The 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan

Moderator：Masanori Noguchi (Twist Bioscience)

Can We Create a Cell From Molecules? The Frontier of Artificial Cell Research in Synthetic Biology

In recent years, one of the fundamental questions in life sciences—Can we construct a cell from molecules?—has been driving an accelerating wave of research. This seminar will highlight cutting-edge efforts aimed at building self-replicating and proliferating molecular systems as well as artificial cells. Professor Norikazu Ichihashi, a leading researcher in this field, will present state-of-the-art examples of how the essential functions of life—DNA replication, transcription, and translation—are being reconstituted in vitro, and how researchers are attempting to realize minimal systems capable of autonomous proliferation.
Alongside these pioneering studies, we will also introduce Twist Bioscience’s synthetic DNA tools that support advanced genetic design.