The power of synthetic biology for bioproduction, remediation and pollution control: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will inevitably require the application of molecular biology and biotechnology on a global scale

EMBO Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a,b   Prather, Kristala L J ^a,c   Chen, Guo Qiang ^a,d,e   O'Day, Elizabeth ^a,f   von Kameke, Conrad ^a,g   Oyarzún, Diego A ^a,h   Hosta Rigau, Leticia ^a,i   Alsafar, Habiba ^a,j   Cao, Cong ^a,k   Ji, Weizhi ^a,l   Okano, Hideyuki ^a,m   Roberts, Richard J ^a,n   Ronaghi, Mostafa ^a,o   Yeung, Karen ^a,p   Zhang, Feng ^a,c,q,r   Lee, Sang Yup ^a,s,t  

^a Project Lead for Healthcare Data Policy   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Olaris Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^g BioInnovators Europe   (Germany)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^l KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^m KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^o ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^p KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^r MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^s Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^t Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NOTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; UNITED NATIONS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85044407875     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201745658     Document Type: Note

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