Conference
Chemical biology 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and virtual
Sep 8, 2026
This EMBO workshop covers emerging chemical-biology research spanning computational protein design, big data and AI, technologies for probing and manipulating biology, chemical synthetic biology, and RNA.
PodcastSynthetic Biology
The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes
Aug 12, 2026
Nature's podcast explores genetically engineered probiotic bacteria that sense elevated glucose and release therapeutic factors, lowering blood sugar in animal studies. The episode also covers ecological research on pumas, geological erosion, and how a solar eclipse can help researchers probe the Sun's magnetic corona.
PodcastBiology
Junk plastic turns into high-value commodity with chemistry trick
Aug 5, 2026
Nature journalists discuss a chemical route that converts PVC waste into motor lubricant and engineered yeast that produces a potential cancer drug.
ePoster
Contrast-invariant orientation selectivity in a synthetic biology model of the early visual pathway
Julian Vogel, Jonas Franz, Manuel Schottdorf, Shy Shoham, Walter Stühmer, Fred Wolf
Bernstein Conference 2024