Nature Communications (May 2019)
Building a global alliance of biofoundries
- Nathan Hillson,
- Mark Caddick,
- Yizhi Cai,
- Jose A. Carrasco,
- Matthew Wook Chang,
- Natalie C. Curach,
- David J. Bell,
- Rosalind Le Feuvre,
- Douglas C. Friedman,
- Xiongfei Fu,
- Nicholas D. Gold,
- Markus J. Herrgård,
- Maciej B. Holowko,
- James R. Johnson,
- Richard A. Johnson,
- Jay D. Keasling,
- Richard I. Kitney,
- Akihiko Kondo,
- Chenli Liu,
- Vincent J. J. Martin,
- Filippo Menolascina,
- Chiaki Ogino,
- Nicola J. Patron,
- Marilene Pavan,
- Chueh Loo Poh,
- Isak S. Pretorius,
- Susan J. Rosser,
- Nigel S. Scrutton,
- Marko Storch,
- Hille Tekotte,
- Evelyn Travnik,
- Claudia E. Vickers,
- Wen Shan Yew,
- Yingjin Yuan,
- Huimin Zhao,
- Paul S. Freemont
Affiliations
- Nathan Hillson
- DOE Agile BioFoundry
- Mark Caddick
- GeneMill, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool
- Yizhi Cai
- SYNBIOCHEM, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Jose A. Carrasco
- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park
- Matthew Wook Chang
- NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Natalie C. Curach
- Bioplatforms Australia, Research Park Drive, Macquarie University
- David J. Bell
- London DNA Foundry, Imperial College Translation & Innovation Hub
- Rosalind Le Feuvre
- SYNBIOCHEM, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Douglas C. Friedman
- Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC)
- Xiongfei Fu
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nicholas D. Gold
- Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal
- Markus J. Herrgård
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark
- Maciej B. Holowko
- CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform
- James R. Johnson
- GeneMill, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool
- Richard A. Johnson
- Global Helix LLC, BioBricks Foundation, and Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC)
- Jay D. Keasling
- DOE Agile BioFoundry
- Richard I. Kitney
- London DNA Foundry, Imperial College Translation & Innovation Hub
- Akihiko Kondo
- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Kobe University
- Chenli Liu
- Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Vincent J. J. Martin
- Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal
- Filippo Menolascina
- UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology SynthSys, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- Chiaki Ogino
- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Kobe University
- Nicola J. Patron
- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park
- Marilene Pavan
- DAMP Lab, Biological Design Center, Boston University
- Chueh Loo Poh
- NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Isak S. Pretorius
- Macquarie University
- Susan J. Rosser
- UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology SynthSys, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- Nigel S. Scrutton
- SYNBIOCHEM, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Marko Storch
- London DNA Foundry, Imperial College Translation & Innovation Hub
- Hille Tekotte
- UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology SynthSys, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- Evelyn Travnik
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark
- Claudia E. Vickers
- CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform
- Wen Shan Yew
- NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI), Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Yingjin Yuan
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology (MOE), Tianjin University
- Huimin Zhao
- Illinois Biological Foundry for Advanced Biomanufacturing (iBioFAB), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Paul S. Freemont
- London DNA Foundry, Imperial College Translation & Innovation Hub
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10079-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 4
Abstract
Biofoundries provide an integrated infrastructure to enable the rapid design, construction, and testing of genetically reprogrammed organisms for biotechnology applications and research. Many biofoundries are being built and a Global Biofoundry Alliance has recently been established to coordinate activities worldwide.
