Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary science, combining engineering and biological principles to design and construct new biological entities.  Not only is synthetic biology useful for understanding life’s complex circuitries, this discipline has many practical applications such as modifying biological pathways to produce nanoparticles, proteins and other molecules for specific uses.  As a rapidly evolving field, particularly due to recent advances in DNA sequencing and synthesis, synthetic biology holds great potential for transforming the future of biological research.