It might just mean "synthetic" as in "synthetic biology": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology As a

It might just mean "synthetic" as in "synthetic biology": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology As a field, it does seem a lot like scrounging through a parts bin for things that fit what you're looking for. But that's fine; we know so little about biological systems, and they are so enormously complex. Plus, the documentation is non-existent and nobody can get in touch with the project's maintainer.