Interested in #SynBio #education? 🦠⚙️👩‍🎓 Together with @nevoti.bsky.social & @marcguellc.bsky.social at @melisupf.bsky.social we designed active learning activities 📚 to complement theoretical SynBio lectures, together with 3-day deductive lab session 🧑‍🔬 that combines mystery 🔍 and #CRISPR circuits.👇

Off to Shanghai with my colleague Esteban Martínez for joining the organizing team of the upcoming CSH-Asia Pseudomonas SynBio hands-on Course in Suzhou and running 2 weeks of intense science with a bunch of international students www.csh-asia.org?content/2645

What a nice way to come back to office and start the new academic year! Happy to share that the first article of mine and Güniz Özer Bergman’s PhDs has been published. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... #synbio #microbialbiosensors #technologytransfer

We are hiring for a funded PhD in design of cross- and multi-species genetic circuits. #PhD #synbio #crossspecies #multispecies #biocomputing #circuits #pathways @inrae-france.bsky.social @parissaclay.bsky.social Details here: www.cellularcomputing.team/joinus/

✨ Over the coming weeks, get to know better the members of our society with our #EUSynBioMembers series! 🧬 This week we're introducing our Board members — who they are, what they do inside and outside the lab, and what drives their interest in #SynBio! 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🧬 Our own Catarina Almeida represented the next generation of #SynBio leaders at #Asilomar2025! Commemorating 50 years since the first meeting, this summit tackled biosafety, AI-driven biotech & SynBio ethics. 👉 Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 📸GoodEye Photography

#eusynbiosconferences #syntheticbiology #ai #biosafety #biosecurity… | European Synthetic Biology Society (EUSynBioS)

✨ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, Catarina Almeida, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗕𝗶𝗼…

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🧬🤖⁣ We've been featured in the European Biotechnology magazine in an article exploring the intersection of #AI and #SyntheticBiology! 👇 Want to read the full issue and engage in the conversation? Check it out here! www.linkedin.com/posts/eusynb... @gnevot.xyz

#ai #syntheticbiology #synbio #eusynbiosnews #eusynbios… | European Synthetic Biology Society (EUSynBioS)

🧬🤖⁣ 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 in an article exploring the intersection…

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🌸 Spring is around the corner, and so is a colorful edition of our #newsletter, being released on Monday March 10th! This month’s theme will be #colours & #dyes and their applications #SyntheticBiology! 👉 Sign up now to get it straight to your inbox www.eusynbios.org/subscribe-ne...

El equipo de @marcguellc.bsky.social (MELIS-@upf.edu) desarrolla un kit para que la bacteria C. acnes produzca antioxidantes para combatir problemas cutáneos respondiendo a estrés oxidativo causado por la radiación UV. Los coautores son @gnevot.xyz y Javier Santos. ➕👇

Domesticar bacterias puede ayudar a tratar enfermedades de la piel -

Investigadores de MELIS-UPF han desarrollado un nuevo set de herramientas genéticas que modifican la bacteria C. acnes para combatir los problemas cutáneos.

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✨ We are thrilled to introduce our 2025 Advisory Board after our bi-annual meeting!⁣ 🧬 We are grateful these leading #SynBio scientist are guiding and suppporting the #EUSynBioS mission. 👉 Want to know more? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #SyntheticBiology

@marcguellc.bsky.social's team at MELIS-@upf.edu has designed a kit of eleven genetic tools for C. acnes to secrete therapeutic compounds to combat skin problems. 📰It has been reported in @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social with @gnevot.xyz and Javier Santos as first co-authors. Read more👇 tuit.cat/Yc5dZ

Domesticating bacteria can help treat skin diseases - El·lipse

Researchers at MELIS-UPF have developed a new set of genetic tools that modify C. acnes bacteria to combat skin problems.

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Un estudi de @gnevot.xyz, Javier Santos i @marcguellc.bsky.social (MELIS-@upf.edu ) desenvolupa un conjunt d’eines genètiques que modifiquen el bacteri C. acnes per combatre problemes cutanis. ✅És un primer pas per desenvolupar cremes terapèutiques de llarga durada. ➕👇

Domesticar bacteris pot ajudar a tractar malalties de la pell - El·lipse

Investigadors de MELIS-UPF han desenvolupat un nou set d’eines genètiques que modifiquen el bacteri C. acnes per a combatre els problemes cutanis.

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@synbio4allafrica.bsky.social #PlantSynBio education project will enable local students to sequence a native plant species and gain hands-on research and data analysis skills. They’ve secured ~76% of their microgrant. Now they need our help to cross the finish line: experiment.com/projects/exp...

@synbio4allafrica.bsky.social 's new project tries to explore a new realm at the intersection of plant synbio and biodiversity. With this small grant, we aim to uncover a new plant genome with students attending the course!

