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