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Are you a UK undergraduate in your 1st or 2nd year and looking for a summer lab placement? Interested in crop genetics & plant science? Apply for a REP project with me! Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk/biology/eastbi… #plantsci #research #wideningparticipation

It is great to be at #YAS2024 this year in Vannes, meeting fellow Young algaeneers🔬🥼🧪 The talks, workshops and poster sessions have shown the incredible range of research and output generated on the algae sector across the world! YAS- Young Algaeneers Symposium

Proud of our PhD student Cristina PonceL, who presented her PhD project at the EASTBIO DTP annual symposium🔬🧪 Congratulations to all the students that organized and the EASTBIO team for a great symposium!

🚨 New Paper Out! Which CRISPR/Cas system works best for microalgae gene editing? Check out our latest study comparing Cas9 vs. Cas12a in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii! Excellent work and thanks to everyone involved! 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #CRISPR #Algae #SynBio

📢 We have a PDRA position in alga synthetic/engineering biology Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research UK Research and Innovation Edinburgh Plant Science

🔬NEW Darwin Trust of Edinburgh PhD position available at our lab to explore the role epigenetics play on targeted gene editing in the world of microalgae and more! More information⬇️ findaphd.com/phds/project/i… Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences #epigenetics #crispr #editing

I'm recruiting PhD students for 2025/26! Three opportunities to study genes that control cereal development with us Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences : 1) Darwin Trust fellowship (international students): findaphd.com/phds/project/d… 15th Jan

🚨NEW PhD position available in our lab! Interested in exploring new gene editing tools for precision gene editing of algae for biotech applications? This is your chance! More information on the 🔗 and EastBio DTP website 🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project/e… #synbio #algae Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh

Our PhD student Cristina PonceL just finished her EastBio DTP PIPS at Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT 🎉 🔬🌱She was working with multiple tropical crops, and learning from experts on the field of gene editing and plant biotechnology! 🌴🥼 Looking forward to hearing all about her experience!

Could not be more proud to share my first ever (and co-first author) publication! Here's a rundown. 1/n onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

‼️PhD position alert‼️ One more week left to apply!

We would like to invite you to the Czech Plant Nucleus Workshop 2025. Prague, Czech Republic, from May 26 to 27, 2025. Topic: Structural and functional genomics, Genome stability, Epigenetics, Reproduction, Genome editing. See more at: olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/cpnw #CPNW2025

Our Keynotes are Attila Molnar Molnar Lab from The University of Edinburgh, Marta Adelina Mendez from Università degli Studi di Milano, Stefan Heckmann from Leibniz IPK

We want to officially welcome our new PostDoc, Marie Dannay, who has joined us to take part in our projects working with Chlamydomonas! 🔬Looking forward to great science and excellent times at Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh! Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⭐️

🚨 Applications open! Join our hands-on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing in Chlamydomonas workshop 🧬 📅 July 21–23, 2025 📍 Edinburgh, UK ✅ Travel + stay covered 🔗 Apply by May 25: form.jotform.com/251351929633056 🧪 Learn, network, create a mutant strain! Only 6–8 spots—don’t miss out!

Just wrapped up 2 fantastic days at #cpnw2025 in Prague 🇨🇿 — brilliant talks, great science, and even better conversations. Proud to have had two excellent presentations from our team, showing exciting advances in our research. Huge thanks to the organizers for a great meeting!

🌿 A big thank you to everyone who applied to our CRISPR-Cas workshop on Chlamydomonas gene editing! 📩 Application results have been sent — please check your inbox. If you weren’t selected this time, we hope to see your name in future opportunities — stay connected! 💫

Three researchers from Cambridge's Dept. Plant Sciences are among 9 teams to be awarded ARIA Synthetic Plants funding today - paving the way for more productive, resilient, and sustainable plants.🌱 Read more: tinyurl.com/ys3w6v2x