Synthetic biology, employing engineering design principles, involves the targeted design, modification, and even de novo synthesis of organisms. It aims to create beneficial products or organisms with specific functions according to human will in a more efficient, economical, and precise manner. Centering on major needs such as material transformation, ecological environmental protection, improvement of medical standards, and agricultural yield increase, synthetic biology methods are used to construct practical and significant artificial biological systems. This promotes the innovative development of the bio-industry and green economic growth, providing an important pathway for solving major global issues related to human society. Consequently, synthetic biology has become a frontier and hotspot in current scientific research and application.
Detailed Content: Synthetic biology, employing engineering design principles, involves the targeted design, modification, and even de novo synthesis of organisms. It aims to create beneficial products or organisms with specific functions according to human will in a more efficient, economical, and precise manner. Centering on major needs such as material transformation, ecological environmental protection, improvement of medical standards, and agricultural yield increase, synthetic biology methods are used to construct practical and significant artificial biological systems. This promotes the innovative development of the bio-industry and green economic growth, providing an important pathway for solving major global issues related to human society. Consequently, synthetic biology has become a frontier and hotspot in current scientific research and application.
On June 28, 2021, SCBE was invited to publish a review on synthetic biology in Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. Focusing on algal chassis, and in collaboration with Professor Anastasios Melis from the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Hanzhi Lin from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology at the University of Maryland, SCBE provided a comprehensive review of the history, current status, existing problems, and future prospects of synthetic biology.
Zhang Xu, a 2019 master's student, and Gu Xinping, a 2018 master's student from the College of Marine Sciences at Hainan University, along with Dr. Lin Hanzhi from the University of Maryland, participated in the writing of the article. Assistance was also provided by Researcher Xu Jian and others from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology of Hainan Province, the National Natural Science Foundation, and the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program.
Article Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07388551.2021.1917507