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A microbiologist describes the remarkable symbiotic, and sometimes adversarial, relationship between humans and the trillions of bacteria inhabiting our gastrointestinal tracts.

Stanford Bioengineering faculty Hawa Racine Thiam talks about her research with Sarafan ChEM-H

The award recognizes current postdoctoral scholars who have championed efforts that advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at Stanford and beyond.

A Stanford-led expedition in the Arctic Ocean’s Chukchi Sea could help answer questions about how an ice-free Arctic may transform the ocean’s ecosystems and ability to sequester c

Department of Defense will fund Fischbach Lab's "Programming Functions within Microbial Consortia" project

In certain organisms, injuries on one part of the body can induce a healing response in another. New evidence suggests this whole-body response isn’t a side effect: it’s the main f

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Markus Covert will serve as Stanford’s Department of Bioengineering faculty lead

Scientists gathered to discuss the future of synthetic biology and how it can help curb climate change and promote sustainability.

Jennifer Cochran and Judith Prochaska discuss their new roles in the in the Offices of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research

The director and co-founder of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign has been urging CMS to get patients access to breakthrough devices.

Stanford researchers and collaborators publish a study that used an ingestible device to capture the diversity of the microbiome

Scientists gathered to discuss the future of synthetic biology and how it can help curb climate change and promote sustainability.

Dr. Fordyce explains how rapidly evolving study of these complex molecules is revealing ever-greater understanding of human life.