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                        (1-1) Leduc’s biomimetic creations
                           and living counterparts.
                           Mitotic cell division: Thomas Geier,
                           Fachgebiet Botanik der
                           Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim/CC-BY-SA-3.0; Plant cells: Kristian
                           Peters/CC-BY-SA-3.0; Fucus: Jan
                           Kops, (public domain); Fern:
                           Olegivvit/CC-BY-SA-3.0; Slime
                           mould: Usman Bashir/CC-BY-SA-4.0.
                           Images on bottom row from Stéphane
                           Leduc, La Biologie Synthétique (1912).
                        
                      
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                        (1-2) From DNA to protein.
                        
                      
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                        (1-3) The new metabolic pathway in
                           Golden Rice.
                        
                      
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                        (1-4) James Collins’s synthetic
                           biological latch
                        
                      
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                        (1-5) The repressilator of Elowitz
                           and Liebler.
                        
                      
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                        (1-6) A time-line of synthetic
                           biology.
                        
                      
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                        (2-1) Copying of DNA by DNA
                           polymerase.
                        
                      
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                        (2-2) Reading completely unknown
                           sequences.
                        
                      
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                        (2-3) Sanger sequencing.
                        
                      
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                        (2-4) Chemical synthesis of DNA.
                        
                      
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                        (2-5) Assembling long DNA from
                           short pieces.
                        
                      
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                        (2-6) Gibson assembly.
                        
                      
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                        (2-7) The design cycle.
                        
                      
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                        (2-8) Designing at different levels of
                           abstraction.
                        
                      
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                        (2-9) The CRISPR gene-editing
                           system.
                        
                      
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                        (3-1) Engineering E. coli for
                           bioethanol production.
                        
                      
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                        (3-2) The basic arsenic detector.
                        
                      
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                        (4-1) Natural and synthetic
                           synthesis of artemisinin.
                        
                      
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                        (4-2) CAR-T cells.
                        
                      
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                        (4-3) Blood glucose control by a
                           synthetic biological
                           insulin-producing system.
                        
                      
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                        (4-4) A synthetic biological
                           closed-loop system for
                           controlling gout.
                        
                      
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                        (5-1) BacillaFilla.
                        
                      
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                        (5-2) Computing with DNA.
                        
                      
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                        (5-3) Message encryption in DNA,
                           by Alice (part 1).
                        
                      
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                        (5-4) Message encryption in DNA,
                           by Alice (part 2).
                        
                      
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                        (5-5) Message decryption from
                           DNA, by Bob.
                        
                      
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                        (6-1) Driving and measuring neural
                           activity with light.
                        
                      
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                        (6-2) Remote control of a
                           roundworm.
                        
                      
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                        (6-3) Barcoding cells in a
                           developing embryo.
                        
                      
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                        (6-4) A synthetic biological
                           patterning system.
                        
                      
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                        (6-5) Translating a gradient into
                           a cell state.
                        
                      
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                        (7-1) The idea of a catalytic
                           cycle.
                        
                      
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                        (7-2) Spontaneous formation of
                           membranes.
                        
                      
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                        (7-3) The formose reaction.
                        
                      
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                        (7-4) Self-reproduction of sodium
                           caprylate micelles.
                        
                      
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                        (7-5) Growth and reproduction of
                           oleate vesicles.
                        
                      
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                        (7-6) Protein-free, template directed
                           reproduction of
                           nucleic acids.