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The Night of Science: Bioart film screening
Image: Špela Petrič, Eating back: radio contamination, film still, 2025. The Bioart Society is hosting a film screening for The Night of Science, featuring works by our artist in residency programme. Exploring themes of AI, machine learning, and...
New publication: Governing the AI–biotech convergence
A recent study that used AI to uncover over 160,000 previously unknown viruses in public databases is a perfect snapshot of the pace we’re dealing with (Hou, et al, 2024). It’s a massive move towards innovations in ways we haven't thought...
Featured article: Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter R&D for a Sustainable Future
Our partner ML6 recently published an article about their work on the deCYPher project. As part of our AI expert team, they are bridging the gap between artificial intelligence and synthetic biology to engineer microbial cell factories that produce...
Citizens Ranking Plant Compounds for Sustainability
As part of our open science initiative, our partner Biofaction invited citizens across the EU to decide which plant compounds matter most for them. They rated flavonoids and terpenoids based on what mattered to them – environmentally, socially,...
FILLED: Open Junior PhD Researcher position at NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology
Location: NOVA University Lisbon / NIMSB, LissabonPosition Type: Junior Post-DocApplication Deadline: July 17th, 2025 Join the deCYPher project at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology (NIMSB), led by Dr. Cláudia Nunes dos Santos,...
Welcome Cláudia Nunes dos Santos to our Research Team
We're excited to announce that Cláudia Nunes dos Santos has joined our research consortium as of March 2025, bringing her expertise in plant metabolite bioactivities to advance our understanding of natural compounds and their health benefits....
Hands-on Art-Science Lab at UGhent
For this second edition of deCYPher lab, the participants headed to Ghent for three days of immersive hands-on workshops, bringing together the art residencies of the deCYPher and Bioindustry4.0 projects. The lab invited the 4 selected artists in...
OECD Synthetic Biology Working Paper Contribution
Synthetic biology promises to revolutionise a swath of industrial activities and create new ones by tailoring living systems to produce a range of products to boost economies, transform health and contribute to solving grand societal...
Review Article on Promoter Sequences
Understanding the complexity of transcription initiation in prokaryotes Promoter sequences are important genetic control elements. Through their interaction with RNA polymerase they determine transcription strength and specificity, thereby...