Cathy Eckert was recently appointed chief science officer at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Sandun Fernando, Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Though mirror biology might lead to improved drugs and other innovations, scientists have warned against potentially ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

The undergraduate minor in biological engineering teaches students to create biological processes and products for application in a myriad of fields, from pharmaceuticals to biomaterials to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the 13th consecutive year, Purdue University’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering undergrad program was ranked as the No. 1 in the nation by The U.S. News & World ...

GeneDx, Twist Bioscience and Wave Life Sciences are emerging as key players in the fast-growing genomics and synthetic ...

"Could have significant implications." Researcher creates new organisms that could be put to work on future space colonies: 'Engineering them to have new abilities' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hazards posed by using data-centric methods to engineer biology have been identified by experts at the University of Bristol with the aim of making future research safer. The potential misuse of ...

When Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz co-founded the Silicon Valley venture capital firm bearing their surnames in 2009, the general partners initially avoided investing in life sciences or healthcare ...

"The email came in early afternoon — all four of our promotion and tenure candidates had been approved. I immediately started ...

This program applies basic scientific and engineering principles to the design, development and operation of large-scale, bio-based product manufacturing, such as food and pharmaceuticals. Such ...