New paper from our lab on synthetic genome work in yeast is out - Iterative SCRaMbLE for Engineering Synthetic Genome Modules and Chromosomes. Exciting project led by Jane (Xinyu) Lu in our group, now online. t.co/0LuGwgAWlA

Online now @ Cell is the yeast multicellular engineering paper from Fankang Meng - the fruits of his productive PhD in our group. He developed modular synthetic biology tools to bring multicellular behaviours to yeast - specific adhesion, juxtacrine signalling and more. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🚨 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/...

Thrilled to share that I will be moving back to the UK later in the year to start my next chapter as a Career Development Fellow at the Earlham Institute! 🌱🧬

Publications in the past week built substantially on our knowledge of the brain's waste disposal system—glymphatics—and the implications on sleep and brain aging. Featuring exceptional work by Nedergaard Lab and @jonykipnis.bsky.social erictopol.substack.com/p/our-sleep-... open-access

We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/ www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/ www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/

Do you want an EMS-like drug that you can easily use in your lab or your garden shed to generate structural variation in your favorite plant? We show here that the topo2 inhibitor & common chemotherapy drug etoposide works really well to generate structural variation .

Judge blocks rule that eased U.S. reviews of biotech crops Some plant researchers fear the setback could last years and will stifle innovation. (From Science) #PlantScience www.science.org/content/arti...

Latest preprint from Jane (Xinyu Lu) in our group explores what happens when we build a synthetic genome cluster in yeast for Histidine biosynthesis and SCRaMbLE it to see whether selected-for gene rearrangements can guide better design.