Research Articles
The Polymer Architect: How Timothy Deming Is Building a Better World with Synthetic Biology
Explore Timothy Deming's groundbreaking work with synthetic polypeptides that bridges materials science and biology, enabling revolutionary medical applications from spinal cord repair to targeted cancer therapy.
Blueprint for a Cell: Engineering the Droplets of Life
Discover how scientists are creating programmable protocells - synthetic cell-like structures that mimic life's behaviors through combinatorial engineering.
Microbial Alchemists: Engineering Super-Strains to Brew Tomorrow's Biofuels
Explore how scientists are engineering microbial factories to produce next-generation biofuels through synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.
Crafting Life's Blueprint: The Rise of the Proteinosome
Explore how polymerization-induced self-assembly is revolutionizing synthetic biology through the creation of proteinosomes - artificial cell-like structures.
The Plastic That Acts Like Protein: Engineering Life's Building Blocks
Explore the revolutionary field of artificially engineered protein polymers that mimic natural proteins for medical and environmental applications.
Sang Yup Lee's Microbial Alchemy: Engineering Nature's Factories for a Sustainable Future
How pioneering scientist Sang Yup Lee is turning bacteria into chemical powerhouses through systems metabolic engineering, rewriting the rules of industrial production.