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FIRST SYNTHETIC CELL. "This is the first synthetic cell that's been made," said Venter. "We call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer." https://lnkd.in/e9ZJKP5 View in LinkedIn

NOT FROM SCRATCH. "We created a new cell. It's alive. But we didn't create life from scratch. We created. As all life on this planet is. Out of a living cell." (Craig Venter). Omne vivum ex vivo: "all life [is] from life". http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/21/venter.qa/ View in LinkedIn

Project to map human brain from womb to birth releases stunning images https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/10/project-to-map-human-brain-from-womb-to-birth-releases-stunning-images?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other View in LinkedIn

CREATION OF ARTIFICIAL LIFE. "So it's the first living self-replicating cell that we have on the planet whose DNA was made chemically and designed in the computer. So it has no genetic ancestors. Its parent is a computer." This historic moment changed biology forever (Craig Venter). https://lnkd.in/dfMtfwG View in LinkedIn

HISTORIC MOMENT. "Scientists report the first successful implantation of fully synthetic genome. The manmade genome was more than one million base pairs long." https://lnkd.in/e9ZJKP5 View in LinkedIn

BOMBSHELL. In 2010 Craig Venter claimed he had created a new branch to the tree of life, Synthia. The reaction of the public and of fellow scientists was equally split between superlative praise and a deluge of denunciation. But history changed forever. https://lnkd.in/eQz5W6N View in LinkedIn

INHIBITING THE EFFECT. "Conversely, application of the growth regulatory hormone gibberellin or a loss-of-function mutation in the gibberellin-catabolizing enzyme AtGA2ox7 can prevent thigmomorphogenesis." https://lnkd.in/dv9swtZ View in LinkedIn

JASMONIC ACID ACCUMULATION. "The growth response is likely to involve the phytohormone jasmonic acid (JA). JA accumulates in the stems of plants after touching of their rosette leaves, and JA biosynthesis and signaling are required for thigmomorphogenesis." https://lnkd.in/dv9swtZ View in LinkedIn

GENE INDUCTION. "In trees, the transcription factor gene ZFP2 is rapidly induced in response to bending. Interestingly, this induction can be attenuated after multiple bending events, suggesting that plants are able to record the number of mechanical perturbations, albeit through an unknown mechanism." https://lnkd.in/dv9swtZ View in LinkedIn

TOUCH GENES. "The timing of the induction of most TCH genes is between 5 and 30 minutes after the application of stimuli, suggesting a role in the early response to touch stimulation. The cml24 (tch2) mutation affects root morphology on hard agar and is implicated in microtubule structure and starvation-induced autophagy but a functional role for TCH genes in thigmomorphogenesis has yet to be established." https://lnkd.in/dv9swtZ View in LinkedIn