Biotechnology Notes is an open access venue dedicated to rapidly publishing high-quality, novel advances in the fields of applied biotechnology and biochemistry. This journal publishes a variety of article types including Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Short Communications, Short Notes, Methods, Protocols, 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