@synbio4allafrica.bsky.social · last yr.

Here is @synbio4allafrica.bsky.social new project on Plant SynBio education in Africa. We applied for a small grant and received ~70% of seed funds. However, the rest needs to be crowdfunded to secure this grant. To support the project, see🧵or🔗for more info. experiment.com/projects/exp...

Just spent three days at Asilomar reflecting on the stories we tell ourselves and the patterns we fall back into. On the thought terminating cliches of “public engagement” of science: open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...

The thought terminating cliches of “public engagement” in science

Opening up at Asilomar

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Honored to be elected as a Fellow of the #American Academy of #Microbiology! This recognition reflects the incredible work of my past and present collaborators, students, and mentors. Deep gratitude to my nominators and the microbiology community for their support!🏆🌈

Molecular mechanisms at the heart of modern Synthetic Biology inspire stunning choreographies at Asilomar—an unforgettable after-dinner social event! 👏

Fantastic new tool published in @acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Huge, user-friendly repository of bio-produced chemicals with titre, yield & rate data by species. Searchable & browseable www.synbiohealth.cn/biotry/

BioTRY: A Comprehensive Knowledge Base for Titer, Rate, and Yield of Biosynthesis

Synthetic biology is rapidly evolving into a data-intensive science that increasingly relies on massive data sets; one of its applications is the evaluation of the economic viability of fermentation p...

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#SyntheticBiology can transform industries and health, boost economies, and tackle societal challenges. Our new paper synthesises findings of over 60 experts who met regularly in 2023-24 to explore opportunities, challenges, and policy needs. 📄 Read here: oe.cd/5W1 #synbio #biotech #emergingtech

🚀 Join the #EUSynBioS Steering Committee! 🧬 Passionate about #SyntheticBiology? Based in #Europe? Help grow our community! We are opening new positions, check them out & apply here 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/... #SynBio #ScienceCommunication #Policy

European Synthetic Biology Society (EUSynBioS) on LinkedIn: #syntheticbiology #europe #synbio #europe #outreach #communication…

🧬 Are you passionate about #SyntheticBiology, based in #Europe and willing to help our growing community? ⭐️ 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗦…

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"Genes are... the easy part" @philipcball.bsky.social argues biologists need to embrace complexity from the start, rather than beginning with oversimplified "one gene, one trait" models +1 www.cell.com/cell-systems...

Should biology put complexity first?

The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing damage to its complex nature? The answer might be foun...

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Preprint alert🚨Systematic #engineering of synthetic serine cycles in #Pseudomonas putida uncovers emergent topologies for #methanol assimilation · @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Òscar Puiggené #SynBio #Methylotrophy #CircularEconomy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Sequence clustering confounds AlphaFold2 | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08267-2

Sequence clustering confounds AlphaFold2 - Nature

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Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die: Immortal Wisdom from the Park Ranger Who Inspired Generations

The summer after graduating high school, knowing he would face conscription into the military as soon as his eighteenth birthday arrived, Edward Abbey (January 29, 1927–March 14, 1989) set ou…

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A quick reminder: if CheckM reports an assembly as <100% complete and >0% contaminated, that doesn't necessarily mean it's incomplete or contaminated. Here are RefSeq's CheckM results for a genome I'm confident is 100% complete and 0% contaminated.

Which universities have the most retracted articles - and the highest retraction rates? For @nature.com, here's a first-of-its-kind analysis of retractions by institutions. Full details in the story. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra@upf.edu · last yr.

Bon dia! Avui comencem la setmana informant que la UPF deixa de publicar a X per coherència amb els valors fundacionals com a institució compromesa amb la cerca i la transmissió de coneixement que permetin la construcció d’una societat més lliure, informada i justa.

Excited to see this projecte developing so greatly! We published an interview with Javier Santos a couple of years ago about the #skindev kick-off ellipse.prbb.org/skindev-a-sy... and are very proud and happy to see how far it's gone! Congrats @gnevot.xyz and all those involved!

SkinDev, a synthetic biology project to treat dermatitis - El·lipse

This project to modify skin bacteria, coordinated by Marc Güell's lab at MELIS-UPF, has just started. We talk to Javier Santos, postdoc in the group.

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We're also excited about C. acnes!!! 🎉

Guillermo Nevot@nevoti.bsky.social · last yr.

If you reached until here I guess you are as excited about C. acnes as we are! All our plasmids are available in @addgene.bsky.social and @sevaplasmids.bsky.social for you to play. We are also happy to collaborate to advance C. acnes! All the info in our paper👇 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

C. acnes is the most abundant bacterium on human skin. But what if we could make it the smarterst? 🦠✨ In our new @cellpress.bsky.social #CellSystems study, we programmed C. acnes to actively protect the skin for therapeutic applications! 🛡️ authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...