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Researchers call for global discussion about possible risks from “mirror bacteria”
December 18, 2024
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Newly discovered cyanobacteria could help sequester carbon from oceans and factories
October 29, 2024
Translation News
CRISPR’s Impact, Today
October 21, 2024
Community
Preventing pollution with bioinspired solutions
September 19, 2024
Press Release
A better way to make RNA drugs
July 12, 2024
Community
Reimagining treatment for neurological diseases: Ayush Noori
June 11, 2024
Community
Alex Plesa on Reversing Aging
May 30, 2024
Translation News
Circe Bioscience licenses technology to decarbonize industry with microbes developed at Wyss Institute at Harvard University
May 15, 2024
Video/Animation
Solving Sustainability with Synthetic Biology
April 25, 2024
Translation News
Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed Funding
April 17, 2024
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s AminoX project receives funding from Northpond Labs to accelerate innovation in protein-based therapeutics
April 8, 2024
Translation News
In a first, genetically edited pig kidney is transplanted into human
March 22, 2024
Community
Cracking the code to precise and efficient gene editing with HarborSite
March 18, 2024
Translation News
Introducing the Wyss Lumineers Class of 2023
February 21, 2024
Community
Bogdan Budnik on Analyzing Proteins to Develop Better Diagnostics and Therapeutics
February 15, 2024
Research Spotlights
Announcing the 2024 “Faculty Focus” List
January 25, 2024
Community
Jenny Tam on Discovering Better Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
October 26, 2023
Community
Coming together to engineer new treatments for serious diseases
October 26, 2023
Translation News
Probiotic pills packed with an unexpected punch
October 26, 2023
Awards
Wyss Institute’s CircaVent team awarded grant from BD
2
to advance research into bipolar disorder and development of more effective drugs
October 3, 2023
Community
Erik Aznauryan on Curative Treatment of Genetic Diseases
August 16, 2023
Press Release
Wyss Institute promotes Christopher Chen to a Core Faculty member and appoints Ellen Roche and Michael Springer as new members of its Associate Faculty
July 31, 2023
Community
Solving tough problems together
July 12, 2023
Awards
Pamela Silver elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 8, 2023
Community
Sam Lim on Protecting Plants with Proteins
April 20, 2023
Translation News
Reimagining Infertility – An Interview with Christian Kramme
March 28, 2023
Video/Animation
Designing More Useful Bacteria
March 15, 2023
Translation News
Gameto licenses Wyss Institute’s technology for growing human ovaries from Harvard University
February 21, 2023
Translation News
Wyss Institute at Harvard University partners with Northpond Labs to launch RNA solutions company EnPlusOne Biosciences
December 19, 2022
Community
Helena de Puig on Rapidly Sensing Proteins with Project Sparkle
December 7, 2022
Translation News
The Wyss Institute’s 2022-2023 Validation Projects
September 12, 2022
Community
Jeantine Lunshof on Collaborative Ethics
August 3, 2022
Research Spotlights
A DNA “receipt book” to store cells’ history
July 27, 2022
Community
Northpond Labs funds second Wyss Institute research project
May 19, 2022
Research Spotlights
Programming complex tissue organizations in 3D
May 10, 2022
Press Release
Landing therapeutic genes safely in the human genome
January 24, 2022
Community
Devin Burrill on Building a Multidisciplinary Scientific Community
December 1, 2021
Community
Peter Nguyen on Wearable Diagnostics
October 19, 2021
Press Release
Taking the guesswork out of genetic engineering
September 27, 2021
Research Spotlights
Wyss technology featured in New Museum art exhibit
September 21, 2021
Community
Sukanya Punthambaker on Multidisciplinary Collaboration
August 25, 2021
Community
Daniel Wiegand on the RNA Revolution
July 28, 2021
Research Spotlights
Getting closer to a greener world
July 14, 2021
Press Release
Move over CRISPR, the retrons are coming
April 30, 2021
Community
The power duo creating the future of sustainability
April 27, 2021
Research Spotlights
DNA: From blueprint to blank slate
April 23, 2021
Research Spotlights
Earth’s Other Rainforest
April 15, 2021
Community
Denitsa Milanova on MRBL – Gene Therapy for Skin Rejuvenation
March 25, 2021
Community
Women helping women make history at the Wyss
March 25, 2021
Press Release
