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SBE Special Sections in CEP Magazine

SBE members gain access to the semi-annual SBE Special Section in CEP.

Unlocking Access to DNA in Chromatin

Scientists must learn how to open and manipulate chromatin to gain complete access to eukaryotic DNA for genome engineering.

A Brief History and Outlook on Plant Engineering

Advances in plant mutagenesis and transgenesis will enable more sophisticated and precise engineering efforts in plants.

Delivering Genes to Plants

Traditional methods of gene delivery to plants are labor- and time-intensive, are suitable for only a small number of hosts, and have high toxicity and limited practical applicability. This article discusses how nanoparticle-based approaches could enable efficient gene transfer into plants.

SBE Update: The Blossoming Field of Plant Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology can be broadly defined as technologies that accelerate the process of genetically engineering biological systems. Although the field encompasses both plant and mammalian cells, in recent years, research has targeted mainly mammalian cells.

Synthetic Promoters for Precise Control of Gene Expression in Plants

Synthetic promoters can be designed rationally to provide tremendous advantages over their natural counterparts in terms of promoter strength and specificity.

SBE Supplement: Plant Synthetic Biology (Full 28-Page Supplement)

SBE Update: The Blossoming Field of Plant Synthetic Biology; A Brief History and Outlook on Plant Engineering; Synthetic Promoters for Precise Control of Gene Expression in Plants; Delivering Genes to Plants; Solar-Driven Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products

Solar-Driven Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products

Using synthetic biology, researchers are harnessing the photosynthetic reducing power generated in the chloroplast for synthesis of high-value products.

SBE Special Section: Biomolecular Engineering (full 34-page section)

SBE Update: The Many Applications of Biomolecular Engineering; A Materials Approach to Vaccines as Therapies; Engineering Cancer-Fighting T Cells; There's Plenty of Room at the Botton of a Cell; Computational Protein Engineering; Plant Metabolic Engineering for Chemicals, Fuels, and Precursors

A Materials Approach to Vaccines as Therapies

The widespread adoption of vaccines over the last two centuries has transformed medicine by preventing infectious disease. In the future, so-called therapeutic vaccines could be used as effective treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders — ushering in a new era of medicine.

Computational Protein Engineering

Proteins could transform the chemical process industries if they could be engineered to facilitate the production of biofuels, molecular medicines, and other specialty chemicals. This reality is nearing as expanded knowledge of proteins and improvements in computational tools are making it possible...

Engineering Cancer-Fighting T Cells

Adoptive T-cell therapy is a personalized cancer treatment that has the potential to cure previously untreatable malignancies. Researchers are applying techniques in biomolecular engineering and synthetic biology to the development of next-generation therapeutic T cells with improved safety and...

Plant Metabolic Engineering for Chemicals, Fuels, and Precursors

Narrowing the metabolic engineering divide between plants and microorganisms will require faster design-build-test cycles and better genome engineering tools.

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