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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.