Our Scans · (ZY.3.05) Biology · Weekly Summary

• [New] In agriculture and food, Defra's Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 has unlocked opportunities to apply engineering biology for farmed plants and animals with greater resistance to pests, disease, and environmental challenges. GOV.UK
• [New] The successful applicant will help build a new internationally recognised research capability for NZ in the rapidly emerging field of alternative protein biotechnologies, with an emphasis on precision fermentation, synthetic biology or cellular agriculture. Farmers Weekly
• Agricultural biotechnology is expected to significant growth in the coming years, driven by developments in gene-editing, synthetic biology, and sustainable practices. Yahoo Finance
• By 2030 most people are expected to have eaten, worn, used or been treated by something created through synthetic biology in fields like agriculture, electronics, consumer care and pharmaceuticals. Financial Post
• Synthekine, fresh off $108 million in funding, will lead early research, initial protein engineering, biology work and preclinical efforts. FierceBiotech
• Divorcing flavour, nutrition, and form: new biology technologies will allow for the design of food products untied from natural production systems, such as cellular agriculture, molecular engineering, and 3D printing. Strutt & Parker - Rural Hub
• While there are many impactful tech topics such as the Internet of Things, 5G, Space, Genomics, Synthetic Biology, Automation, Augmented Reality, and others, there are four tech areas to keep a keen watch on in 2023 as they have promising and near-term capabilities to transform lives. Forbes
• At team of researchers from Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark, have discovered a weakness in P. Aeruginosa with the potential to become the target for a new way to attack it. ScienceDaily
• The Saudi royal family has launched a non-profit organisation called the Hevolution Foundation, which plans to invest $1 billion annually in funding anti-ageing research and the biology of extending human lifespan. Middle East Monitor

Last updated: 03 November 2025