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  1. 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)

  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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. This is awesome ...

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

    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

  7. This is awesome ...

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

    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

  8. This is awesome ...

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

    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

  9. This is awesome ...

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

    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

  10. This is awesome ...

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

    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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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!

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

  16. 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!

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

  17. 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:

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.71

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

  18. 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:

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.71

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

  19. 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:

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.71

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

  20. 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:

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.71

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

  21. 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:

    doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.71

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

  22. 🎃 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.

    jipb.net/EN/news/news863.shtml

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

  23. 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.
    doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13724
    @wileyplantsci
    #JIPB #PlantSci #pharmacology #botany #syntheticbiology

  24. 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

  25. 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

    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    #DevBio #SynBio

  26. 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!
    doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13934
    #PlantScience #SynBio 🔓 #botany

  27. #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 plos.io/48ZJPtn

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

  29. #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

    job-boards.greenhouse.io/powbi

  30. 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.

    💊 doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70006

    #PlantSci #botany

  31. 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.

    💊 doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70006

    #PlantSci #botany

  32. 01/2023 Issue ➡️ 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

  33. 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 ➡️ bit.ly/3GiCAQz
    Luis Serrano lab, CRG
    #proteinengineering #immunomodulation
    #SynBio #SyntheticBiology

  34. 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.
    findaphd.com/phds/project/synt

  35. 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: generationresearch.ac.uk/mres-

    #SynBio #PlantScience #EngBio

  36. #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: laborjournal.de/editorials/344

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

  37. 🧬 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

    ➡️ doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-010

    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

  38. 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: ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/lates

    Job Listing: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-R

  39. #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: laborjournal.de/editorials/338
    #SynBio #LabLife

    @thuronyi

  40. 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: jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

    #b...
    jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

  41. 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: jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

    #e...
    jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

  42. 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: jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

    #e...
    jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-

  43. 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: igem-bonn.org/team-2026/

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

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

  44. @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”! corpse.org/index.php?option=co

    #SynBio is #ChemBio. 🧪 👉 🧬 👉 🧫 👉 🦠

  45. 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:

    editlife.substack.com/p/part-1

  46. 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

  47. 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: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/f #health #synbio