We're pressing pause on socials for a short break and will be back on 5 January. Wishing you a safe, restful and happy holiday season! 🌊✨

We are hiring! Our lab in Sydney is looking for a postdoc with cyano experience to drive our SynBio project on carbon fixation in encapsulin protein cages.🦠 ➡️ 🌻 This project follows our recent work in Nature Communications: lnkd.in/g-rYrg93 Full details: lnkd.in/gRJv4RGs @arccoesb.bsky.social

Congratulations to Centre researcher Dr Daniele Fulvi @danfulvi.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 Excellence Award as an Early Career Researcher in the School of Arts at @westernsydneyu.bsky.social! 🎉

Building synthetic chromosomes one yeast at a time: insights from Sc2.0 - @arccoesb.bsky.social go.nature.com/48Fqxwi

After ten years and countless setbacks, scientists who completed the world’s first synthetic yeast genome have published a troubleshooting guide for building life from scratch. Congrats to Dr Paige Erpf and the team! 📖 Read it: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/dece...

Team-building at #CoESB25 🏖️ Team-building is an important part of our Annual Conference, helping us unwind, recharge and connect. Here’s our Stand-Up Paddleboard and Kayaking group enjoying some time on the water! 🌊😎 Stay tuned for our professional photos from the Conference!

We're pleased to welcome Professor Sakkie Pretorius, who will deliver our final keynote talk of #CoESB25. Sakkie has a background in synthetic yeast genomics and wine biotechnology. His talk is titled: The confluence of the Technology of Intelligence and the Technology of Life.

Excited to attend the annual workshop hosted by @arccoesb.bsky.social on the Gold Coast this week.

Coming soon at #CoESB25! Don't miss the panel discussion "Synthetic Biology for the Common Good: Challenges and Possibilities", facilitated by Prof Sujatha Raman. The panellists: Distinguished Prof Wendy Rogers, Dr Dan Santos, and Dr Samantha McGaughey.

Good morning, world! ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology starts today. This is the view of Gold Coast dawn at 4:30 am from my suite room covered by Ian Paulsen et al. who kindly invite me as the opening plenary speaker! A fantastic perk! See you all soon! @arccoesb.bsky.social

✨ One sleep to go until #CoESB25! ✨ We'd like to acknowledge the support from our valued sponsors: 💎 Diamond Welcome Dinner 🍽️ and Poster Sessions 🪧 Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio 🏆 Gold Barista Coffee Cart ☕ @twistbioscience.com and Decode Science 🪩 Silver Shimadzu Tecan

Macquarie University students have returned from Paris with a gold medal for their project MethaNO! at the @igemhq.bsky.social Competition Grand Jamboree. 🥇 The team competed at the world expo of synthetic biology. Congratulations to the team! 🎉 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/its-a-gold-m...

🪴 Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it's certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy. Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social! 📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S

A talented synthetic biologist and...baker!? 🍰 We're farewelling Centre postdoc Dr James Antoney, who is wrapping up his time at QUT. For his final group meeting, James baked a white–dark chocolate marbled mud cake with white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like the plasmid pET-28a.

A Centre researcher is part of an ambitious international project that could revolutionise the way we extract the precious metals used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. 📱🚗 Congratulations Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team! Read the story: bit.ly/3Kc8TXi

We're proud to celebrate Centre researchers Prof Lars Keld Nielsen and Geoffrey Otim from University of Queensland who have earned national acclaim for their work in transforming biotechnology into impactful solutions! 📖 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/national-rec...

