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...

For the first time since 2017, SB.X is back! Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris. jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...

10+ open positions are up on our #SynBio Job Board for early, mid-career and late-career professionals! Discover the jobs here: community.igem.org/job-board

Camila Quinonez’s journey from iGEM to synthetic biology and conservation shows how just one opportunity can spark a lifelong mission. From supporting startups to ecological conservation, she’s proving science and sustainability can go hand in hand. Read her story: blog.igem.org/blog/2023/11...

Jarrod Shilts, iGEM Cambridge Instructor, has won a 2024 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for his research on how human cells connect. We congratulate him on this incredible achievement and wish him all the best! 💚 community.igem.org/synbio-news

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 💚

Leadership in science was once a closed door for women. Now iGEMers are holding it open and building ladders for others. We're celebrating 10 leaders driving change in their communities, advancing synthetic biology, and mentoring the next generation of innovators. blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...

At the 61st Munich Security Conference, iGEMers helped shape the Biosecurity Rising Leaders’ Munich Security Conference Declaration, calling for stronger biosafety and biosecurity in global biotech. Their work bridges science & ethics, proving inclusivity secures humanity’s future. shorturl.at/tR8Gq

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...

Using Synbio to create living optical devices: Engineered bacteria that self-assemble bioglass polysilicate coatings display enhanced light focusing New paper out in @pnas.org that started from an iGEM Project: 2016 iGEM Delft team led by @meyerroc.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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

New positions are up on the synbio job board! These positions are open for undergrads, masters, PhD, post-docs or individuals pursuing careers the synthetic biology industry. Visit our website to learn more about these positions within the synbio & biotech ecosystem community.igem.org/job-board

🚀 Applications for the iGEM Startups 2025 Committee are open! Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups. 💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives ⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea... #synbio

Funded Synthetic Biology PhD position at University of Leeds with Dr @ecsibra.bsky.social and Dr Julie Aspden The project aims to build an orthogonal ribosome control system to allow for reversible ribosome activity control. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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...

We have updated our synthetic biology community job-board with new positions! If you're looking for your first opportunity or a new with a synbio organization then head over to our website and apply! community.igem.org/job-board

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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

iGEMers and SynBio gang! We're here 💚

Testing testing iGEM SynBio Synthetic Biology Biomanufacturing is anyone here

chat is this a new identity

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