#synbio — Public Fediverse posts

Here’s the dream: I was represented at a function by a ‘replicant’ of myself, but the people at the event did not know they were talking to my replicant. Prior to the event, I discussed with others advances in #AI and #SynBio (Synthetic #Biology) that made the appearance, speech and movements of replicants indistinguishable from the original human. Even many physiological processes were duplicated - *except* for digestion, which resulted in quite different odours emitted by flatulence. 💨 👃 (1/2)

Here’s the dream: I was represented at a function by a ‘replicant’ of myself, but the people at the event did not know they were talking to my replicant. Prior to the event, I discussed with others advances in #AI and #SynBio (Synthetic #Biology) that made the appearance, speech and movements of replicants indistinguishable from the original human. Even many physiological processes were duplicated - *except* for digestion, which resulted in quite different odours emitted by flatulence. 💨 👃 (1/2)

Here’s the dream: I was represented at a function by a ‘replicant’ of myself, but the people at the event did not know they were talking to my replicant. Prior to the event, I discussed with others advances in #AI and #SynBio (Synthetic #Biology) that made the appearance, speech and movements of replicants indistinguishable from the original human. Even many physiological processes were duplicated - *except* for digestion, which resulted in quite different odours emitted by flatulence. 💨 👃 (1/2)

Here’s the dream: I was represented at a function by a ‘replicant’ of myself, but the people at the event did not know they were talking to my replicant. Prior to the event, I discussed with others advances in #AI and #SynBio (Synthetic #Biology) that made the appearance, speech and movements of replicants indistinguishable from the original human. Even many physiological processes were duplicated - *except* for digestion, which resulted in quite different odours emitted by flatulence. 💨 👃 (1/2)

Here’s the dream: I was represented at a function by a ‘replicant’ of myself, but the people at the event did not know they were talking to my replicant. Prior to the event, I discussed with others advances in #AI and #SynBio (Synthetic #Biology) that made the appearance, speech and movements of replicants indistinguishable from the original human. Even many physiological processes were duplicated - *except* for digestion, which resulted in quite different odours emitted by flatulence. 💨 👃 (1/2)

This is awesome ...

Nigerian distributors made a home-made promotion video about the product they bought and are reselling.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbWhJe-s8Bc

No AI, just a minimal-cost high effort video tailored to an audience and culture I know way too little about.

full disclosure: The product is something I worked on 😃 so I guarantee it works very well.

#dna #rna #dnasynthesis #molecularEngineering #molecularbiology #synbio #kilobaser #nigeria

This is awesome ...

Nigerian distributors made a home-made promotion video about the product they bought and are reselling.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbWhJe-s8Bc

No AI, just a minimal-cost high effort video tailored to an audience and culture I know way too little about.

full disclosure: The product is something I worked on 😃 so I guarantee it works very well.

#dna #rna #dnasynthesis #molecularEngineering #molecularbiology #synbio #kilobaser #nigeria

This is awesome ...

Nigerian distributors made a home-made promotion video about the product they bought and are reselling.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbWhJe-s8Bc

No AI, just a minimal-cost high effort video tailored to an audience and culture I know way too little about.

full disclosure: The product is something I worked on 😃 so I guarantee it works very well.

#dna #rna #dnasynthesis #molecularEngineering #molecularbiology #synbio #kilobaser #nigeria

This is awesome ...

Nigerian distributors made a home-made promotion video about the product they bought and are reselling.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbWhJe-s8Bc

No AI, just a minimal-cost high effort video tailored to an audience and culture I know way too little about.

full disclosure: The product is something I worked on 😃 so I guarantee it works very well.

#dna #rna #dnasynthesis #molecularEngineering #molecularbiology #synbio #kilobaser #nigeria

This is awesome ...

Nigerian distributors made a home-made promotion video about the product they bought and are reselling.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbWhJe-s8Bc

No AI, just a minimal-cost high effort video tailored to an audience and culture I know way too little about.

full disclosure: The product is something I worked on 😃 so I guarantee it works very well.

