{"id":81710,"date":"2018-08-14T04:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/the-assembly-line-of-the-future-automation-dna-construction-and-synthetic-biology"},"modified":"2018-08-14T04:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:02:49","slug":"the-assembly-line-of-the-future-automation-dna-construction-and-synthetic-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/the-assembly-line-of-the-future-automation-dna-construction-and-synthetic-biology","title":{"rendered":"The assembly line of the future: Automation, DNA construction, and synthetic biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1h0HZwqd9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>This story is brought to you by SynbiCITE, which is accelerating the commercialization of synthetic biology applications. To learn how SynbiCITE is nucleating a sustainable UK economy, visit<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.synbicite.com\/\"> <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.synbicite.com.\">www.synbicite.com.<\/a><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just as Henry Ford\u2019s assembly line revolutionized the automobile industry, synthetic biology is being revolutionized by automated DNA assembly (see <a href=\"https:\/\/synbiobeta.com\/live-with-opentrons\/\">SynBioBetaLive! with Opentrons<\/a>). The key features of an assembly line translate well into the field of synthetic biology \u2013 speed, accuracy, reproducibility and validation. Instead of welding chassis together, small robotic arms are lifting delicate plates holding dozens of samples, adding and removing miniscule amounts of fluid.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/news\/146266\/imperial-receives-2million-establish-synthetic-biology\/\">Imperial College London received \u00a32 million<\/a> to develop a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londondnafoundry.co.uk\/\">DNA Synthesis and Construction Foundry<\/a> to operate with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.synbicite.com\/\">SynbiCITE<\/a>, the UK Innovation and Knowledge Centre for synthetic biology. Speaking at the Foundry\u2019s inception, SynbiCITE co-director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/p.freemont\">Prof. Paul Freemont<\/a> said, \u201cStandardizing the methods for synthesising DNA is crucial if we are going to scale up efforts to design and create this genetic material. The new DNA Synthesis and Construction Foundry will streamline and automate the \u2018writing\u2019 of DNA at an industrial scale so that tens of thousands of designed DNA constructions can be built and tested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/synbiobeta.com\/the-assembly-line-of-the-future-automation-dna-construction-and-synthetic-biology\/\">https:\/\/synbiobeta.com\/the-assembly-line-of-the-future-autom...c-biology\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is brought to you by SynbiCITE, which is accelerating the commercialization of synthetic biology applications. To learn how SynbiCITE is nucleating a sustainable UK economy, visit www.synbicite.com. Just as Henry Ford\u2019s assembly line revolutionized the automobile industry, synthetic biology is being revolutionized by automated DNA assembly (see SynBioBetaLive! with Opentrons). 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