Press | Media Coverage
Press on pH-sensing gut bacteria
May 2021
NSF
“Glowing Pains! Bioengineers create pH-sensing gut bacteria to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease”
Audio | National Science Foundation
Press on optogenetic control of gut bacteria
December, 2020
Forbes
“Could Controlling Bacteria With Light Extend Your Lifespan?”
Article | JV Chamary
Rice News
“Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms”
Article | Jade Boyd
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
“Optogenetics Shows How the Microbiome Affects Longevity”
Article
Press on Kristina’s Inflammation Sensing Paper
April-May, 2017
TechNews: Going with the Flow
BioTechniques, Vol. 62, No. 5 May 2017. DOI: 10.2144/000114543
[PDF] | Nathan Blow, PhD
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News did a great podcast on Kristina’s paper. Check it out!
Podcast | John Sterling
NSF Science360 News
Top featured story on Science360 News
Gizmodo
“Scientists Want to Use Color-Changing Rainbow Poop to Diagnose Your Bowel Problems”
Article | Andrew Liszewski
Press on LPA Paper
November, 2016
Photonics
“Open Source Platform May Reduce Entry Barrier to Optogenetics Testing”
Article
Science 360 News
“Lab creates open-source optogenetics hardware, software”
Featured as the “Top Story” on the Science 360 News home page.
Article
Futurity
“Open-source tool to put optogenetics in more labs”
Article | Jade Boyd – Rice University
ECN Magazine
“Rice U. Lab Creates Open-Source Optogenetics Hardware, Softwares”
Featured as the “Top Story” on the Science 360 News home page.
Article | Jade Boyd – Rice University
Yahoo Digital Trends
“Rice University bioengineers launch DIY kit for controlling cells with light”
Article | Dyllan Furness
Neuroscience News
“Researchers Develop Open Source Optogenetics Hardware and Software”
Article | Jade Boyd – Rice University
Scientific American
December 16, 2015 | Jennifer Ackerman
Scientific American has just published a great article describing our Office of Naval Research-funded project to engineer synthetic probiotics to fight obesity and related disorders.
New Scientist
June 4, 2015 | Ed Yong
Our research into utilizing bacterial two-component systems as sensors for engineered probiotics was recently written up in the New Scientist article “Smart probiotics: Wiring friendly bacteria to take out disease” by Ed Yong.
Business Insider
July 9, 2014 | Lauren F Friendman
“Probiotics Could Provide A Powerful New Way To Fight Fat And Depression.”
Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2014 | Deborah Netburn
“Bioengineer is working to make E. coli fight obesity, depression.”
Phys.org
March 10, 2014
“Bioengineers invent ‘light tube array,’ ‘bioscilloscope’ to test, debug genetic circuits.”
Rice News
March 9, 2014 | Jade Boyd
“Rice synthetic biologists shine light on genetic circuit analysis.” (Video)
New York Times
November 24, 2005 | Andrew Pollack