The ribosome is a molecular machine that turns the genetic code into protein - this process is known as translation. Due to this central role in protein synthesis, the ribosome is ancient and important to all biological life. The ribosome can make proteins both inside cells and within a test tube, in a process known as cell-free expression. Using synthetic biology, we aim to generate ribosome variants, to both understand more about normal ribosome function in biology, as well as expand that function to enable the next area of bio-engineering.

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