Most young researchers spend hours in the laboratory working on their projects, troubleshooting, repeating experiments and optimising new methods until they collect enough results and can move forward with their research. If they are lucky [...]
August Top10 BactToTheFuture stories
Here is our selection of the best August SynBio stories from BactToTheFuture!* A new way to stop ice sheets from melting found right beneath them: Antarctic #bacteria vs. greenhouse gasses! Climate change keeps increasing global [...]
“I will be happy if one day I open a Microbiology textbook and see a small section that says: lipid rafts in bacteria”
It is widely known that Fleming discovered penicillin by accident. Viagra’s famous effect was initially just a side-effect for an under-development drug against heart attacks, and one of the most famous sweeteners, saccharin, was discovered [...]