#dna #rna #dnasynthesis #molecularEngineering #molecularbiology #synbio #kilobaser #nigeria

Gene drives could eliminate malaria but also entire ecosystems if we get them wrong. The science is too powerful to rush without global consent and hard ecological limits. #biology #SynBio #EthicsFirst

Gene drives could eliminate malaria but also entire ecosystems if we get them wrong. The science is too powerful to rush without global consent and hard ecological limits. #biology #SynBio #EthicsFirst

Gene drives could eliminate malaria but also entire ecosystems if we get them wrong. The science is too powerful to rush without global consent and hard ecological limits. #biology #SynBio #EthicsFirst

Gene drives could eliminate malaria but also entire ecosystems if we get them wrong. The science is too powerful to rush without global consent and hard ecological limits. #biology #SynBio #EthicsFirst

Zhang et al. trace the history of #VitaminE-from its initial characterization and the discovery of its link to chlorophyll degradation to #sustainable microbial #manufacturing, highlighting innovative future #tech!

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70235
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #JIPB #SynBio

Zhang et al. trace the history of #VitaminE-from its initial characterization and the discovery of its link to chlorophyll degradation to #sustainable microbial #manufacturing, highlighting innovative future #tech!

https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70235
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #JIPB #SynBio

Would you like to confirm your cloning success with full plasmid sequencing?

NanoPlasmiQC allows automatic analysis of dozens of plasmids in a single ONT sequencing run. If you would like to test it with your own plasmids, read more in the preprint and feel free to reach out:

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715842

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Biotechnology #SynBio #iGEM
@PuckerLab

Would you like to confirm your cloning success with full plasmid sequencing?

NanoPlasmiQC allows automatic analysis of dozens of plasmids in a single ONT sequencing run. If you would like to test it with your own plasmids, read more in the preprint and feel free to reach out:

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715842

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Biotechnology #SynBio #iGEM
@PuckerLab

Would you like to confirm your cloning success with full plasmid sequencing?

NanoPlasmiQC allows automatic analysis of dozens of plasmids in a single ONT sequencing run. If you would like to test it with your own plasmids, read more in the preprint and feel free to reach out:

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715842

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Biotechnology #SynBio #iGEM
@PuckerLab

Would you like to confirm your cloning success with full plasmid sequencing?

NanoPlasmiQC allows automatic analysis of dozens of plasmids in a single ONT sequencing run. If you would like to test it with your own plasmids, read more in the preprint and feel free to reach out:

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715842

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Biotechnology #SynBio #iGEM
@PuckerLab

Would you like to confirm your cloning success with full plasmid sequencing?

NanoPlasmiQC allows automatic analysis of dozens of plasmids in a single ONT sequencing run. If you would like to test it with your own plasmids, read more in the preprint and feel free to reach out:

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715842

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Biotechnology #SynBio #iGEM
@PuckerLab

#BioCloneBot (BCB): A versatile, low-cost & #OpenSource #automated #LiquidHandler:

-#3Dprinted parts
-based on the #Ender3 Pro #3Dprinter
-µL #syringe #pump
-limited to Windows OS
-cost < $2000 CAD

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00516
#DIYbio #lab #automation #instruments #SynBio

🎃 Have you picked your Halloween costume? 🎃 And more importantly, have you submitted your papers to our upcoming special issue on Advances in Plant Natural Products: #Biosynthesis, #Bioengineering, and Applications.

https://jipb.net/EN/news/news863.shtml

#PlantScience #medicine #food #beauty #agriculture #botany #SynBio

Find out which #cytochrome P450 is responsible for the de novo #biosynthesis of two types of aporphine #alkaloid in #yeast!
Li et al. lay a foundation for using #SynBio to produce these valuable compounds.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13724
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantSci #pharmacology #botany #syntheticbiology

Only a few days until #VAAM2025 🥳

Meet us at booth 23! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

… and don’t miss the DSMZ posters and lectures 😉

#DSMZDigitalDiversity #BacDive #LPSN #SILVA #StrainInfo #synbio

Investigating morphogen and patterning dynamics with optogenetic control of morphogen production

"🎵 Efficient, logical, effective, and practical 🎶". Also: beautiful.

