Thrilled to share our new preprint on using a new type of microbial memory to track horizontal gene transfer in environmental microbial communities. Amazing collaboration with Chappell Lab and Joff Silberg labs. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/n)

Excited to share that our paper "Enabling accurate and early detection of recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in wastewater", introducing QuaID: a tool for detection of variants of concern in wastewater samples, was published in Nat. Comms nature.com/articles/s4146… 1/🧵

With school underway, it's time to give a round of applause to our favorite students - the #EREF scholars! 📚 Join us at the Fall Classic and meet the talented Zach LaTurner in person. But hurry, tomorrow is the last day to grab your tickets! 2023FallClassic.givesmart.com

We’re pleased to announce that Priyanka Ali of WEAT has received the 2023 Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship! We’re excited to see where your studies bring you next in the #waterindustry. See all the #WEFAwards winners: ow.ly/CbV950PL6lG

Our mission is to fund your research, and now is the time to apply! The December 2023 EREF Research Grants pre-proposal submission period is OPEN now until December 1st at 5:00 pm ET. #researchfunding #grantapplication #researchpriorities erefdn.org/research-grant…

Check out our latest paper on using CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) as a novel gene activation tool. Huge congratulations to Andrea Garza E. who led the work! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Rice is breaking new ground in synthetic biology with the launch of the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute. Led by Caroline Ajo-Franklin, this initiative aims to foster collaborative research and technological advancements for the benefit of society. bit.ly/3vpojje

Join EREF in celebrating 2024's graduating scholars! Don't miss out on Yu Tan's presentation at GWMS before he graduates from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. We're looking for our 2024 #EREF #scholars. 👀 Apply now through March 1, 2024. 🎓 erefdn.org/scholarship-pr…

Check out our new paper in Nature Communications on transforming conventional glucometer into a point-of-care biosensor for cancer therapeutics! This work was led by Dr. Rong Cai and Chiagoziem Ngwadom, Ph.D. :) in collaboration with the Verduzco lab Rafael Verduzco Ravindra Saxena nature.com/articles/s4146…

Happy to share that I received tenure and promotion to associate professor Rice University! It's been a long and enjoyable journey, and I'm told the fun is just beginning! Many thanks to my family, friends, collaborators, and colleagues, and huge props to my students & postdocs!

Next at #SEED2024 is Joff Silberg from Rice U who does amazing work in programming microbes and environmental consortia for real time sensing and actions.

Check out my first publication with Chappell Lab and Joff Silberg ! Read it to learn how rare events like horizontal gene transfer can be tracked using a #ribozyme and #syntheticbiology. 🦠🧬🎁➡️🦠🟰🦠☁️‼️🟰👩‍🔬🥳 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Glad to share our review article on Nature Reviews Bioengineering on how to engineer microbial biosensors that generate electrical outputs⚡. Importantly, we propose interdisciplinary approaches to transform these bioelectronic sensors into the field. 1/11 nature.com/articles/s4422…

Please RT! Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s at Rice University is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of bioelectrochemical sensing. Apply here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…