

Biotechnology Notes
Biotechnology Notes is an open access venue dedicated to publishing high-quality, novel advances in the fields of applied biotechnology and biochemistry using a short communication format. This journal publishes a variety of article types including Short Communications, Short Notes, Methods, Protocols, Mini-Reviews, Commentaries, Original Software Publications, and Conference Reviews. An emphasis of this journal is placed on rapid communication of the most recent advances in the field.
The journal covers a wide range of contemporary topics spanning the fields of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and biomolecular engineering. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
- Biochemical/biomolecular mechanisms
- RNA interactions and sensors
- Protein evolution and engineering
- Development of novel molecular reporters and biosensors
- Biochemical Engineering
- New methods in biochemistry, molecular biology, or microbiology
- DNA parts characterization
- Synthetic organisms for microbiomes
- Applications of synthetic biology
- Genetic circuit designs and implementations
- CRISPR advances and applications
- Genome editing technologies and designs
- New metabolic pathways
- Metabolic pathway optimization
- Combinatorial pathway engineering
- Multiplex metabolic pathway engineering
- Refactoring natural product and other metabolic pathways
- Bioproduction of heterologous chemicals
- In vitro and cell free systems
- Biocatalyst design
- Evolutionary strain development
- Bioinformatic databases, software, and genome sequencing/annotations
- In silico design of biological systems
- Systems metabolic engineering
- Engineering cell consortia
- Synthetic metabolism
Editor-in-Chief: Matthew Chang
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Jia Le Low | Patrick Hsien-Neng Kao | ...
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Please join us in welcoming Matthew Chang to his new role in the journal!