Jags Pandhal
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Professor of Microbial Systems Engineering; Microbes will rule again. www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk
It’s that time of year when I get back into the lab…vital job making “live” baubles…🧪
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Imagine getting a grant rejected as the panel believed that receiving purchased equipment is a risk. 😭🧪
16 days ago
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Feeling a little fragmented myself to be honest
#japantravel
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20 days ago
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Feeling a little fragmented myself to be honest
#japantravel
20 days ago
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Pretty algae pigments! Chitose, Japan 🧪
chitose-bio.com
29 days ago
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Well, I feel better about mine now...🧪💩
about 1 month ago
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Fancy joining two labs at the University of Sheffield to convert sunlight 🌞 into high value chemicals by engineering cyanobacteria? 🧪 CASE PhD studentship opportunity in Sunny Sheff...https://shorturl.at/ye9No
about 1 month ago
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An excellent couple of days discussing our project to reprogramme microalgae to nourish people and the planet 🧪. Only regret is ending up at
#TheWashingtonPub
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#engineeringbiology
@UKRI_News
#algae
about 2 months ago
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Jags Pandhal
Microbiology Society
about 2 months ago
Did you know that Master's students are now eligible to join the Microbiology Society as part of our new Undergraduate and Master's Student membership category? Find out more and join our community of microbiologists:
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New membership category for Undergraduate and Master's Students
23 October 2025
https://microb.io/4qfCiA6
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One of those days…🧪
about 2 months ago
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Just completed some environmental sampling near Hatfield Colliery, one of the last deep coal mines in the UK. Hoping to get some super bacteria/algae 🧪🧫👌🏽
about 2 months ago
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Very pretty inside the photobioreactor!
about 2 months ago
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Our new 1500 L photobioreactor is almost ready to go…fitted with internal lights, microbubbles, lots of sensors and automated harvesting, exciting times! 🧪
about 2 months ago
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Just completed my first month in the UK as an exchange student! So many new experiences, Check out my blog for more details
wix.to/XynCsJt
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My First Month as an Exchange Student in the UK
By Rawirat PansomsuayMy First Month as an Exchange Student in the UK 🌱 The Science Part Hello everyone, and thank you for reading my very first blog!My name is Rawirat Pansomsuay, and I am a second-ye...
https://wix.to/XynCsJt
about 2 months ago
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After a meeting here I came down with the lurgy…again raising awareness that microbes always win
2 months ago
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Science at its best! 🔬 🍏Join us as we delve into innovative methods in Professor Nina Lin's lab, turning algae into microdroplets (and apples into cider)! Read more:
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#Algae
#Cider
#Research
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Squeezing algae into microdroplets… and squeezing apples into cider!
John HowardThe science partI’ve just got back from visiting Prof Nina Lin’s lab at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I have no idea what time it is or indeed what year it is, and I’m now straig...
https://wix.to/SfIdiaL
2 months ago
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Diatoms from coastal Singapore getting a “Sling” off some macroalgae (sorry). 🍹🧪
3 months ago
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Microalgae in Iceland
Jags PandhalI was really lucky to participate in my first EIT sponsored "algae school" last week in Iceland. The event was organised extremely well, based at the Government run, non-profit Research In...
https://www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/microalgae-in-iceland
3 months ago
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For just a mere $89 (£66) I can print off our (old) research article into a poster! Lucky us Springer Nature!!! 🤦🏻♂️ 🧪💰
3 months ago
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Stressing millions of litres of microalgae from green to red…🧪
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Spirulina growing in flat panels at VAXA, Iceland. LEDs cooled by glacial water and CO2 from volcanic gases. 🧪
3 months ago
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Day 18 and it’s finally GREEN! 🧪
4 months ago
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Day 8, could be too late. Chlorophyll? Yes. Lipid bodies? Yes (but stressed?) Cellulose cell wall? Fragmented!!! 🤦🏻♂️🧪
5 months ago
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Day 3…….no algae 🤔 (that rhymes!) 🧪
5 months ago
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I’ve been assured by the research team this will be green soon…pray for the algae 🙏🏽🧪
5 months ago
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Tyrannosaurus tricornutum 🧪
5 months ago
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Make Algae Great Again: Had an amazing time at the International Conference of Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts in Phoenix, Arizona. 🧪 More details:
wix.to/3Om0f3L
#AlgaeInnovation
#Sustainability
@sheffunieng.bsky.social
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Make Algae Great Again
AlgalBBB Conference in Pheonix ArizonaSeveral of us attended the International Conference of Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts, held in mid-June in Pheonix, Arizona. Despite the outrageous tempe...
https://wix.to/3Om0f3L
5 months ago
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Lichen in the Grand Canyon 🧪
6 months ago
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www.sheffield.ac.uk/cmbe/news/ro...
