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Podcast: Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: 157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of BiologyPub date: 2021-07-26Natural selection has done a pretty good job at creating a wide variety of living species, but we humans can’t help but wonder whether we could do better. Using existing genomes as a starting point, biologists are getting increasingly skilled at designing organisms of our own imagination. But to do that, we need a better understanding of what different genes in our DNA actually do. Elizabeth Strychalski and collaborators recently announced the construction of a synthetic microbial organism that self-reproduces just like a normal unicellular creature. This work will help us understand the roles of genes in reproduction, one step on the road to making DNA molecules and artificial cells that will perform a variety of medical and biological tasks.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Elizabeth Strychalski received her Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University. She is the founder and current leader of the Cellular Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She serves on the steering group for the Build-A-Cell collaboration.NIST web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsTalk on Controlling Biology with Complexity“Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell,” Pelletier et al.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sean Carroll | Wondery, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/sean-carrolls-mindscape-science-society-Lt8FqZeWIMU/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas</a> (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what is this?</a>) Episode: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/4c769f96c5b64841a3470ecf89d959f3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of Biology</a> Pub date: 2021-07-26 Natural selection has done a pretty good job at creating a wide variety of living species, but we humans can’t help but wonder whether we could do better. Using existing genomes as a starting point, biologists are getting increasingly skilled at designing organisms of our own imagination. But to do that, we need a better understanding of what different genes in our DNA actually do. Elizabeth Strychalski and collaborators <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/scientists-coax-cells-world-s-smallest-genomes-reproduce-normally" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">recently announced</a> the construction of a synthetic microbial organism that self-reproduces just like a normal unicellular creature. This work will help us understand the roles of genes in reproduction, one step on the road to making DNA molecules and artificial cells that will perform a variety of medical and biological tasks.Support Mindscape on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.Elizabeth Strychalski received her Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University. She is the founder and current leader of the Cellular Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She serves on the steering group for the <a href="https://www.buildacell.org/team" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Build-A-Cell </a>collaboration.<ul><li><a href="https://www.nist.gov/people/elizabeth-strychalski" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">NIST web page</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NFKe46wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Scholar publications</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yD8gH5Tb8&amp;ab_channel=DARPAtv" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Talk on Controlling Biology with Complexity</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00293-2?fbclid=IwAR3ns1466vthG8FFT4BfJZYfD6pnYbx8A4dEr-Miv9kAKOdJcU4Qag9uIMo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell,” Pelletier et al.</a></li></ul> See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sean Carroll | Wondery, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of Biology

Natural selection has done a pretty good job at creating a wide variety of living species, but we humans can’t help but wonder whether we could do better. Using existing genomes as a starting point, biologists are getting increasingly skilled at designing organisms of our own imagination. But to do that, we need a better understanding of what different genes in our DNA actually do. Elizabeth Strychalski and collaborators recently announced the construction of a synthetic microbial organism that self-reproduces just like a normal unicellular creature. This work will help us understand the roles of genes in reproduction, one step on the road to making DNA molecules and artificial cells that will perform a variety of medical and biological tasks.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Elizabeth Strychalski received her Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University. She is the founder and current leader of the Cellular Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She serves on the steering group for the Build-A-Cell collaboration.NIST web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsTalk on Controlling Biology with Complexity“Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell,” Pelletier et al.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Natural selection has done a pretty good job at creating a wide variety of living species, but we humans can’t help but wonder whether we could do better. Using existing genomes as a starting point, biologists are getting increasingly skilled at designing organisms of our own imagination. But to do that, we need a better understanding of what different genes in our DNA actually do. Elizabeth Strychalski and collaborators <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/scientists-coax-cells-world-s-smallest-genomes-reproduce-normally" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">recently announced</a> the construction of a synthetic microbial organism that self-reproduces just like a normal unicellular creature. This work will help us understand the roles of genes in reproduction, one step on the road to making DNA molecules and artificial cells that will perform a variety of medical and biological tasks.Support Mindscape on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.Elizabeth Strychalski received her Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University. She is the founder and current leader of the Cellular Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She serves on the steering group for the <a href="https://www.buildacell.org/team" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Build-A-Cell </a>collaboration.<ul><li><a href="https://www.nist.gov/people/elizabeth-strychalski" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">NIST web page</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NFKe46wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Scholar publications</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yD8gH5Tb8&amp;ab_channel=DARPAtv" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Talk on Controlling Biology with Complexity</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00293-2?fbclid=IwAR3ns1466vthG8FFT4BfJZYfD6pnYbx8A4dEr-Miv9kAKOdJcU4Qag9uIMo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell,” Pelletier et al.</a></li></ul> See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.