A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical modeling experts and experimental biologists have now created a ...

(Nanowerk News) Genetic systems run like clockwork, attuned to temperature, time of day and many other factors as they regulate living organisms. Scientists at Rice University and the University of ...

Top left: Fluorescence images from a time lapse experiment show how a periodically modulated concentration of the transcriptional inducer arabinose (red) entrains a synthetic genetic oscillator that ...

A specially designed microfluidic chamber reveals regular oscillations of gene expression in a bacterial population. [Jeff Hasty, Ph.D./UCSD] If a bacterial population is to meet fluctuating ...

Many of the body's processes follow a natural daily rhythm or so-called circadian clock, so there are certain times of the day when a person is most alert, when the heart is most efficient, and when ...

Using a circuit-based system, scientists determined the ideal transcription factor levels to promote the successful reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells. Scientists ...