Connor Tansley
@contansley.bsky.social
Plant Engineer 🌱Nicola Patron Lab, University of Cambridge. #biinsci🏳️🌈
Great advance for anyone doing Arabidopsis transformation! Using those new T-DNA vectors, it will make such a difference to get single-copy T-DNA insertion!
Will Shaw@willshaw.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew preprint out 🌱 We present a new T-DNA vector system for Arabidopsis that supports clean, genomically mapped, single-copy T-DNA insertion with predictable cell-type/conditional gene expression. @mokhalil.bsky.social + Gehring labs biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵1/16
Pleased to share our full publication of our manuscript describing completion of nicotine biosynthesis in @natcomms.nature.com following our pre-print from December last year. In this work we solve the 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nicotine biosynthesis is completed by cryptic activating glucosylation - Nature Communications
Despite the significance of nicotine, a neuroactive alkaloid produced by tobacco, its biosynthesis has remained elusive. Here, the authors report the in vitro and in planta reconstruction of a fo...
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So pleased to share this work on alkaloid biosynthesis. Great collaboration with @unsworthchem.bsky.social. Well done to all authors. We have found key alkaloid producing enzymes that look like those normally found in bacteria. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Plant discovery could lead to new ways of producing medicines
Scientists have shown how plants produce powerful natural chemicals that could help in the production of new medicines in more environmentally friendly ways.
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New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 7mo agoParallel evolution of plant alkaloid biosynthesis from bacterial-like decarboxylases Wood et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HYPKAP...
The centuries old mystery of how tobacco plants make nicotine has a sweet solution: an additional glucose group is vital for the key pathway steps. Read more in our pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... Incredible work from @benschwabe.bsky.social and collaborators in York and Copenhagen.
Nicotine biosynthesis completed by cryptic activating glucosylation
Nicotine is a neuroactive alkaloid produced by tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) as a defense against herbivory, and an addictive stimulant that has been used by humans for millennia. Despite its significan...
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A week to go... #EngBio ECRs Meetup returns on 20 Oct. Join us to hear great talks from Konstantina Beritza and Caroline Faessler 🌱 Don't miss it! @camplantsci.bsky.social Sign up here👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... #plantsciences #marinemicroalga #Nicotianabenthamiana
New paper - led by Isabella Østerlund Rho-GTPase overexpression can impact the development of cell shape and airspace structure in Arabidopsis. These genetic changes can also reduce photosynthesis, due to lower mesophyll conductance nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rho GTPase overexpression impacts leaf internal architecture and mesophyll conductance in Arabidopsis
Leaves are built from multiple cell types and are structured to enable the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sugars in the process of photosynthesis. Understanding how cell architecture im.....
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#EngBio ECRs Meetup returns on 20 Oct. Join us to hear great talks from Konstantina Beritza and Caroline Faessler 🌱 @camplantsci.bsky.social Sign up here👉 tickettailor.com/events/engin... #plantsciences #marinemicroalga #Nicotianabenthamiana
In a new series, we are introducing you to some of our #EngBio Early Career Researchers. Meet Connor Tansley (@contansley.bsky.social), a Research Associate in the Department of Plant Sciences (@camplantsci.bsky.social). View Connor's profile: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/connor-tansley. #EngBioECRs
Hello! We are currently hiring for two post-doc positions on projects related to plant natural products, enzymes, and developing new systems to make useful small molecules. More details on our website: lichmanlab.weebly.com/post-docs.html
Post-Docs
We are currently recruiting for two post-doc positions in the Lichman lab that require similar skills and experience. We aim to do a joint recruitment process with a single interview. If you apply...
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📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025! Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community. Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe. Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...
Plant cells are totipotent, meaning individual cells have the potential to develop into a full organism, a property unique to the zygote for animals. However, in most species for most cells, plant cells are not spontaneously totipotent, since they must be treated with specific hormone combinations to unlock their totipotency. Species within the Kalanchoe genus is unique as they spontaneously develop foliar embryos that are fully realized plantlets with shoot and root from notches along the edges of leaves. We speculate that the progenitor cells that give rise to these foliar embryos are totipotent, and we are using single cell techniques to identify & characterize them. In addition to being a fundamental process for plant biology, we foresee unlocking totipotency has many biotechnological applications, such as faciliating genetic transformation and the development of synthetic organs of biomanufacturing.
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MSU is great place to do plant science research. My lab will be a great place to develop new expertise in genomics and plant molecular biology. Application instruction and link: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... Please email me if you have any questions.