A computational guide to lead cells down desired differentiation paths
March 12, 2021
Press Release
A deep dive into cells’ RNA reality
March 11, 2021
Research Spotlights
Towards a toolbox for à la carte editing of the human microbiome
February 19, 2021
Press Release
Machine-learning how to create better AAV gene delivery vehicles
February 11, 2021
Press Release
A new vision for AAV-delivered gene therapies
February 10, 2021
Awards
A Year in Review: 2020
December 17, 2020
Research Spotlights
Custom-Order Cells
December 2, 2020
Translation News
Entrepreneurship in the era of COVID-19
November 17, 2020
Press Release
Enzymatic DNA synthesis sees the light
October 19, 2020
Community
Marika Ziesack on Circe
August 12, 2020
Research Spotlights
DNA in (Even More) Detail
July 27, 2020
Research Spotlights
Decoding COVID-19
June 15, 2020
Research Spotlights
Editing genomes not dozens but thousands of times in one go
May 12, 2020
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute joins forces with Cytosurge to improve CRISPR-based multiplexed gene editing
May 4, 2020
Press Release
Soup to Nuts
April 24, 2020
Research Spotlights
Circe: Biodegradable plastic without the plants
April 22, 2020
Community
Max Schubert on Fast-Growing Cyanobacteria
April 20, 2020
Research Spotlights
Don’t hate your guts – heal them
February 10, 2020
Translation News
Rejuvenate Bio launches to help dogs live longer, healthier lives
February 6, 2020
Community
The Next Decade in Science
January 13, 2020
Press Release
Wyss Institute researchers demonstrate machine-guided engineering of AAV capsids for gene therapy
November 28, 2019
Press Release
Combination gene therapy treats multiple age-related diseases in mice
November 4, 2019
Press Release
Listening in to how proteins talk and learning their language
October 21, 2019
Press Release
A reliable clock for your microbiome
October 11, 2019
Research Spotlights
Light shed on century-old riddle of chromosome pairing
October 4, 2019
Community
Wyss Symposium Offers Glimpse into the Future of Diagnostics
September 26, 2019
Translation News
Harvard’s athlete-based next-generation probiotics technology licensed to FitBiomics
September 5, 2019
Press Release
Biomaterials smarten up with CRISPR
August 22, 2019
Awards
Tina Liu Wins Women World Award
August 9, 2019
Research Spotlights
Save it in DNA
August 6, 2019
Press Release
Wyss Institute Faculty Curate “Selects” Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
July 9, 2019
Press Release
Take Two
E. coli
and Call Me in the Morning
June 28, 2019
Community
Nina Donghia on Freeze-Dried Protein Expression
June 27, 2019
Press Release
Discovery of performance-enhancing bacteria in the human microbiome
June 24, 2019
Research Spotlights
Storage Beyond the Cloud
May 1, 2019
Community
Isaac Han on AAV Gene Therapy
April 24, 2019
Translation News
Sherlock Biosciences Licenses Wyss Technology to Create Affordable Molecular Diagnostics
March 21, 2019
Awards
Daniel Wiegand receives Bayer Protein Challenge award
February 6, 2019
Video/Animation
Painting human chromosomes in 3D
January 17, 2019
Awards
David Walt and George Church receive grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to enable better diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson’s disease
December 5, 2018
Research Spotlights
Expanding the scope of cell-free protein expression
September 12, 2018
Press Release
A telephone for your microbiome
August 31, 2018
Press Release
Recording every cell’s history in real-time with evolving genetic barcodes
August 9, 2018
Press Release
BioBits: new biology kits for a new generation of kids
August 1, 2018
Awards
Synthetic biology researchers receive 2018 Massachusetts Life Science Innovation Day prize
July 16, 2018
Translation News
Pig organs for human patients: A challenge fit for CRISPR
May 30, 2018
Press Release
Profiling the genome hundreds of variations at a time
May 21, 2018
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute partners with Cellectis to recode the human genome
May 1, 2018
Press Release
Natural barcodes enable better cell tracking
April 24, 2018
Community
Wyss Institute Entrepreneur in Residence Tina Liu and Research Scientist Ying Kai Chan present next-generation gene therapy project at venture capital symposium
April 12, 2018
Research Spotlights
Rewiring bacteria for large scale biofuel and bioplastic production
March 30, 2018
Press Release
Keeping the genetic code clean
March 26, 2018
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Kill switches for engineered microbes gone rogue
