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Sex attracts: can plant pheromones control crop pests?


We find out the story behind the study Project SUSPHIRE - a SynBio method that aims to produce the first bio manufactured pheromone pesticide.

  • 07 June 2018
  • Science

Update | 5 min READ

How our tools can help you: Mikado


To produce our magnitude of scientific data, we also need a host of software tools to highlight and decipher analyses that pinpoint integral information to answer ambitious biological questions.

  • 23 May 2018
  • Science

Feature | 5 min READ

Cell free synthetic biology: breaking life’s boundaries


Advances in Synthetic Biology allow us to break biology out of its cell into a new era of biomanufacture: engineering cell biochemistry in a test tube

  • 16 May 2018
  • Technology

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Women in computing: a journey into bioinformatics with Erin Baggs


For many in the bioinformatics world, learning to code is a leap into the unknown. What’s it like doing a bioinformatics PhD?

  • 08 May 2018
  • Science

Opinion | 5 min READ

Prostate cancer uncovered: a new genetic plan of attack


Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, over 47,000 patients are diagnosed with the disease every year - 129 per day.

  • 08 May 2018
  • Science

Feature | 5 min READ

Climate Edge: Precision agriculture for smallholder farmers


Climate Edge have a big data solution for helping smallholder farmers: linking local climate monitoring to on-farm applications.

  • 03 May 2018
  • Technology

Feature | 8 min READ

Why eat bugs? Insect biotechnology solutions with entomics.


Insect eating is a hot topic at the moment. We asked Miha Pipan of entomics all about entomophagy, biotechnology and the future of food, as well as how industry & public research can work together to achieve common goals.

  • 01 May 2018
  • Science

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Day in the Life of … a genomic investigator and Jiu Jitsu master


Ever wondered what our scientists are getting up to inside EI? Our Day in the Life of series delves into the researchers’ daily lives of decoding living systems.

  • 26 April 2018
  • Science