The Engineer?s Take on Biology : The Godfather of Synthetic Biology Watched the Field Evolve and Continues to Expect Big Things

IEEE Pulse. 2016 Mar-Apr;7(2):10-2. doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2016.2514878.

Abstract

Tom Knight may laugh when someone calls him the ?godfather of synthetic biology,? but his ideas have helped spur a worldwide movement to look at biology with an engineer?s eye.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Synthetic Biology / history*
  • Synthetic Biology / methods*
  • Synthetic Biology / trends*