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First paper of the year: Perfect adaptation achieved by transport limitations governs the inorganic phosphate response in S. cerevisiae Congrats team yeast: Ming, Shiyu, Evan, and Michael pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Here is a first! A manuscript from a student run project (bachelor and master). A field-capable rapid plant DNA extraction protocol using microneedle patches for botanical survey and monitoring biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Die Extraktion von #Pflanzen-#DNA ist meist mühsam und zeitraubend. Ziemlich schnell und einfach geht es im Maerkl Lab am EPFL – und zwar mit nadel­bewehrten Plastikstreifen … — Andrea Pitzschke stellt Tricks und Technik vor: laborjournal.de/editorials/267… #dnaextraction #labtool

We are so happy to see our proof of concept work on protein recycling was listed as one of the most downloaded articles 🥳 Francesco Stellacci Wiley Sebastian Maerkl Congratulations to all authors🤩 In case you might have missed it or want to revisit it: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Imagine the kind of technological progress humanity could make if we could start designing novel proteins for personalised medicines, industrial applications like new enzymes, or better, more sustainable materials." forbes.com/sites/davidpro…

"A field-capable rapid plant DNA extraction protocol using microneedle patches for botanical surveying and monitoring" We published our first article with the master and bachelor student MAKE project Genorobotics! Congrats everybody who contributed! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ap…

C2CAplus: a one-pot isothermal circle-to-circle DNA amplification system. Laura and Paula's work on developing an improved phi29 based DNA amplification system is out now on BioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I wrote a short discussion "On biochemical constructors and synthetic cells", which was just published. Check it out: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Laura and Paula's paper is out now! "C2CAplus: A One-Pot Isothermal Circle-to-Circle DNA Amplification System" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations to our post-doc Fanjun who was just awarded a SNF Spark grant! Spark grants fund "rapid testing or development of novel and unconventional scientific approaches, methods, theories, standards and ideas", which is right up our alley! snf.ch/en/8EWqXT6CZ7w…

Self-assembled cell-scale containers made from DNA origami membranes biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Ragu's paper describing a minimal PURE system is now on BioRxiv!! Towards self-regeneration: exploring the limits of protein synthesis in the PURE cell-free transcription -translation system biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Amogh's comprehensive review of microfluidic approaches and applications in cell-free synthetic biology is out now! #microfluidics #cellfreesynbio #synbio #syntheticbiology frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Laura's paper from the Stellacci lab (Francesco Stellacci) is out now: Nature-Inspired Recycling of a Protein Mixture into a Green Fluorescent Protein-based hydrogel - now published in RSC Sustainability pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Ragu's paper is now officially out in ACS SynBio: Towards Self-regeneration: Exploring the Limits of Protein Synthesis in the Protein Synthesis Using Recombinant Elements (PURE) Cell-free Transcription–Translation System | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

The Maerkl Lab is hiring one or two graduate students to work in the area of cell-free synthetic biology, specifically synthetic cell engineering! Deadline for our EDBB doctoral program is Nov 1st ... See below for more information: eth-gethired.ch/de/jobs/detail…

Laura (SuNMIL) and Laura's paper on running the PURE system for weeks using a simple mesoscale dialysis system is now on bioRxiv!! "Long-term protein synthesis with PURE in a mesoscale dialysis system" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Pao-Wan's review on cell-free regulatory components is out now! Regulatory Components for Bacterial Cell-Free Systems Engineering | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Pao-Wan, Saeed and Matthis' paper is out now on BioRxiv: "A T7 RNAP regulatory toolbox for cell-free network engineering and biosensing applications" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…