RNAi based technologies may offer alternative approaches to traditional chemical pesticides. wired.com/story/rna-crop…

Self-replicating xenobots! pnas.org/content/118/49…

Today is International LEGO Day, commemorating January 28, 1958, the date of the original patent for the LEGO brick with Danish Patent and Trademark Office by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen.

Great start to the week, my @nih_lrp award has been renewed!

Congratulations to the new cohort of LSRF fellows! I’m looking forward to meeting you all at our 2023 LSRF conference!

Congratulations to the 2022 Ford fellows!

Congrats to all post-docs recognized at UCLA/Caltech T32 iTEAM Symposium, many thanks to all speakers for an awesome meeting & Dr Tzung Hsiai for his continued leadership UCLA Anesthesiology Department of Medicine at UCLA Health UCLA Samueli Engineering David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Caltech

Jaimie Stewart (UCLA) Jaimie Marie Stewart will be a guest speaker for the 2023 @cshlsynbio summer course. 16 accepted applicants will get to attend a small-group lecture and chat during dinner. Apply by April 1, 2023 tinyurl.com/32pz7c79

🚨We're back! Applications for the next #ISFS23 are now open! Postdocs interested in faculty careers: Apply to showcase your work, network w/ hiring institutions, receive mentorship, and connect w scientists from diverse backgrounds! Pls share broadly! intersectionssciencefellows.com/for-applicants

Our 21-22 cohort recently wrapped up and we couldn't be more proud of our Fellows. Congratulations to all of them on their accomplishments! 🤩#ISFS2021 #RollCall Pls help celebrate them! First up, fellows who recently received new career appointments.

The lab has officially opened! #RNA #Newfaculty

I am beyond excited to learn I have received my first grant as a PI. Thank you to Sloan Foundation for believing in me and the science! #RNA #newpi

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Have you worked to increase equity & inclusion in STEM? Apply to the 2023 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com)! RT widely! (1/4) @CZBiohub Sarafan ChEM-H @StanfordBioE Stanford Bio-X

Please RT: my lab is seeking to appoint a PDRA in Engineering Biology to investigate the design of biocontrollers to advance the applications of synthetic biology in biomedicine, agriculture and environment as part of the EEbio Programme Grant . More info: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGC388/res…

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Check out my review on RNA nanotechnology, the first publication from Stewart Lab!

Thrilled to share new Nature Nanotechnology paper by Giacomo Fabrini introducing genetically encoded condensate-forming RNA nanostructures🧬 doi.org/10.1038/s41565… ..and the great companion Nature Communications paper by Jaimie Marie Stewart @FrancoLabUCLA Paul Rothemund doi.org/10.1038/s41467…