It’s happening again! We are happy to announce BSFCON 2025...the second meeting for a #BlackSoldierFly focused event for both academic and industry interest. Check out our website to register interest via our newsletter and for upcoming announcements. #BSFCON

Australian scientists genetically engineer common fly species to eat more of humanity’s waste dlvr.it/TB0QKx

Reduce, reuse, reflycle! Check out our perspective on how transgenic black soldier flies can transform waste management and biomanufacturing. Great job Kate Tepper ! rdcu.be/dONok

🪰📜 This Perspective describes how insects that are already used to process organic wastes at industrial scales could be developed as a synthetic biology platform for sustainable biomanufacturing and bioremediation: doi.org/10.1038/s42003… Kate Tepper, Maciej Maselko

Excited to share our work on Programmable Transcriptional Activators (PTAs) for plants! We started by screening a library of activation domains in monocots&dicots, culminating in using these PTAs to activate enhancers in protoplasts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

"Years of Advocacy Pay Off With Policy Change That Improves Science and Protects Horseshoe Crabs" pcrm.org/news/news-rele…

Check out our Allele Sail paper - a simple method to use genome editors for modification of wild populations. Applications include genetic rescue of threatened species, reducing the ability of vectors to spread disease, and making cane toads less toxic. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Insects are great sources of protein for animal feed, but can we make them even better? Yes! Check out our preprint demonstrating the production of a functional phytase enzyme in Drosophila as a proof of principle biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Check out postdoc Michael Clark's publication on improving base editing in insects. Great collaboration with Victor Lopez del Amo! nature.com/articles/s4200…

Predatory mites like Transeius montdorensis are important tools for integrated pest management. Check out our latest preprint where we improve their diet for mass rearing and lab research. Great work by PhD student Hung Nguyen! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A colleague and friend has a postdoc position open in engineering enzymes for bioremediation (NJ, USA) - feel free to circulate. asmcareerconnections.org/job/postdoc-po…

Join us for our next SBA Sydney event on the 31st of October! We’ll have a spooky spin on insects with talks from Maciej Maselko and Kate Tepper! Join us for free food and beverages. Halloween costumes encouraged! eventbrite.com.au/e/sba-sydney-t…

🌍🔥 Engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens) are at the forefront of our research led by Kate Tepper ! Exploring their potential to divert organic waste from landfills, offering promising solutions for sustainability. 🦗✨ nature.com/articles/s4200…

1 more sleep until #CoESB24! We're pleased to welcome Dr Maciej Maselko Maciej Maselko, co-founder of @EntoZyme to present an Industry Talk at #CoESB24 Dr Maciej Maselko is a research group leader in Applied BioSciences at Macquarie University and co-founder of EntoZyme, a Macquarie

Our Toxic Male Technique (TMT) paper is finally out! TMT males produce insecticidal semen to eliminate the female population. It's the first example of intragenerational genetic biocontrol. Use in mosquitoes could dramatically reduce bloodmeals. nature.com/articles/s4146…

🎥 Check out Dr Maciej Maselko's (Maciej Maselko) feature on BBC News (UK)! 🎥 In the interview, he explains the innovative Toxic Male Technique (TMT) and how it could reduce the spread of diseases carried by mosquitoes. 🦟✨ #CoESB #OurPeople #SyntheticBiology #Innovation

I/We have a fully funded international PhD scholarship in sunny Sydney that’s just come online! This is part of an exciting collaboration between the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and the Dementia Research Centre. More information here: mq.edu.au/research/phd-a…

Super excited that our paper demonstrating that animals can be engineered for methylmercury bioremediation is out. Congrats to Kate Tepper for an amazing job! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our latest preprint on Cas9 in Cane Toads is out. Congrats to postdoc Michael Clark driving this excellent work! lnkd.in/gGDq92bJ

🚀 Meet Our Centre Startups: EntoZyme with Dr Maciej Maselko Maciej Maselko #EntoZyme is transforming sustainable #wastemanagement and #biomanufacturing industries with the use of transgenic Black Soldier Flies. 🪰♻️ Some footage sourced from #openplanet #SyntheticBiology