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While nepetalactone, the active ingredient in catnip, is a potent insect repellent, its low in planta accumulation limits its commercial viability as an alternative repellent. Here we describe for the first time de novo nepetalactone synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, enabling sustainable and scalable production. Nepetalactone production required intr ...

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The last two decades have seen vigorous activity in synthetic biology research and ever-increasing applications of its technologies. However, pedagogical research pertaining to teaching synthetic biology is scarce, especially when compared to other science and engineering disciplines. Within Cana ...

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