Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

Through GetGenome, scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing — removing barriers, improving quality control…

Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02346-yThe lytic selection and evolution (LySE) system uses a plasmid-encoded, hypermutagenic T7 DNA polymerase and T7 phagemid-encoded target genes to enable controllable, near-continuous directed evolution of large gene clusters.

Natural transformation is one of the major pathways of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, enabling the acquisition of extracellular DNA and its integration into the host genome. ComEC is a membrane...

Diversity-generating retroelements are engineered for directed evolution in E.coli.

Peptides are sequenced by converting each amino acid into amplifiable DNA barcodes.

First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.

The process of peer review is vital to contemporary science, but is also under enormous strain. This study uses mathematical models to dissect the threats to the long-term viability of peer review, su...