Congratulations to Dirk Benzinger & James Briscoe.

#PaperThemeTune is "ChemiOptoGenetic Engineering" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark #ShowingMyAge

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580725004952

#DevBio #SynBio

Synthetic biology-based #biofortification of crop plants may be the key to addressing hidden #hunger caused by chronic #micronutrient deficiencies, which affect billions of people. Learn more in this #OpenAccess mini-review!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13934
#PlantScience #SynBio 🔓 #botany

#Chitin deacetylases can produce custom chitosans with non-random GlcNAc & GlcN units. Identification of residues crucial for substrate binding enables engineering to drastically change the acetylation pattern of a #chitosan product #SynBio #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/48ZJPtn

Katharina is presenting her pigment engineering work at #GCSB2026. Check out P50 and read her recent review paper (https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70047) to learn more
#SynBio #PlantBiotech #Yeast

#powbio is recruiting a full stack developer to build an intelligent fermentation data and simulation platform. It's a pretty interesting opportunity. The existing code is a mixture of Python, #Fsharp and JavaScript. #GetFediHired. Based in Alameda but open to remote. DM me if you have questions. #precisionfermentation #fermentation #synbio #ai

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/powbio/jobs/4653975007?gh_src=4c20c69c7us

This #FreeAccess Brief Communication describes an optimized prime editing system in a model #medicinal #plant that allows precise editing of key #genes and generates germplasm with elevated amounts of #bioactive tanshinone, advancing #SynBio applications in medicinal plants.

💊 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70006

#PlantSci #botany

This #FreeAccess Brief Communication describes an optimized prime editing system in a model #medicinal #plant that allows precise editing of key #genes and generates germplasm with elevated amounts of #bioactive tanshinone, advancing #SynBio applications in medicinal plants.

💊 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70006

#PlantSci #botany

01/2023 Issue ➡️ http://bit.ly/3CMpyKi
On the cover: Engineered bacteria expressing a designed single-chain IL-10 prevent severe inflammation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection
Luis Serrano lab, CRG
#proteinengineering #immunomodulation #synbio #SystemsBiology

Computer-designed single-chain IL-10 molecules expressed in the mouse lung by an engineered attenuated bacterium have an anti-inflammatory effect on #Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung #infection ➡️ http://bit.ly/3GiCAQz
Luis Serrano lab, CRG
#proteinengineering #immunomodulation
#SynBio #SyntheticBiology

Synthetic Biology for Light-Activated Smart Materials

Design and characterise light-responsive proteins and demonstrate light-controlled behaviour of cell-free biology in materials.

#SynBio, #StructuralBiology, #ProteinEngineering, and #biomaterials.

#PhD Studentships are fully funded for 4yrs, with minimum of 3 months at the industry partner. Funding for home (UK) students = tax-free stipend (indicative in year 1 in 2026-27 (£21,383), research costs and tuition fees.
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/synthetic-biology-for-light-activated-smart-materials/?p193808

Also here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=SNES304 #SynBio #EngBio #Diagnostics #PlantScience

Funded PhD position on novel crop pest and pathogen diagnostics available based at Fera Ltd. in collaboration with my lab - please share with any UK students who may be interested: https://generationresearch.ac.uk/mres-and-phd-studentships

#SynBio #PlantScience #EngBio

#AutonomeLabore
#KI steuert Roboterarme & testet 30.000 Rezepturen für zellfreie #Proteinsynthese für das Modellprotein #sfGFP – das 40% günstiger und mit einer um 27% gesteigerten Ausbeute.
Was macht dann noch der Mensch?

👉Mehr im Laborjournal-Artikel von Andrea Pitzschke: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3441.php

#Laborjournal #LifeSci #CFPS #AutonomesLabor #GPT5 #SynBio

🧬 Attention iGEM teams!

