Light Bio's Firefly Petunias on TIME cover!

Today, NIH announced a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing the use of animals in research. This aligns with U.S. FDA’s initiative to reduce testing in animals. bit.ly/4jYd4T2

The plan at FutureHouse has been to build scientific agents and use them to make novel discoveries. We’ve spent the last year researching the best way to make agents. We’ve made a ton of progress and now we’ve engineered them to be used at scale, by anyone. Today, we’re launching

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So pleased to share that the Executive Committee of MIT has approved the promotion of Bryan Bryson to Associate Professor with Tenure.

Fertilizer drives yields—and emissions. Pivot Bio is changing that by helping crops make their own nitrogen. A quiet shift with massive potential. youtube.com/watch?v=js89Ja…

We are looking for an ambitious and talented research fellow (lecturer level) to work on an exciting new synthetic genomics project. The research fellow will be encouraged to develop independent research lines complementary to the main project. jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

The bacteria are watching. techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/fie…

I’m beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biological Engineering MIT Dept of BE as an Assistant Professor in January 2026! I will also be an intramural member of the legendary Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Koch Institute at MIT

Using a computational strategy that allows them to combine information from many large datasets, Fraenkel Lab have identified several new potential drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease. news.mit.edu/2025/scientist…

This moment is the result of years of work, belief, and relentless innovation by our team. We started Strand to push the boundaries of what mRNA can do: BEYOND vaccines, in complex diseases like cancer.

A study by Forest White Lab shows that a high-fat diet sets off metabolic dysfunction in cells that leads to weight gain, but that these effects can be reversed by treatment with an antioxidant. ow.ly/1GCo50W0Z9m Molecular Cell

Learn more about the Ribbeck Lab be.mit.edu/faculty/kathar…

We’re thrilled to welcome Eric Sun to the MIT Biological Engineering faculty. We can’t wait to see what’s ahead! @ericdsun #welcometoMIT

I’m very excited to be joining MIT Biological Engineering MIT Dept of BE as an Assistant Professor and the Ragon Institute Ragon Institute as a member in January 2026! I will be recruiting students and postdocs (see more info below).

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We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

Every GMO debate ignores one simple fact: You've almost never eaten a “natural” food in your life. 👇1/

This week in biotechnology: 1. There is a lot of skepticism about virtual cells. I don't think negative criticism is worthwhile, in part, because the first version of everything tends to be bad. Also, AlphaFold2 came out a full 26 years after the CASP competition first began!