The lab is no longer limited to fixed hours or physical space. Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery. Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule

You can't spell We're So Back without SB jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...

My bio friends get triggered when Thiel suggests lack of progress in bio is a skill issue, and make arguments about physicists in the field and how technical we are. But what if it’s about a lack of non-technical skills, of imagination and conviction and…marketing? open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...

One thing I’m pretty grateful for in the iGEM community is the access to inspiration. Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive. Thank you for your leadership 💚

The chromoproteins I used were developed by iGEM teams and available from Addgene. Only three of the strains are actually fluorescent. To learn more about the plasmids check out this blog in which I was interviewed about the streak plate challenge I do in my class. blog.addgene.org/streaking-fo...

Yhprum's law isn't talked about enough

I did some blogging about branding of academic disciplines and what comes after synthetic biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...

kinda crazy that we'll be experiencing 2025 for the first time

Since mirror-life was recently in the news, thought I should cover a condition where the positions of internal organs such as the heart and lungs are reversed in the human body. open.substack.com/pub/genesand...

You see a real generational divide in this thread about the impact of luck on scientific careers Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants" Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"

Was so fun to talk with @asterainstitute.bsky.social resident and @pioneerlabs.bsky.social founder @erika-alden.bsky.social! Read our convo if you want to be inspired about the future of life, bioengineering, and engineered life on Mars asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...

Nothing comes closer to scientists coming up with Acronyms that stay FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Our new paper is out in PNAS! We engineered bacteria to display enzymes that sea sponges use to mineralize their glass skeletons. These bacteria can self-assemble a bioglass coating around themselves, and focus light into bright, photonic nanojets. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Story I made so far with @igemhq.bsky.social and looking forward for the future cool and cooler things to come in 2025!

that's just unfair but also predictable

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olfactory ethics meets olfactory athletics

About 450mil years ago, during a geologic springtime on Earth, a genetic event took place, that would shape our immunity and perhaps evolution itself. This story begins when a microbe infected the aquatic life in an ancient supercontinent, Gondwana. genesandmachines.substack.com/p/how-did-ou...

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How can synthetic biology help us to explore ecological complexity? What kind of ecosystems can be designed? How can #synbio help us prevent ecological collapse? Check our last paper (+ cover :) pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....

When you’re imaging and your sample takes a Pikachu! Having fun playing around with our new #Nikon NSPARC for #FluorescenceFriday #microscopy #myosin #epithelial #cellbiology #meme @tyskalabactual.bsky.social

finishing my new blog on how our immune system evolved memory hehe

Haven't been able to write for my blog this week because of work, but I need to preserve my streak

Synbio across environmental scales! By @ricardsole.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1021/acss...

Hello hello made this starter-pack for iGEMers on Bluesky so that we can connect with one another on this app. If you're an iGEMer then like this post and I'll add you in it or just comment under it and nominate your iGEM friends and colleagues too 💚 go.bsky.app/Di3hf3F

I wonder if I felt like this while tying to utter my first set of words

Testing testing iGEM SynBio Synthetic Biology Biomanufacturing is anyone here

chat is this a new identity

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