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Robert Carlson
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 27
Citations - 1057
Robert Carlson is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soft lithography & Photolithography. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 27 publications receiving 992 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Carlson include Molecular Sciences Institute.
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The changing economics of DNA synthesis
TL;DR: Single-step DNA assembly in yeast should prove useful as a tool to rapidly assemble metabolic pathways from many short DNA sequences as demand for synthetic DNA will spread around the globe as organizations of all sizes exploit biological technologies for many different aims.
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Thin PDMS Films Using Long Spin Times or Tert-Butyl Alcohol as a Solvent
TL;DR: Protocols and spin curves for two alternatives to hexane dilution: longer spin times and dilution in tert-butyl alcohol are presented.
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The pace and proliferation of biological technologies.
TL;DR: The general improvement of technologies used in measuring and manipulating molecules will soon enable a broad and distributed enhancement in the ability to alter biological systems, contributing to a proliferation that will soon put highly capable tools in the hands of both professionals and amateurs worldwide.
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Is It Time for Synthetic Biodiversity Conservation
Antoinette J. Piaggio,Gernot Segelbacher,Philip J. Seddon,Luke Alphey,Luke Alphey,Elizabeth L. Bennett,Robert Carlson,Robert Friedman,Dona Kanavy,Ryan Phelan,Kent H. Redford,Marina Rosales,Lydia Slobodian,Keith A. Wheeler +13 more
TL;DR: It is argued that rapid, large-scale engagement by the conservation community with practitioners of synthetic biology is urgently needed to avoid unintended and deleterious ecological consequences.
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Estimating the biotech sector's contribution to the US economy.
TL;DR: The US biotech sector revenue is estimated to have grown on average >10% each year each year over the past decade—much faster than the rest of the economy.