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Li lab in the Department of Plant Biology is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate to work on project(s) in plant molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or genomics. The idea...
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To promote the collection, I’ve launched a designer clothing line where synthetic biology meets aesthetics. I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
Seeing Hiroshima Suzuki at the giants causeway and generally being very wholesome in his interactions as the Japanese ambassador to the UK is so enjoyable
Excited that our paper with @bradylabs.bsky.social on conservation and divergence in nitrogen regulatory networks is finally published. This was a fun & rewarding collaboration that will continue in new projects to engineer 🍅 N responses academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Conservation and divergence of regulatory architecture in nitrate-responsive plant gene circuits
Gene circuits that control transcriptional regulation of nitrate-responses have similarities and differences, despite the equivalent effects of nitrogen on
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💬 “I’m inspired by the pace of innovation in engineering biology – it’s an exciting time to be part of a field that is rapidly evolving." - @dashagolubova.bsky.social Forging a career in #EngineeringBiology, with Daria, Melissa, and Carolina. 🔗 buff.ly/znz8Qwp #EngBio #SynBio #STEM
Leading with curiosity: forging a career in engineering biology
For International Women in Engineering Day, we spoke to three scientists at the Earlham Institute who reflected on their career paths in engineering biology.
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📢Speaker Announcement We are thrilled to announce our plenary speakers for the Black in Plant Science Conference 2025. Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox, learn about them here: buff.ly/LY7t2AH Registration is now open, for you to hear from our inspirational speakers! Register here: buff.ly/FaqOp7n
I spent a wonderful week at the plant metabolic engineering GRC/GRS and I have never been to a more fun and friendly conference! We don’t take photos as we share lots of unpublished data but here’s a photo from Barcelona!
"What does Engineering Biology mean to you?" In a new series of videos we asked several members of the #EngBio community to share their interpretations. Here's what Dr Jenny Molloy (@jenny-molloy.bsky.social) had to say... #EngineeringBiology #SyntheticBiology #FacesOfEngBio
Exciting news! 🎉 We now have extra spaces available for our "Omics approach to Engineering Biology: from big data to the lab, and back" event on 3 Jun. You can also see the full line up of speakers and talks on the event microsite 👉 bit.ly/omics-engbio
New OA Article: "Quantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism" rdcu.be/elJ5z News & Views: "Cooperation and antagonism in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation" rdcu.be/elJ5F
🚨 PhD project alert: Engineering a soil bacteria to sense and record soil health. 🦠 🪴 🥼 🧑💻 🌍 Fully funded PhD studenship in my group, open for international students. @earlhaminst.bsky.social Please share widely! Deadline: 14th of May www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
Sentinel bacteria: engineering a soil bacteria to sense and record soil health
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Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection
Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection
Myths and fables from across the UK are illustrated in the set of stamps.
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After a lot of work, we are finally able to share this project about the cell cycle in Marchantia from the Haseloff lab. If you want to find out how cell division is controlled, you can’t miss out this one… #PlantScience #Synbio #EvoDevo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The minimal cell-cycle control system in Marchantia as a framework for understanding plant cell proliferation
The regulation of cell division is broadly conserved across eukaryotes, governed by cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) to coordinate progression through the cell cycle. Plants have evolved a ...
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Great talks and ongoing discussions at CafeSynthetique 'Plants for Bioproduction'last night with ConnorTansley @contansley.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social & Aaron Macauyag @cebcambridge.bsky.social #plantsbioproduction #plantproteins #Nicotianabenthamiana 🌱Details of next meetup coming soon
Hi all!!! 👋 New to Bluesky, but... I'm hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg... www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss... Please repost if you can!! Thank you!!!
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Really happy to have the chance to contribute to this paper by @dashagolubova.bsky.social, Melissa salmon and @honghaosu.bsky.social. We couldn’t have got it done without @nicolabiologist.bsky.social and Maria O’Connell guiding us. It’s been a super fun collaboration!
bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 2y agoBiosynthesis and Bioactivity of Anti-Inflammatory Triterpenoids in Calendula officinalis (pot marigold) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.11.632544v1
Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...
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Join us for our ECR Meet &Talks on Mon 20 Jan, 12pm at Hopkins Building, Dept. Biochemistry featuring 2 talks from Godwin Aleku, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kings College London and Max Josse @maxjosse.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social Sign up and more talk info here 👉 buytickets.at/engineeringb...
