So good to catch up with Leonardo Rios !
Another fellow #Mexican 🇲🇽researcher whose advice was important for my early years as PhD
Microbiology Society #MicroBio2024

NEW: Today, the Committee is launching an inquiry into engineering biology.

We want to hear from scientists, industry, policy experts and anyone with a stake in engineering biology.

Submit evidence below until Tuesday, 7 May.

committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

THREAD/ for our questions

Nice breakthrough! Juan Nogales POLYBIO CIB Margarita Salas (CSIC) SusPlast-CSIC et al. have developed P. putida strains capable of converting plastics and lignin into up to 46% PHA/cell dry weight using a model driven approach #synbio #Sustainability Cell Reports
cell.com/cell-reports/f…

We are looking for candidates to apply to the #postdoc BBSRC fellowship at LeoRiosLab UCLBiochemEng.
If you are interested in #synbio #metabolic #engineering #bioprocess #automation #industrial #biotech microbial cell factories get in touch!

Huge props to the final four from LeoRiosLab who stuck around for the pub quiz tonight! Victory may have eluded us this round, but watch out, we're coming back m in two weeks for a rematch! UCLBiochemEng

Had to honor tradition in #Cambridge before serving as an external PhD examiner. l Grabbed an Eagles 🧬 beer at the historic Eagle Pub, where Watson and Crick famously discussed DNA's discovery. Perfect Blend of #history and #science ! #synbio

The new UCL East Manufacturing Futures lab opened it's doors in October 2023. See this short news article to find out about the new research and teaching activities we have already gotten underway: ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/news/…

It was great to host Pavel Dvořák at UCLBiochemEng who gave us an amazing seminar of many cool #synbio and metabolic engineering tools in #pseudomona to produce valuable
compounds. At the end we celebrated with some yummy Indian dinner! See you soon in Brno amigo!

We have a fantastic job opportunity that's now open for applications:
🟦Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Operations Manager
Deadline 10 March
Full details:
✔️ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Exciting paper from Alain Tissier et al: 'Combinatorial #Biosynthesis in #Yeast leads to Over 200 #diterpenoids ' 🌿🧬. By harnessing the versatility/promiscuity of plant synthases/CYPs, they generated 162 new to nature diterpenoids 💪🏼 #synbio #engbio
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Considering a Master’s at UCL? Join us @UCLEastcampus on 28 February from 5pm to 7pm to find out more about postgraduate study and tours of our new world-class Manufacturing Futures Lab (MFL). Register here:
ucl.ac.uk/engineering/ev…

Happy to announce the line-up for the 2024 Wellcome Trust Synthetic Biology for Health and Sustainability Conference in Cambridge, UK on 21–23 October. …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/syntheti… | What an exciting line-up. Hope you can join us!

I found out that word SEVA in sanskrit (सेवा) & ensuing Hindu traditions means *selfless service to the others*. What a fortunate verbatim coincidence with the name of the SEVAplasmids plaform that freely distributes vectors to the SynBio & Microbial Biotech communities 😀!

Exciting job opportunity at UCL Biochemical Engineering!
🟦Research Fellow in the Biophysical Characterisation of Genomic Medicines
Based at our AMAZING new UCL East campus
Deadline 29 Feb
✔️ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…+

Today marked the grand finale of our UCLBiochemEng #Bioprocess pilot plant week, featuring insightful group presentations. Our students embarked on an exciting team project within our pilot plant, dedicated to enhancing #biomanufacturing vector plasmid DNA #vaccines 🧬💪🏼

It was a pleasure to give a seminar in #Madrid at CIB Margarita Salas (CSIC) talking about the useful combination of the latest #synbio and #engineering tools applied to tackle the latest #biomanufacturing challenges. Thanks Jorge Barriuso Gonzalo Durante for being such amazing hosts!