BaseHunter: A software tool making synthetic gene procurement faster, more efficient and traceable

合成生物学是一门新兴学科，旨在为有用的目的建立新的生物系统。这项任务是通过将新的基因排列（编码蛋白质的DNA序列）插入生物体中来实现的。这些工程系统中使用的基因通常是由商业供应商从头合成的。目前，合成基因的获取既耗时又昂贵。这些问题源于定价效率低下和市场透明度低下。在这个为期12个月的项目中，我们将通过开发和验证BaseHunter来解决这些问题。BaseHunter是一个在线合成基因获取工具，它将确保研究人员可以自由地将时间和资源用于解决科学问题，而不是后勤问题。

Synthetic biology is an emerging discipline that seeks to build new biological systems for useful purposes. This task is achieved by inserting new arrangements of genes (sequences of DNA that encode proteins) into living organisms. The genes used in these engineered systems are frequently synthesized from scratch by commercial vendors. Currently, synthetic gene procurement is time consuming and expensive. These problems stem from inefficient pricing and poor market transparency. In this 12-month project, we will address these issues through the development and validation of BaseHunter - an online synthetic gene procurement tool that will ensure researchers are free to spend their time and resources solving scientific problems, not logistical ones.