Building hybrid devices powered by cell-free synthetic biology

每天，我们都被分子相互作用的世界所包围，这些分子相互作用调节着我们的安全、福祉和环境的完整性。诊断和便携式传感器可用于检测这些不可见的过程。虽然目前的传感器技术存在，但它们的发展受到速度慢和成本高的负担。这些限制意味着在实验室环境之外，许多传感需求无法得到满足。合成生物学以其合理的设计方法，为满足这些需求提供了令人难以置信的潜力，我们的研究计划是第一个解决提供这些工具的关键挑战。

Every day, we are surrounded by a world of molecular interactions that mediate our safety, well-being and the integrity of our environment. Diagnostics and portable sensors can be used to detect these otherwise invisible processes. While current sensor technologies exist, their development is burdened by slow rates and high cost. These limitations mean that outside of laboratory settings, many sensing needs are not being met. Synthetic biology, with its rational approach to design, offers an incredible potential to meet these needs and our research program is the first to solve key challenges in delivering these tools.