Creating life in the laboratory

Artificial cell is not organic. Iorf Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow

First step in creating "inorganic life"

Caulobacter crescentus. From Wikipedia

Only 12% of the genetic material in bacteria is essential for life

A synthetic bacterium. Photo: Free University of Berlin

A transgenic bacterium with synthetic DNA

The science system was able to predict that in the future we will be able to predict the future

Futurism - what's next?

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Artificial cells capable of movement

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Artificial cells - a simple model for a complex structure

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

A new model of primary cells, in the laboratory

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Creating life artificially - within 3 to 10 years

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Scientists have succeeded in creating an artificial polio virus