This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

Saccharomyces boulardii (or S. boulardii) is a probiotic yeast that can be taken in supplement form to help support the ...

The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain ...

Macquarie University researchers and an international team have completed the first synthetic yeast genome, a breakthrough in ...

This study details the design and optimization of synXVI, a synthetic yeast chromosome, overcoming growth challenges through ...

Scientists led by a Macquarie University team have completed construction of the final chromosome in the worlds’ first synthetic yeast genome following more than a decade of work, opening new ...

Fission yeast and budding yeast are free-living haploid cells that are easily grown in the laboratory. They have different cell shapes and patterns of division. Left, fission yeast; right, budding ...