Boom! 🧪
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Royal Society of Chemistry prize winners
Researchers in the School have been recognised for their exceptional achievements and groundbreaking contributions across the chemical sciences.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cmbe/news/royal-society-chemistry-prize-winners
6 months ago
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Well done Angus on an excellent MEng project poster presentation on algae and aerosols! 🧪
6 months ago
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Panic in the postdoc room
6 months ago
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Lab Coats, Bomb Vests and Sundried Tomatoes 🧪
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Lab Coats, Bomb Vests and Sundried Tomatoes
Helen WrightFor the final stage of my PhD experimental work I packed up my last samples and headed down to Ludger Ltd in Oxfordshire for some released glycan analysis. I spent 4 days working with the ...
https://www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/lab-coats-bomb-vests-and-sundried-tomatoes
6 months ago
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Very much enjoyed listening to talks about power plays and policy puzzles at Pint of Science last night 🧪🍻. It’s not all about engineering!
7 months ago
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Good to see the group growing!
8 months ago
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reposted by
Jags Pandhal
Microbiology Society
8 months ago
Applications for Research visit grants are now open. Funding is available to support eligible members who are planning a short (one-to three-month) research visit to another laboratory. Apply before the deadline 01 May 25 at 23.59 BST. Apply now:
microb.io/ResearchVisi...
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Research Visit Grant
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http://microb.io/ResearchVisitGrant
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Trading Yorkshire Puddings for Laksa
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8 months ago
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AlgaeCytes visit
Jose CachayOn March 28th, I had the opportunity to visit AlgaeCytes as part of a PhycoClub BBSRC funded visit, and it was an incredibly insightful experience. As one of the leading microalgae companie...
https://www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/algaecytes-visit
8 months ago
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Algae Saturday! 🧪
8 months ago
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Blogs from the group
@microbiologysociety.org
#microbiology
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Bringing the "applied" into Microbiology
This year's Annual Microbiology Society conference took place in Liverpool over 4 days. We had four of us in attendance at the event, with PhD Austin presenting a poster, PDRA's Zongting and Josie giv...
https://www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/bringing-the-applied-into-microbiology
8 months ago
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I hear-by name this strain…Virkon 🧪🥸
8 months ago
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Very proud of postdocs Josie and Zongting for presenting their algae-bacteria engineering work
@microbiologysociety.org
annual conference. Papers soon to follow! 🧪🧫
8 months ago
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More gore from the lab…a lysing snow algae ☠️🩸🧪
9 months ago
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Replacing people with robots… (until it breaks down) 🧪
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Horrifying 🧪
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Algae in the waste of our home-made automated microbial evolution machine (or is it a sea slug?) 🧪
10 months ago
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Jags Pandhal
10 months ago
"John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more - Photosynthesis Research
This is a tribute to a truly inspirational plant biologist, Prof. John A. Raven, FRS, FRSE (25th June 1941– 23rd May 2024), who died at the age of 82. He was a leader in the field of evolution and phy...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-025-01139-4
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Jags Pandhal
Nature Biotechnology
10 months ago
A newly discovered microbial enzyme efficiently breaks down cellulose, leading to enhanced glucose release from biomass when expressed in engineered fungi
#NBTHighlight
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A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion - Nature
A metalloenzyme capable of oxidatively cleaving cellulose, found in a microbial community specialized in lignocellulose degradation, could enable sustainable biofuel production.
https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08553-z
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Jags Pandhal
STCmicrobeblog
10 months ago
reposting from 𝕏 bc you know... @KensukeTadome (not on 🔵bsky) on Aug 10, 2023: "Cross section of 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 🧐 As you can see, lichens are a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi. The algae sparkle and are beautiful ☺️✨"
#SymbioSky
#Lichen
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Jags Pandhal
Ian Lidbury
10 months ago
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advanced online release of our new paper. Great work from 2 undergraduates, 1 masters, 1 PhD
@hannahmartin.bsky.social
, and my research tech
@lailamoushtaq.bsky.social
! smashed it.
#glycobiology
#plantmicrobiome
#Bacteroidota
@molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
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Metabolism of hemicelluloses by root-associated Bacteroidota species
Abstract. Bacteroidota species are enriched in the plant microbiome and provide several beneficial functions for their host, including disease suppression.
https://academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismejo/wraf022/8003669?searchresult=1
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