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BUILD
Synthetic Genomics
Constructing, refactoring and rebooting viral, microbial and organelle genomes from sequence.
SYNTHETIC GENOMICS · DNA DELIVERY · ENGINEERED BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Engineering biology
from genomes up.
We develop technologies to build, modify and deliver complex genetic systems — from bacteriophages to organelles and across biological kingdoms.
We build genomes, create ways to deliver them, and engineer systems to make biology more programmable, controllable and useful.
01 / RESEARCH
Build. Deliver. Control.
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DELIVER
Biological Delivery
Moving genetic material across species, kingdoms and cellular compartments.
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CONTROL
Programmable Biology
Designing traceable, contained and controllable biological systems for real-world deployment.
02 / PEOPLE
Meet the lab
GROUP LEADER
Dr Ryan R. Cochrane
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, developing synthetic-genomics technologies for building and delivering complex biological systems.
Meet the lab →03 / LATEST WORK
Selected research
2026
The convergence of AI-driven engineering biology and emerging technologies advancing globally networked autonomous biofoundries
Cochrane RR et al. · Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2022
Superior conjugative plasmids delivered by bacteria to diverse fungi
Cochrane RR et al. · BioDesign Research
04 / NOW
What we're building now
Reconstructing and modularising PB1-like Pseudomonas phages from sequence.
A broad-host platform for interkingdom DNA delivery and genetic domestication of diverse yeasts.
Developing bacteriophage capsids as programmable delivery platforms for microbiome engineering.
JOIN / COLLABORATEBuild the next generation
Build the next generation
of biological systems.
We welcome conversations with prospective students, researchers, academic collaborators and industry partners.
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