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COVID-19 Town Hall on sequencing novel coronavirus

SynBioBeta Town Hall on sequencing’s vital new role in fighting pandemics: A COVID-19 update from Illumina leadership

GrowCab Selected as Winner in the TFF x Beta.Space “Space Colonisation” Prize

Thought For Food (TFF) and Beta.Space announce that GrowCab has been selected as the winning team in the TFF x Beta.Space Space Colonization Challenge

Timeline Shows 3 Paths To COVID-19 Treatment And Prevention (INFOGRAPHIC)

One takeaway: the progress to develop coronavirus treatments and preventions is moving at an unprecedented pace, with historic records being broken nearly every week.

COVID-19 State of the Industry Town Hall with Drew Endy

Synthetic biology visionary Drew Endy talks with SynBioBeta's John Cumbers about the state of the synthetic biology industry.

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COVID-19 Resources

SynBioBeta is proud to partner with Leaps by Bayer to make a visual timeline for COVID-19 treatment and prevention. The scientific community is working around the clock, not only to protect us from COVID-19, but to...

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SynBioBeta State of the Industry Town Hall with James Collins

James J. Collins is Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT. He is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and the Wyss...

COVID-19 Town Hall with Nanome: Exploring the coronavirus spike protein in 3D virtual reality

Thursday, April 2, 2020, 8 am Pacific Join us in near-virtual reality as we explore the structure of SARS-CoV-2 with Nanome, a virtual reality environment that allows you to interact, experiment, and design in 3...

SynBioBeta State of the Industry Town Hall with Drew Endy

Drew Endy is a member of the bioengineering faculty at Stanford University and BioBricks Foundation president (biobricks.org). His research teams pioneered amplifying genetic logic, rewritable DNA data storage, reliably...

SynBioBeta Town Hall on sequencing’s vital new role in fighting pandemics: A COVID-19 update from Illumina leadership

Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 am Pacific Diagnostic testing and surveillance are critical, complementary strategies to combat pathogen outbreaks such as COVID-19. Sequencing-based surveillance helps public health officials...

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GrowCab Selected as Winner in the TFF x Beta.Space “Space Colonisation” Prize

Alterratech (Australia) and Re Rustica Spatium (India) earn Special Mentions Basel, Switzerland, 30 March 2020 – Thought For Food (TFF) and Beta.Space announce that GrowCab has been selected as the winning team in the...

Timeline Shows 3 Paths To COVID-19 Treatment And Prevention (INFOGRAPHIC)

SynBioBeta State of the Industry Town Hall with George Church

George Church is a pioneer in personal genomics and synthetic biology, and today his lab is simultaneously working to make humans immune to all viruses, eliminate genetic diseases, and reverse the effects of time...

SynBioBeta COVID-19 Town Hall with JCVI’s Richard Scheuermann on coronavirus immune epitopes

As Zymergen Buys EnEvolv, Biological Manufacturing Is Ready To Transform How Industry Makes Everything From Airplanes To Air Jordans

COVID-19 Town Hall on Ginkgo’s $25M pledge and the community’s responses

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 8:00 AM Pacific Time Join Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly and SynBioBeta Founder John Cumbers live at 8 am Pacific as we discuss Ginkgo’s commitment of $25M of free access to their platform for...

COVID-19 Town Hall on environmental sampling for coronavirus

With Its Coronavirus Rapid Paper Test Strip, This CRISPR Startup Wants To Help Halt A Pandemic

Uncertainty and fear about coronavirus’ spread and the course of the illness is causing shockwaves in our daily lives. A simple paper test could provide answers to basic questions and shape a sensible course forward. In...

COVID-19 Town Hall with Moderna CEO

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Zymergen Reimagines Electronics with Breakthrough Bio-fabricated Materials

Unveils Bio Based Electronics Film, Further Expanding Portfolio of Bio-derived Materials April 01, 2020 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Zymergen is...

Berkeley Lights Expands Its Platform and Introduces the OptoSeq™ 3′ mRNA Library Kit

The OptoSeq 3′ mRNA Library Kit allows users of Berkeley Lights’ platform to efficiently prepare cells of interest for genomic sequencing opening the door to directly link phenotype to genotype using a...

Amyris Scales Up in Response to High Need for Its Hand Sanitizer and Wipe Products

The Synthetic Biology Leader Steps Out to Help Fight COVID-19 EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMRS), a global science and technology leader of pure, sustainable ingredients...

BiomX Announces Positive Topline Data from Phase 1 Study for Lead Candidate BX001 for Acne-Prone Skin

BX001 demonstrates excellent safety, tolerability, and a statistically significant reduction of C. acnes levels on skin Company to host conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (U.S.) March 31, 2020 06:30 AM Eastern...

FDA Accepts Investigational New Drug Application for CRISPR/Cas9-Based Sickle Cell Disease Therapeutic Candidate Developed Under Collaboration with Intellia Therapeutics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), a leading genome editing company focused on developing curative therapeutics using CRISPR/Cas9 technology both in...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control (RUO)

To monitor and validate COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests FREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of the...

Gevo Tightens Belt, Plans to Push Forward with Project Funding Amid COVID-19 Layoffs

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) announced today that due to the impact the COVID-19 virus has had on the economy and Gevo’s industry, Gevo has suspended production...

Conagen Receives a Strategic Investment from Sumitomo Chemical

Research and development to support the design of clean green chemicals. Bedford, Mass., March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Greater Boston-based biotech Conagen has received a strategic investment from Sumitomo...

GenoFAB Inc. Partners with Decisions LLC, the Leading Provider of Business Automation and Business Rule Software, to Accelerate Biomedical Research Projects

FORT COLLINS, Colo., March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GenoFAB Inc. recently announced it would partner with Decisions LLC to help accelerate biomedical research projects. With recent nationwide community health...

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