Chassis for Synthetic Biology

October 10, 2024

On March 19, 2024, Bao et al. from Dalian University in China published a paper titled "Construction of an Escherichia coli chassis for efficient biosynthesis of human-like N-linked glycoproteins" in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. This paper details the successful construction of a stable, high-performance Escherichia coli Chassis cell factory designed for the efficient biosynthesis […]

November 5, 2024

On Oct 8, 2021, Hu et al. from State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, published a paper in the Biotechnology for Biofuels, titled "Engineering Escherichia coli for highly efficient production of lacto-N-triose II from N-acetylglucosamine, the monomer of chitin". The core of their work is the development of an engineered Escherichia […]

December 30, 2025

On Mar 18, 2024, Huang et al. from the Georgia Institute of Technology published a paper in Nature Communications titled "Engineering intelligent chassis cells via recombinase-based MEMORY circuits." This research introduces the MEMORY platform, facilitating the integration of six orthogonal recombinases to create an "intelligent" Escherichia coli strain. The implications for glycobiology are profound, as […]