100% definitely apply for this if you love glycoside hydrolases (who doesn't?!) and want to work on some important human and animal Mycobacterial pathogens with Patrick Moynihan and me. Do it!

As one of Jon’s current PhD students, I second everything Jenn is saying about Jon Marles-Wright , he’s a great supervisor!!! You should definitely apply for this cool project 😊

Absolutely great news that we've abolished the tampon tax now we've done a Brexit. We could have done it in 2015 but voted against it. So it's a good job Tories are famous for integrity, otherwise people might call us cynical opportunists.

One week left to apply for this @NLD_BBSRCDTP PhD project with me, @thecopperdoctor and the enigmatic Dr Waldron: findaphd.com/phds/project/d… There's something for everyone in this project: biochemistry, structural biology, molecular microbiology, nutritional immunity, metals!

When you have 40 days left of your PhD but still doing cloning which has now failed for the 5th time... from a gblock... which has never failed you before... anyone want a free PhD? Just finish it for me and you can have it, I don’t want it anymore 😂

THEE lockdown anthem and no one can tell me different and on that note I’m going out for a surf skate break from the thesis whilst there’s still sun✌️ youtu.be/Rb6Scz-5YOs

Great replacement for the Erasmus programme, guys: lower cost-of-living support, travel support means tested and above all *no tuition fee support*. That'll really get UK students queueing up to spend a year abroad won't it.

Wrote a reference for a ‘widening participation’ summer school at a well recognised uni for an undergrad today. One of the prompts for the reference was to comment on the publication record of the student... 1/n

Super excited that our review on "Functional DNA–Polymer Conjugates" Chemical Reviews is now available :D pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Great to work with David Ng 🇸🇬🇩🇪, Tanja Weil and collaborators over the last year!

PhD submitted! and on my original submission date! It took a lot of hustle and I really appreciate my supervisors Jon Marles-Wright @Cyberplasm @The4thDomain for helping me make this deadline 🥳🥂

Announcing DBio21:online. 8-10 th September 2021. A great line up of speakers from across the globe and an opportunity to catch up with developments in biodesign, biotechnology and synthetic biology in a relaxed and informal meeting.

Applications for this still open if you love cazymes/glycans/fungi! 🟢🟢🟢

As if UK PhD students haven't had a hard enough time over the last year, I am hearing that some finishing students are being told they aren't 'qualified/eligible' for some PDRA jobs as they have insufficient first author papers. This disproportionately affecting 3-year students.

It’s true! This year, iGEM Headquarters is distributing grants of $2,500 to 90 iGEM teams. Very exciting, and this is just the beginning! If you’re a PI, mentor, or former iGEMer interested in joining the committee that will shape and direct this new initiative, please get in touch! 🎉🌍🧬

Very pleased to be able to congratulate Dr. Jasmine Bird for a successful PhD viva this afternoon. Very well deserved for an outstanding PhD in challenging circumstances! Many thanks to Geertje van Keulen and Opeter for examining.

Happy #NationalLlamaDay! To celebrate, we are giving away a llama themed #TwistSwag gift box to one lucky Twitter follower! 🎁Like and retweet or comment, and we will randomly select a winner.🎁 Why we ❤️ 🦙’s here at Twist…bit.ly/3xP7njj

We have been using Golden Gate cloning since the CIDAR Lab MoClo toolkit came out; since then, loads of new kits and standards have been published. Dr. Jasmine Bird and @andrewgiachino have a new review out surveying the current state of Golden Gate: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

"In this #review, we provide a beginner-friendly guide to Golden Gate assembly, compare the different available standards, and detail the specific features and quirks of commonly used toolboxes." From Dr. Jasmine Bird, Jon Marles-Wright & @andrewgiachino  pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… #cloning