Are you starting a new project and thinking about biosafety systems? This is a great resource to explore different containment strategies:

📘 Auxotrophy to Xeno-DNA: an exploration of combinatorial mechanisms for a high-fidelity biosafety system for synthetic biology applications

➡️ https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-0105-8

From engineered auxotrophy to xeno-DNA containment, it is full of ideas that could help shape your design and safety planning.
#iGEM #SynBio #Biosafety #OpenResearch

🧬 Largest RNA language model to date offers new way to predict behavior and boost drug discovery

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-largest-rna-language-date-behavior.html

#rna #llm #biotech #synbio #molbio #drugdiscovery #pharmacology #medicine

I have a postdoctoral research post available in my lab. Please share, especially suitable for #EngBio #SynBio people, or Metabolic Engineers.

Its a cell-free metabolic engineering project, and part of a bigger, multi-year effot: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/06/greatbritishchemicals/

Job Listing: https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-Associate/1274601001/

#Methode: Effizientes Klonieren? Eine Frage der Koordination! Das Open-Source-Tool #CloneCoordinate, entwickelt vom Team um Ben Thuronyi (USA), ist eine Open-Source-Softweare für kollaborative DNA-Konstruktion. Mehr im Laborjournalartikel von Andrea Pitzschke: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3383.php
#SynBio #LabLife

@thuronyi

SYNTHETIC + MOLECULAR BIOLOGY on MICROPLASTICS - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
University of Toronto

Turn your #PostDoc into a Global Impact. 🌍 Join @UofT/#RNAlab to evolve plastic-degrading enzymes #SynBio. 🧬🔬

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/

#b...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/?fsp_sid=6150

SYNTHETIC + MOLECULAR BIOLOGY on MICROPLASTICS - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
University of Toronto

Turn your #PostDoc into a Global Impact. 🌍 Join @UofT/#RNAlab to evolve plastic-degrading enzymes #SynBio. 🧬🔬

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/

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https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/?fsp_sid=3826

SYNTHETIC + MOLECULAR BIOLOGY on MICROPLASTICS - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
University of Toronto

Turn your #PostDoc into a Global Impact. 🌍 Join @UofT/#RNAlab to evolve plastic-degrading enzymes #SynBio. 🧬🔬

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/

#e...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-toronto-27778-synthetic-molecular-biology-on-microplastics-postdoctoral-fellow/?fsp_sid=3749

We are excited to welcome our next iGEM Bonn team for the 2025/2026 cycle! 🌍✨

The students are already gearing up for a year of innovation in synthetic biology, and we are proud to support their journey.

👉 Meet the new team here: https://www.igem-bonn.org/team-2026/

Let’s cheer them on as they begin their iGEM adventure!

#iGEM2026 #iGEM #SynBio #Teamwork #Innovation
@boas_pucker @samnm

@gutenberg_org With regard to Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and the history of #chemistry in #biology , here’s a flashback: “Chemical Eye 👁️ on Synthetic Biology”, which was fittingly published in “The Exquisite Corpse”! http://www.corpse.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=57

#SynBio is #ChemBio. 🧪 👉 🧬 👉 🧫 👉 🦠

An old friend of mine has a blog about #synBio, #genomics, and #biology. Here's the first post in a series on genome sequencing technology:

https://editlife.substack.com/p/part-1-the-dna-sequencing-arms-race

Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... in other words... genome engineering to precisely insert large multi-kilobase sequences into specific sites without introducing double-strand breaks #synbio

Scientists found a way to clean up #methylmercury, a dangerous pollutant that builds up in our #environment due to human activities. Fish & flies can be engineered to break down this form of #mercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, tackling related #pollution & #foodsafety issues. Species at the top of #foodwebs, incl. humans, can accumulate #mercury at levels that harm neural & reproductive health: https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/february-2025/scientists-engineer-fish-and-flies-to-clean-up-toxic-mercury #health #synbio