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	<title>The 4th Domain</title>
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	<description>An introductory guide to synthetic biology resources on the web</description>
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		<title>Cas9 &#8211; a new genome editing tool</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2013/03/28/cas9-a-new-genome-editing-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Protein design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cas9 &#8211; could it change Biotech forever? Well, you&#8217;ll have to follow that link to find out. In the meantime, here&#8217;s a very brief introduction. CRISPR &#8211; clustered, regularly interspersed, short palindromic repeats &#8211; are used by bacteria and archaea to provide protection against foreign nucleic acid sequences. CRISPR-mediated immune systems use CRISPR-associated (Cas) endonucleases that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA2.0 seminar in Exeter</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2013/03/13/dna2-0-seminar-in-exeter/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2013/03/13/dna2-0-seminar-in-exeter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Protein design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a very quick note to say that Claes Gustafsson, co-founder of synbio company DNA2.0 (far right), will be giving a seminar on gene design and their protein/pathway engineering platform on Wednesday 20th March at 3pm in GP328a. I&#8217;m sure this will be of interest to many. Title: Use of Infologs to Accelerate Bioengineering Abstract: Recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning cells into computers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2013/02/13/turning-cells-into-computers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beginner's Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information processing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biocomputing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any would-be Exeter iGEMers may be interested in this article, appearing in Nature, about the current state of play in biocomputing: i.e. using biological molecules to perform computation. The article introduces the work presented in the paper, &#8220;Synthetic circuits integrating logic and memory in living cells&#8221; (which is behind a paywall, so I can&#8217;t comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synthetic Biology PhD positions at Exeter</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/12/03/synthetic-biology-phd-positions-at-exeter/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/12/03/synthetic-biology-phd-positions-at-exeter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mathematics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metabolic engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microbiology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any recent graduates or undergraduates in their final year looking for PhD positions in synthetic biology, take note: there are six synthetic biology PhD studentships available at the University of Exeter looking at biomethane-producing microbial communities (BMCs). The University of Exeter invites applications to pursue a PhD in a new research project funded by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post from Team Exeter&#8217;s blogger</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/11/16/guest-post-from-team-exeters-blogger/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/11/16/guest-post-from-team-exeters-blogger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beginner's Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the dust settles on iGEM 2012, I have asked one of the Exeter 2012 team and iGEM blogger for her thoughts on a summer of iGEM. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Synthetic biology is often automatically assumed to be genetic engineering (which is what I thought before iGEM) but actually it’s more genetics for engineers. At the start of iGEM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations from the top</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/11/07/congratulations-from-the-top/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/11/07/congratulations-from-the-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Exeter iGEM team recently gained recognition from the top of the University: Sir Steve Smith, University of Exeter Vice-Chancellor came to Biosciences to talk to the students and thank them for all of their hard work over the summer. Now its time to start all over again&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Synthetic Biology Package video</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/10/02/the-synthetic-biology-package-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/10/02/the-synthetic-biology-package-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beginner's Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multimedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exeter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new video introduction to synthetic biology and the iGEM competition has made its way online and though it mainly features the NRP-UEA iGEM team, I&#8217;m of course pleased to say that the good folks of the Exeter iGEM team have managed to work their way in there too, including Becca managing to pinch the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quanticare Cura Tattoo</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/28/the-quanticare-cura-tattoo/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/28/the-quanticare-cura-tattoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art&Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multimedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just sneaking in before wiki freeze, the team from Norwich Research Park &#8211; University of East Anglia (NRP-UEA iGEM 2012) also managed a product launch: Quanticare Cura Tattoo. This video, produced in collaboration with designer Amy Congdon, looks at how their iGEM project, &#8216;hybrid bacterial/mammalian promoter and novel gene regulatory systems&#8217; could evolve and impact upon the health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The European iGEM wiki-freeze is upon us</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/27/the-european-igem-wiki-freeze-is-upon-us/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/27/the-european-igem-wiki-freeze-is-upon-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exeter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foundational technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well the iGEM wiki-freeze is upon us and Team:Exeter managed to put the final touches to their wiki with 9 minutes to spare. Please follow the link (here) or click on the logo below to find out more about their project. Here&#8217;s a brief introduction to their project, e-candi &#8211; engineering the 4th polymer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 1st public biobrick: exploring public access to the tools of synthetic biology</title>
		<link>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/19/the-1st-public-biobrick-exploring-public-access-to-the-tools-of-synthetic-biology/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/thomashoward/blog/2012/09/19/the-1st-public-biobrick-exploring-public-access-to-the-tools-of-synthetic-biology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beginner's Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iGEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synthetic Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those in London next week, University College London are hosting a synthetic biology exhibition and Q&#38;A session. UCL have teamed up with a group of ‘biohackers’ (citizen scientists in molecular biology) to create the world’s first ‘Public BioBrick’. Join them for an evening exhibition and Q&#38;A hosted by UCL iGEM with C-LAB. Grant Museum of Zoology, 24th September, 7-8.30pm [...]]]></description>
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