This outsourcing of labor is possible thanks to the emergence and widespread proliferation of automated DNA sequencing instruments, which can accomplish in one day what would take a whole team of ...

In 1986, the California Institute of Technology (CIT) announced the development of a semi-automated machine for sequencing DNA. This machine significantly accelerated the process of mapping and ...

In the early 1980s, Dr. Caruthers invented an efficient, automated technology for synthesizing DNA that remains the leading method today. The chemical reactions that Caruthers discovered accurately ...

Despite these advances, the synthesis of DNA nanostructures has remained a largely manual and time-consuming process. Traditional approaches often require the precise mixing of hundreds of unique DNA ...

A group of a few dozen colorful translucent 3D blobs, many of which overlap, contain brightly colored dots against a black background. Three-dimensional transcriptomics data from an instrument ...

Johan Strömqvist, PhD, has always been interested in “seeing” molecules, particularly in three dimensions (3D). Strömqvist worked with optical single-molecule imaging for his PhD and then founded a ...

Whole genome analysis plays a critical role in the development of life-saving diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines, with growing interest in noncoding regions and Whole genome analysis plays a ...

Venter redrew the boundaries of biology — sequencing DNA at unprecedented speed, engineering synthetic life and charting ...