Biotech & Genetics · Recorded milestone
Synthetic cell
Recorded year2010
The J. Craig Venter Institute boots a bacterium on a chemically synthesised genome.
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Led to
- DNA data storageRecorded · 2012enables
- Automated biofoundriesRecorded · 2015enables
- Biomanufacturing at scaleRecorded · 2016enables
- Synthetic genomesRecorded · 2017enables
- AI-designed proteins in industryForecast · ~2027enables
- Engineered biominingForecast · ~2029enables
- Lab-grown leather and silkForecast · ~2030enables
- Precision-fermentation proteinForecast · ~2030enables
- Living skincare microbesForecast · ~2031enables
- Living computersForecast · ~2034enables
- Metal-harvesting cropsForecast · ~2034enables
- Microbes make bulk chemicalsForecast · ~2042enables
- Living artworksForecast · ~2045enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.