TWiEVO 93: Faster than a speeding bacteria

August 24, 2023

Nels and Vincent review a collision of synthetic biology and experimental evolution, using a minimal synthetic bacterial cell with only 473 genes, the smallest genome of any known organism that can be grown in lab culture.

 

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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