Open AccessAre synthetic biology standards applicable in everyday research practice?
Author(s) -
Tas Huseyin,
Amara Adam,
Cueva Miguel E.,
Bongaerts Nadine,
CalvoVillamañán Alicia,
Hamadache Samir,
Vavitsas Konstantinos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microbial biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.287
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 1751-7915
DOI - 10.1111/1751-7915.13612
Subject(s) - standardization , synthetic biology , caucus , engineering ethics , management science , computer science , data science , biology , political science , computational biology , engineering , politics , law , operating system
Summary The issue of standardization in synthetic biology is a recurring one. As a discipline that incorporates engineering principles into biological designs, synthetic biology needs effective ways to communicate results and allow different researchers (both academic and industrial) to build upon previous results and improve on existing designs. An aspect that is left out of the discussions, especially when they happen at the level of academic and industrial consortia or policymaking, is whether or not standards are applicable or even useful in everyday research practice. In this caucus article, we examine this particular issue with the hope of including it in the standardization discussions agenda and provide insights into a topic that synthetic biology researchers experience daily.