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