Phylogenetic trees are often misinterpreted. Tree thinking is a crucial skill for a (evolutionary) biologist. See also this paper: science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Life update: Puppy! Meet Coal, the Border Collie (Yes I am aware my research is focussed on sustainability and I did just name my puppy after a fossil fuel, but look at him!)

Exciting PhD opportunity with me and Daniel Rigden working on stress sensing in bacteria: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… lots of cryo-EM and even opportunities to do native mass spec with David Clarke

Did you know you can search the NCIMB catalogue for strains "equivalent" to those in other culture collections? Read this blog from our culture collection curator Dr Samantha Law to learn more! We dispatch most orders within one working day of receipt🦠👩‍🔬 ncimb.com/culture-collec…

Short PhD break to start an RA position in the The Wallace Lab where we'll be investigating microbes from NCIMB Ltd. H2-producing bugs arriving soon but for now I'm having fun playing with some lovely lactic acid bacteria from the culture collection🩸🧫

🚨 Join us for our next seminar discussing bio-compatible hydrogenation and engineering for biosurfactant production! 📢 Connor Trotter and Karen Fung 🗓️08/02/2024 ⏰4pm 📌Newcastle University, Devonshire Building G21/G22 FREE PIZZAS AND WINE INCLUDED! More details below.

Lovely to see two iGEM Headquarters alumni coming back to their undergrad uni to talk about their PhD work! #synbio #syntheticbiology #engbio #engineeringbiology

Super excited to return to Newcastle next month to show some of my work from the last year! Microbes are incredible chemists and working to interface NCIMB Ltd bacteria into sustainable chemical processes has been a blast! Hope to see some familiar faces 🧫🧪 The Wallace Lab

This looks like an excellent seminar! 🦠💪

Excited to be back at my undergrad uni to talk about my PhD work, of course with Connor Trotter since we are joined at the hip! I’ll be talking about how I am optimising rhamnolipid production from marine bacteria 🧪🧼 Looking forward to seeing new and old faces!

The rumours are indeed true, there is an otter at Blackford Pond (and it made my long lab Saturday all worth it)

NEUK_SynBio NEUK_SynBio 08/02/2024 Join us for our next seminar discussing bio-compatible hydrogenation and engineering for biosurfactant production! 🧫🔬 📍 Newcastle University, Devonshire Building G21/G22 4PM FREE PIZZAS AND WINE INCLUDED! 🍕🍷 CBCB Newcastle

Incredible seminar at NEUK_SynBio! 🧪🔬 Explored bio-compatible hydrogenation and biosurfactant engineering. Huge thanks to speakers Connor Connor Trotter and Karen Karen Fung for their presentations. Check out some highlights from the event! #SynBio #@CBCB_Newcastle 🍕!

Truly a great session, thank you for all the questions and feedback. Also huge thanks to NEUK_SynBio for having Karen Fung and I down and to Drew for moderating! 🧫

NCIMB 2302 Serratia marcescens is red, NCIMB 10938 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is Blue(ish Green), NCIMB 12985 Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus was isolated from sugar cane, National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria we love you! 💘🦠#bacteria #valentinesday #agarart

My time off from the lab has been spent entirely on spoiling this lil man with all the walks he could want (yes, these are all from today)

📢Hot off the press! Bio-engineering a circular future for next-generation plastics with one-pot, single strain conversion of #biodegrable #plastics into acetone 🧫🧬🧪. Maybe biodegradation shouldn't be the end of the story... pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

The lab social bbq into northern lights combo is potentially the strongest one yet

Get out and vote 🗳️

Really looking forward to the next few days hearing about some amazing research! Come by poster S12 tonight to hear about our work on biocompatible hydrogenation in E. coli. Many thanks to IBioIC for making it possible for me to be here! #simb2024 #industrialbiotech