The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies.

Pretorius, IS; Dixon, TA; Boers, M; Paulsen, IT; Johnson, DL

The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies.

Pretorius, IS Dixon, TA Boers, M Paulsen, IT Johnson, DL

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Publisher:: NATURE PORTFOLIO
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Nat Commun, 2025, 16, (1), pp. 2959
Issue Date:: 2025-03-26

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dc.contributor.author	Pretorius, IS
dc.contributor.author	Dixon, TA
dc.contributor.author	Boers, M
dc.contributor.author	Paulsen, IT
dc.contributor.author	Johnson, DL
dc.date.accessioned	2025-09-03T08:00:59Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-11
dc.date.available	2025-09-03T08:00:59Z
dc.date.issued	2025-03-26
dc.identifier.citation	Nat Commun, 2025, 16, (1), pp. 2959
dc.identifier.issn	2041-1723
dc.identifier.issn	2041-1723
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/189634
dc.description.abstract	Information and energy flows form the basis of all economic activity, with advanced technologies underpinning both. Profound uncertainties caused by geostrategic forces have accelerated a trillion-dollar race for technological superiority. The result is an onrush of "technovation" at the nexus of synthetic biotechnologies, information technologies, nanotechnologies and engineering technologies. This article explores recent breakthroughs in integrating chip technologies and synthetic bioinformational engineering. It investigates prospects of biomolecules as carriers of stored digital data, synthetic cells-on-a-chip, and hybrid semiconductors and next-generation artificial intelligence processors. Consilience-unity of knowledge-redefines possibilities emerging from the living interface of biologically-inspired engineering and engineering-enabled biology.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	NATURE PORTFOLIO
dc.relation.ispartof	Nat Commun
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/s41467-025-58030-y
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.mesh	Bioengineering
dc.subject.mesh	Nanotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Biotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Computational Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Synthetic Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Artificial Intelligence
dc.subject.mesh	Semiconductors
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Computational Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Biotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Semiconductors
dc.subject.mesh	Nanotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Artificial Intelligence
dc.subject.mesh	Bioengineering
dc.subject.mesh	Synthetic Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Bioengineering
dc.subject.mesh	Nanotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Biotechnology
dc.subject.mesh	Computational Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Synthetic Biology
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Artificial Intelligence
dc.subject.mesh	Semiconductors
dc.title	The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	16
utslib.location.activity	England
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
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dc.date.updated	2025-09-03T08:00:56Z
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pubs.volume	16
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Abstract:

Information and energy flows form the basis of all economic activity, with advanced technologies underpinning both. Profound uncertainties caused by geostrategic forces have accelerated a trillion-dollar race for technological superiority. The result is an onrush of "technovation" at the nexus of synthetic biotechnologies, information technologies, nanotechnologies and engineering technologies. This article explores recent breakthroughs in integrating chip technologies and synthetic bioinformational engineering. It investigates prospects of biomolecules as carriers of stored digital data, synthetic cells-on-a-chip, and hybrid semiconductors and next-generation artificial intelligence processors. Consilience-unity of knowledge-redefines possibilities emerging from the living interface of biologically-inspired engineering and engineering-enabled biology.

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