Continuous monitoring of Synthetic Biology What is new in Synthetic Biology research? Highlights of Synthetic Biology monitoring Monitoring of Synthetic Biology from 2018 to 2025 What is new in Synthetic Biology research? The annual number of publications with new…

ZKBS Commentary on Mirror Bacteria Published on: 22. September 2025 The ZKBS has published a commentary on the publication by Adamala et al. (2024) on the dangers to humans, animals, plants and the environment posed by the production of so-called mirror bacteria. You…

Synthetic Biology Synthetic Biology is a dynamic field of research with an application-related focus to which contributions are made from disciplines that have a biological, technical and information processing emphasis. Synthetic Biology Overview The ZKBS has the…

Comment on Mirror Bacteria Adamala et al. 2024 The commentary by Adamala et al. (2024) entitled ‘Confronting risks of mirror life’ caught the attention of the ZKBS as part of its ongoing monitoring of Synthetic Biology. The ZKBS now has a separate section on mirror…

ZKBS comments Commentary of the ZKBS on current topics Commentary on the Use of AI in Genetic Engineering In the field of synthetic biology, the ZKBS has now issued a commentary on the challenges posed by de novo-generated nucleic acid sequences and proteins using in…

Commentary on the Use of AI in Genetic Engineering In the field of Synthetic Biology, the ZKBS has now issued a commentary on the challenges posed by de novo -generated nucleic acid sequences and proteins using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the evaluation of…