ACS Synthetic Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research across all areas of synthetic biology. The journal is particularly interested in studies on the design and synthesis of new biological or biohybrid systems; computational methods in the design of biological or biohybrid systems; and the application of synthetic biology in various areas.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Design, engineering, and optimization of biological systems
Design, characterization, and assembly of genetic circuits and parts
DNA synthesis or assembly methodologies
Robotic platforms or biofoundries for synthetic biology
Creative and innovative applications of cellular programming
In vitro and cell-free synthetic biology and molecular programming
Minimal cell design and construction
Genomics and genome replacement strategies
Computational methods
Natural product discovery, engineering, and production
Mammalian synthetic biology
Plant synthetic biology
Food synthetic biology
Engineered biomaterials
Metagenomics and synthetic metagenomic analysis
Environmental applications

Letters
Articles
Reviews
Technical Notes
Tutorials

Editor-in-Chief
Christopher A. Voigt
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-mail: eic@synthbiol.acs.org
Associate Editors
Yaakov Benenson
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
E-mail: benenson-office@synthbiol.acs.org
Michael C. Jewett
Northwestern University
E-mail: jewett-office@synthbiol.acs.org
Sarah O’Connor
The John Innes Centre
E-mail: oconnor-office@synthbiol.acs.org
Kristala L. J. Prather
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Managing Editor
Christopher G. England
E-mail: c_england@acs.org

Past Editors
Sang Yup Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jeff Hasty
University of California, San Diego
Pamela A. Silver
Harvard Medical School
Michael B. Elowitz
California Institute of Technology
Hana El-Samad
University of California, San Francisco