Dr. Weiwen Zhang is a Professor of Microbiology and Biochemical Engineering at the Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

Dr. Xinyu Song is a Lecturer at the Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

Highlights recent breakthroughs in the interdisciplinary areas of synthetic biology

Presents practical experimental and computational tools for the design

Cover new technologies in the field

Challenges in the application of synthetic biology towards synthesis of commodity products by cyanobacteria via 'direct conversion'.- Transporters related with stresses responses and their potential application in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.- Discovery and application of stress-responsive sRNAs in cyanobacteria.- Photoresponse mechanism in cyanobacteria-- Key factor in photoautotrophic chassis.- Production of Industrial Chemicals from CO2 by Engineering Cyanobacteria.- Cyanobacterial enzymes for bioalkane production.- Production of bioplastic compounds by genetically manipulated and metabolic engineered cyanobacteria.- Rewiring of cyanobacterial metabolism for hydrogen production: synthetic biology approaches and challenges.- Photosynthetic production of plastic building block chemicals directly from CO2.- Engineering cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of C3 platform chemicals and terpenoids from CO2.- Synthetic biology approaches to the sustainable production of p-coumaric acid and its derivatives in cyanobacteria.- Regulatory tools for controlling gene expression in cyanobacteria.- Synthetic Gene Regulation in Cyanobacteria.