Bored of the daily grind? Feel like taking your future into your own hands? Convinced that your ideas have the potential to change the world and (just possibly) make a lot of money? Then you’ve most likely already thought about [...]
Got a great idea, a strong patent, and a close-knit team? Sounds like you have the perfect basis for a successful start-up – now it’s just a matter of getting some money. Right? Hahaha, no. Fund-raising, unfortunately, is not quite so [...]
It’s a fair guess that most people reading this site will be a fan of technology, optimistic for the changes that synthetic biology is able to bring to the world. But new ideas can bring great wonders and great dangers, [...]
The startup scene is buzzing at the moment; new companies are being founded by the day, investor money is piling into the field in the hopes of catching the next unicorn, wild-eyed founders roam the streets with brilliant plans to [...]
The rise of the DIY-Bio movement, essentially biotechnology for everyone, has led to a corresponding need for low cost equipment. This is a need targeted by several products, including commercial devices—such as the OpenPCR and Open qPCR thermocyclers, the liquid [...]
When we think of synthetic biology we think of the power of genetic engineering; moving genes between organisms, modifying the coding for a protein to improve its efficiency, incorporating a metabolic pathway or two to perfect our microbial factory. But [...]
