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Decarbonising the economy with synthetic biology
Synthetic biology offers a likely way to accelerate this decarbonisation of the global economy while simultaneously building new industries and jobs, writes Centre Director Professor Ian Paulsen in an article...
Poster win caps off successful year
Estefania Giannini has been rewarded for her work on a versatile new method for characterising protein to protein interactions in living cells. She won Best Microbiology Poster at the recent...
Very Hungry Caterpillars
New hero emerges in war on plastic waste Wax-eating caterpillars may be the superhero we all need in the war on plastic waste. Reproduced courtesy the Lighthouse Australians consume 1...
Industrial potential for Kombucha waste product
Next time you sip a kombucha, think not just of the health benefits of this fermented drink but the possibilities for one of its waste products. Joachim Larsen, of the...
Remediate! events win Science Week grant
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology has won a coveted Science Week grant for a series of events around Australia, built around our bespoke card game Remediate! The...
Rio Tinto Fellowship explores metal recovery from mining
Synthetic biology’s ability to sustainably recovery metals from mining waste is the focus of a new Rio Tinto Fellowship and partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology....
A new science comedian in our midst
Did you hear about the one about the synthetic biologist who took to the comedy stage? She had a cell-out show (cue groans from the audience). Seriously, Dr Paige Erpf...
Evolution of a Distinguished Career
To celebrate the retirement of Distinguished Professor Michael Gillings of the Macquarie University Node we have assembled this special timeline of an extraordinary career
New technology promises rapid and reliable development of new diagnostic tests
Professor Kirill Alexandrov and team have developed a new approach for designing molecular ON-OFF switches based on proteins which can be used in a multitude of biotechnological, biomedical and bioengineering...
The Values Microbiome
A key point of difference in our Centre is the valuable work that our social scientists play in exploring synthetic biology from many angles - ethical, legal, psychological, societal. Normally,...
The future of oil and gas could depend on microbes
Opinion piece by Thom Dixon One of the most important moves a fossil fuel company has made in decades has escaped notice. Late last year Woodside Energy, Australia’s biggest independent oil and gas...
Congratulations to our conference winners
Announcing the winners of the Shimadzu Best EMCR Talks and Poster Presentation. Fourteen early- to mid-career researchers (EMCRs) from across the Centre presented 10 mins talks on their projects...
LIFE REIMAGINED
We are a world-leading research centre whose goal is to take us beyond what any single, existing microbe on earth can do.