We are a multi-disciplinary research group based at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms underpinning complex phenotypes and diseases using two of the most disruptive technologies available: synthetic biology and machine learning. Our long term goal is to reverse-engineer biological systems to create generative algorithms to design, build and test biological agents for addressing healthcare and industrial biotechnology problems. Our group is extremely interdisciplinary and includes members with engineering, biology and informatics background.