“I would venture to say that bacteria and archaea use everything that you can imagine for the purpose of defence — and then, some that you cannot,” said Eugene Koonin, an evolutionary biologist at the ...

Water. Waste. Energy. This trio of problems is among the greatest challenges to the environmental health of society. Water purification alone is becoming more problematic in the world due to our ...

Touching Base is the dynamic podcast series from the editors of GEN. Each episode features a rotating case of senior editors—including John Sterling, Kevin Davies, Julianna LeMieux, Alex Phillippidis, ...

Enduro Genetics, a synthetic biology startup, raised €12 million ($12.4 million) in Series A funding from Supernova Invest, NOON Ventures, and Sandwater. The funding will be used to expand Enduro’s ...