NUS launches $25 million programme on synthetic biology

NUS has launched a new $25 million research programme called the NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI). One of the research projects featured was a new way to cut and stitch together parts of the DNA of four naturally existing bacteria to create 12 potential anti-superbug antibiotics. Another project highlighted was the development of synthetic yeast whose characteristics can be modified at will.

• The Straits Times, 2 October 2015, Science, pB15 & pB14