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    Feng Jianhui: Mechanism of assembly of biological materials inside cells

    Feng Jianhui: Mechanism of assembly of biological materials inside cells

    One of the future impacts of synthetic biology will be biosynthetic production in microbes of materials such as silk or composites that...
    Maryam Sabzevari:  Reinforcement learning for microbial strain design

    Maryam Sabzevari: Reinforcement learning for microbial strain design

    Post-docoral researcher Maryam Sabzevari’s research deals with using artificial intelligence (AI) to design cell factories. Synthetic...
    Taru Koitto: Expansin-like proteins for bio-based materials engineering

    Taru Koitto: Expansin-like proteins for bio-based materials engineering

    Taru Koitto working in her lab at Aalto University Lignocellulose and chitin, the most abundant polysaccharide resources in the world,...
    Anna Ylinen: New Bioplastics with Microbes

    Anna Ylinen: New Bioplastics with Microbes

    Research scientist Anna Ylinen is doing her doctoral thesis at the Center for Young Synbio Scientists on microbial bioplastics. They can...
    Robert Pylkkänen: Making Wood Without Trees – Even In Space!

    Robert Pylkkänen: Making Wood Without Trees – Even In Space!

    Last year, for the first time ever, Japanese scientists were able to produce nanocellulose in space. In layman's terms, they managed to...
    Natalia Kakko: The Living Cell Factory

    Natalia Kakko: The Living Cell Factory

    To stay competitive, industries need to increase their productivity. Typically this is done by improving the process of manufacturing,...
    Pezhman Mohammadi: A dental revolution? Super strong materials inspired by nature

    Pezhman Mohammadi: A dental revolution? Super strong materials inspired by nature

    Tooth implants, although a great improvement over false teeth, are far from perfect. Expensive and time-consuming to manufacture, they...
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    The Center for Young Synbio Scientists promotes synthetic biology research in Finland by supporting young researchers, PhD students and post-docs.