November 16, 2017
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Driving drug resistance out of fungi
October 30, 2017
Awards
Wyss Researcher Named 2017 STAT Wunderkind
October 13, 2017
Community
Personal Genome Project-Memory Challenge
October 10, 2017
Community
The Wyss Institute Model
September 16, 2017
Press Release
The secret life of bacteria, revealed
August 31, 2017
Press Release
Programming cells with computer-like logic
July 26, 2017
Press Release
Taking cells out to the movies with new CRISPR technology
July 12, 2017
Press Release
Wyss Institute Welcomes David Walt, Scientific Founder of Illumina and Quanterix, as Newest Core Faculty Member
July 5, 2017
Research Spotlights
Gene Therapy for Canine Heart Failure
July 6, 2017
Press Release
Remembrance of things past – bacterial memory of gut inflammation
May 29, 2017
Video/Animation
Gene Therapy: The Age of AAV
May 23, 2017
Press Release
Wyss Institute and Lumos Labs Launch Research Collaboration on Memory of High Performing Individuals
March 9, 2017
Press Release
Compartmentalized life
March 6, 2017
Community
Zika test spreads synthetic biology innovation around the world
December 19, 2016
Research Spotlights
Illuminating the dark corners of nature’s nitrogen cycle by mimicking rocket-fuel-producing bacteria
December 20, 2016
Research Spotlights
Tooling up for safer genome editing
December 1, 2016
Community
Launching the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering
October 18, 2016
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s rapid Zika test named “Best of What’s New” by Popular Science magazine
October 19, 2016
Press Release
‘Poring over’ DNA
October 10, 2016
Translation News
Wyss Institute launches ReadCoor to commercialize 3D
in situ
gene sequencing technology
September 28, 2016
Press Release
Just add water: Biomolecular manufacturing ‘on-the-go’
September 22, 2016
Video/Animation
Nanoparticle niche
June 20, 2016
Press Release
A guide to CRISPR gene activation
May 23, 2016
Press Release
Designing Better Drugs
April 15, 2016
Audio/Podcast
George Church: Responsibility, art & science of intentional extinction, de-extinction & aging
February 17, 2016
Press Release
Fluorescent biosensors light up high-throughput metabolic engineering
February 17, 2016
Press Release
Biosensors on demand
February 9, 2016
Press Release
Sensing the future of molecule detection
January 27, 2016
Press Release
Wyss Institute Will Lead IARPA-Funded Brain Mapping Consortium
January 26, 2016
Research Spotlights
Tapping the marine microbiome
December 22, 2015
Press Release
Gene drive reversibility introduces new layer of biosafety
November 16, 2015
Press Release
Microbiomes could hold keys to improving life as we know it
October 29, 2015
Press Release
Removing 62 barriers to pig-to-human organ transplant in one fell swoop
October 11, 2015
Research Spotlights
The age of humans controlling microbes
September 24, 2015
Press Release
Dually noted: New CRISPR-Cas9 strategy edits genes two ways
September 1, 2015
Press Release
New biosensors for managing microbial workers
August 4, 2015
Press Release
Safeguarding Gene Drives
July 30, 2015
Community
Preservation through design
July 17, 2015
Press Release
Troubleshooting the gene targeting process
July 13, 2015
Research Spotlights
At the frontier of biosafety
May 6, 2015
Press Release
Springing into action: The Wyss Institute introduces its new biosafety process
May 6, 2015
Press Release
Activating genes on demand
March 3, 2015
Press Release
Bionic leaf uses bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel
February 9, 2015
Press Release
Bacteria programmed to churn out valuable chemicals
December 23, 2014
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute welcomes Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a new collaborating institution
December 3, 2014
Translation News
Broad Institute, Harvard and MIT license CRISPR-Cas9 technology to Editas Medicine for therapeutic applications
December 1, 2014
Press Release
Computer model sets new precedent in drug discovery
November 18, 2014
Awards
Wyss Institute Core Faculty James Collins to receive the Human Frontier Science Program Nakasone Award
September 8, 2014
Press Release
A new genome editing strategy offers potential way to control spread of insect-borne disease and invasive species
July 17, 2014
Awards
Wyss Core Faculty member Peng Yin Receives 2014 ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award
June 26, 2014
Research Spotlights
Rational design: best route for synthetic biology?
