Automatic Control Laboratory

'Cyborg' yeast in the media
Abstract: Media coverage of the recent publication in Nature Biotechnology by the John Lygeros Systems Biology group. The work is a collaboration with Prof. Mustafa Khammash of the ETH Biosystems Science and Engineering department and Prof. Hana El-Samad's group at the University of California San Francisco. Scientific American: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/oscillator/2011/12/15/i-heard-you-like-feedback-loops/ BioTechniques.com: http://www.biotechniques.com/news/The-Value-of-Precision/biotechniques-324791.html?autnID=309825 BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15598887 Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/11/08/cyborg-yeast-have-their-genes-controlled-by-computer/ PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243425/computercontrolled_cyborg_yeast_technology_meets_biology.html ExtremeTech: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/103741-computer-controlled-cyborg-yeast Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-11/computer-controls-genes-new-cyborg-yeast-system Gizmondo: http://gizmodo.com/5857068/cyborg-yeast-could-idiot+proof-your-home+brew io9: http://io9.com/5857192/scientists-have-created-cyborg-yeast-that-can-be-controlled-by-a-computer Discovery news: http://news.discovery.com/tech/scientists-talk-to-yeast-111115.html PABnews: http://www.pabnews.com/21880/computers-and-cells-share-conversation/ Kathimerini (in greek): http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathworld_1_07/11/2011_413556 To Vima (in greek): http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/?aid=430845&wordsinarticle=%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82 WRS Radio interview with John Lygeros: http://worldradio.ch/wrs/shows/national/new-scientific-finding-could-enlist-yeast-in-mass-.shtml?27443	Date/Time: Nov 08, 2011
	Contact Person: John Lygeros

'Cyborg' yeast in the media