ArticleeLife2021
Building a community to engineer synthetic cells and organelles from the bottom-up.
Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- Bioinspired organic materials for seamless neurohybrid interfaces: from material design to living electronics.Materials horizons · 2026Review
- Environmental Impact of Synthetic Cell Technology: Review of Life Cycle Assessment Data for Feedstocks and Production Methods.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026Review
- Molecular systems engineering of synthetic cells.Nature chemistry · 2026Review
- A synthetic cell phage cycle.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Building a Synthetic Cell Together.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Genetic encoding and expression of RNA origami cytoskeletons in synthetic cells.Nature nanotechnology · 2025Article
- Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Synthetic syntrophy for adenine nucleotide cross-feeding between metabolically active nanoreactors.Nature nanotechnology · 2025Article
- Present and future of synthetic cell development.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Article
- Preparing for the future of precision medicine: synthetic cell drug regulation.Synthetic biology (Oxford, England) · 2024Review
- Formation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Assisted by Fluorinated Nanoparticles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- A Role for Bottom-Up Synthetic Cells in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things?Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Minimal Out-of-Equilibrium Metabolism for Synthetic Cells: A Membrane Perspective.ACS synthetic biology · 2023Review
- Biophysical Reviews' "Meet the Editors Series"-a profile of Germán Rivas.Biophysical reviews · 2023Article
- Light energy transduction in liposome-based artificial cells.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Review
- Synthetic cell research: Is technical progress leaving theoretical and epistemological investigations one step behind?Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Monitoring the advancements in the technology of artificial cells by determining their complexity degree: Hints from complex systems descriptors.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Bottom-up assembly of viral replication cycles.Nature communications · 2022Review
- Actomyosin-Driven Division of a Synthetic Cell.ACS synthetic biology · 2022Review
- Life brought to artificial cells.Nature · 2022Article
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Abstract
Employing concepts from physics, chemistry and bioengineering, 'learning-by-building' approaches are becoming increasingly popular in the life sciences, especially with researchers who are attempting to engineer cellular life from scratch. The SynCell2020/21 conference brought together researchers from different disciplines to highlight progress in this field, including areas where synthetic cells are having socioeconomic and technological impact. Conference participants also identified the challenges involved in designing, manipulating and creating synthetic cells with hierarchical organization and function. A key conclusion is the need to build an international and interdisciplinary research community through enhanced communication, resource-sharing, and educational initiatives.
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