May 22, 2014
Press Release
A bird’s eye view of cellular RNAs
February 27, 2014
Community
Fifth annual Wyss Institute retreat showcases technology pipeline
November 18, 2013
Press Release
Radical Recoding
October 17, 2013
Press Release
A hidden genetic code for better designer genes
September 26, 2013
Press Release
High-octane bacteria could ease pain at the pump
June 25, 2013
Research Spotlights
Team closer to getting iconic laboratory bacterium to function like a plant
April 5, 2013
Community
De-Extinction: An idea worth spreading?
March 15, 2013
Awards
Jim Collins: National Academy of Inventors
February 22, 2013
Research Spotlights
MAGE animation: Narrated by George Church
February 5, 2013
Press Release
Wyss Institute at Harvard University Enters $10 Million X PRIZE Competition
October 4, 2012
Press Release
Researchers at Harvards Wyss Institute Engineer Novel DNA Barcode
September 24, 2012
Press Release
Writing the Book in DNA
August 16, 2012
Research Spotlights
Improving the reliability, efficiency, and economics of microbial manufacturing
August 6, 2012
Research Spotlights
A garden built to order
June 22, 2012
Awards
Jim Collins to be inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 19, 2012
Press Release
New “Magnetic Yeast” Could be Significant Step in Harnessing Nature’s Magnetic Capabilities
February 28, 2012
Press Release
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute Develop DNA Nanorobot to Trigger Targeted Therapeutic Responses
February 16, 2012
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s George Church Elected Member of National Academy of Engineering
February 13, 2012
Awards
James Collins Receives 2011 World Technology Award for Biotechnology
October 28, 2011
Press Release
Researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute Develop Next-Generation Tools to Program Cells
July 22, 2011
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s George Church Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
May 3, 2011
Research Spotlights
Wyss Institute to form part of multidisciplinary effort on DoD award
May 3, 2011
Research Spotlights
New technology could help overcome obstacles to hydrogen production
April 24, 2011
Awards
Wyss discoveries rank as runners-up to “Breakthrough of the Year”
January 26, 2011
Awards
Wyss faculty members get top technology honors from WTN
December 20, 2010
Press Release
Wyss Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Reliable, Rapid Gene-Synthesis Technology
December 8, 2010
Awards
Harvard’s iGarden takes a gold in global competition
December 1, 2010
Press Release
George Church wins 2011 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
November 12, 2010
Press Release
Wyss Institute Researchers Develop DNA-Based Extracellular Matrix
November 1, 2010
Press Release
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute Develop Technology to Produce Sugar from Photosynthetic Bacteria
June 28, 2010
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DOE Awards Wyss Institute $4.2 Million Grant to Develop Microbial Fuel Cells in National Effort to Change How the Country Produces Energy
May 27, 2010
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Researchers rapidly turn bacteria into biotech factories
July 26, 2009
Press Release
Engineered circuits can count cellular events
May 28, 2009
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BU recognizes two distinguished professors
May 19, 2009
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Collins Wins Exceptional Achievement Award
May 14, 2009
Press Release
Taking a stride toward synthetic life
March 7, 2009
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