Search Results - "Szymanski, Erika Amethyst"

Metaphors as design tools for microbial consortia: An analysis of recent peer‐reviewed literature by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst, Turner, Marie

“…Single engineered microbial species cannot always conduct complex transformations, while complex, incompletely defined microbial consortia have heretofore been…”
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Reconfiguring the Challenge of Biological Complexity as a Resource for Biodesign by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst, Henriksen, James

“…Biological complexity is widely seen as the central, intractable challenge of engineering biology. Yet this challenge has been constructed through the field's…”
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Responsible research and innovation meets multispecies studies: why RRI needs to be a more-than-human exercise by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst, Smith, Robert D. J., Calvert, Jane

“…We offer an argument for why responsible research and innovation should be in conversation with multispecies studies. We suggest that RRI can learn from…”
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When Extracting Is Not Subtracting: Accounting for Organism-technologies as Stakeholders in Microbial Resource Extraction through an Experiment in Discursive Biomimicry by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…This paper concerns how digitizing biological resources enables disentangling information technologies from biological bodies and, thus, from…”
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Conversations with Other-than-Human Creatures: Unpacking the Ambiguity of "with" for Multispecies Rhetorics by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…Multispecies rhetoric functions as an umbrella for diverse approaches to more-than-human communications that invoke distinct varieties of relations among human…”
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Remaking yeast: Metaphors as scientific tools in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.0 by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…Synthetic biology appears to be moving toward engineering whole living organisms. This article addresses how Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.0, a whole-genome…”
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Who are the users of synthetic DNA? Using metaphors to activate microorganisms at the center of synthetic biology by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…Synthetic biology, a multidisciplinary field involving designing and building with DNA, often designs and builds in microorganisms. The role of these…”
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Constructing Relationships Between Science and Practice in the Written Science Communication of the Washington State Wine Industry by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…Even as deficit model science communication falls out of favor, few studies question how written science communication constructs relationships between science…”
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What Is the Terroir of Synthetic Yeast? by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…Humans and yeast have a long history of productive collaboration in making a global array of fermented foodstuffs including wine, bread, and beer. Synthetic…”
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Instructor Feedback in Upper-Division Biology Courses: Moving from Spelling and Syntax to Scientific Discourse by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst

“…In this study, I present an analysis of instructor comments on assignments written for upper-division courses in the biological sciences as a window into…”
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Wine science in the Wild West: information-seeking behaviors and attitudes among Washington state winemakers and growers by Szymanski, Erika Amethyst, Davis, Lloyd S.

“…This case study provides a foundation for improving the efficacy and efficiency of communicating wine science by investigating winemakers' and growers'…”
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