Congrats Dr Daniele Fulvi from our @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node for his recent article in @theconversation.com 🥳 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/49CBbVw

Centre Director Distinguished Prof Ian Paulsen met with ARIA project collaborators Prof Ryan Lister and Dr James Lloyd of the University of Western Australia last week. 🤝 The project aims to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬

Researchers from our QUT node have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 in saliva, offering a simple, non-invasive way to identify the disease. The breakthrough was published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X. 👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4qAXYqN

Centre researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use. 🌾⬆️ Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/superchargin... 📷: Davin S Wijaya at ANU @taylorszyszka.bsky.social

🏆 Congratulations to Centre researchers Micaela Belen Sequeira and Dr James Antoney from our QUT (Queensland University of Technology) node on receiving the prize of Best Talk at the recent QUT Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy Research Showcase! 👏

Centre Director Ian Paulsen, COO J-L Heylen and Strategic Initiatives Lead Dr Iniga George visited the Centre's @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node last week. It was wonderful to see how well the social science research is embedded within the centre’s activities.

Centre Director Ian Paulsen and postdoc Dr Alescia Cullen of our Macquarie University node are in China for the CO2 fixation and Bioconversion International Symposium. 🇨🇳♻️ Ian was an invited speaker and Alescia presented a poster on her research in Cyanobacteria.👏

Centre Chief Investigator Professor Ian O'Hara of #QUT has been appointed a 2025 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. #ATSE 🎉 Join us in congratulating Professor O'Hara on this prestigious appointment! Read the story: bit.ly/3IKStom

Great turnout at the CoESB Industry Research Showcase at Macquarie University earlier this week, which brought together representatives from startups and academia to highlight collaborative research projects with real-world impact. 💡 Many thanks to our speakers for their engaging talks.

We loved teaming up with AGF to showcase Synthetic Biology at the sold-out annual event: Astronomy Open Night at Macquarie University. 🪐💫 3D food printing technologies could be used to make custom meals for astronauts using engineered yeast cells. 💡💭 Check out some highlights below!

Today is a landmark day – the official opening for Australia’s biomanufacturing industry. 🚀 👉 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/launch-day-f...

Last month our Centre's Ethics node at Macquarie University hosted the CoESB 2025 Annual Workshop for Capabilities 2: Industrial Translation and 3: Social Dimensions. The workshop focused on risk, climate change and synthetic biology, and transitions to the bioeconomy. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4mH9gXm

Genes and Gin: A Synthetic Biology Social 🎉 Join us for a fun night of Genes and Gin - learn to play the synthetic card game "Remediate!", created by a group of researchers within our Centre. Make sure you register for catering: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/genes-and-... See you on the rooftop!

🚀 Meet Our Centre Startups: Number 8 Bio with Dr Thomas Williams Number 8 Bio pioneers transformative change in the AgriTech and CleanTech sectors, providing innovative and sustainable methods to reduce livestock emissions. 🎥: Some footage sourced from Open Planet youtu.be/uIc2Y2NM7BM?...

Great to visit The University of Queensland node of our Centre last week! A chance to reconnect with the team, hear about their latest research projects and celebrate recent achievements. Thank you! 🤝

Noelia Rubio is an Industry PhD candidate jointly supported by Macquarie University and start-up Number 8 Bio, researching a feed additive that could transform the way cows and sheep contribute to–or help solve–the climate crisis. 💡🌏 👉 Read her story: bit.ly/3V6T0DF

Australian innovator MicroBioGen has significantly expanded its Sydney research facilities with a multi-million-dollar investment that signals growing confidence in the domestic synthetic biology sector. 💡 👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4m3Nqg2

'I’m most proud of the young researchers in my Centre. We’ve already spun out 10 companies, nine of them founded by early-career researchers or research students. The future of science is in good hands,' says Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen. Read the story: bit.ly/4mJaNN3

Congratulations to our Centre Director Ian Paulsen on being awarded the prestigious Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science! 🎉 This award recognises his outstanding leadership in advancing synthetic biology in Australia and beyond. We couldn’t be prouder of this well-deserved achievement! 👏

🏆 The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Awards Ceremony is on tonight! @eurekaprizes.bsky.social Our Centre Director, Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen is a finalist for Leadership in Science. We wish him all the best! 🤞 🎬 Register to watch the livestream of the Awards here: bit.ly/41zG3G5

📢 #CoESB25 Keynote Speaker Announcement Kate will speak about (i) synbio funding patterns (ii) synbio cooperation with adjacent industries, and (iii) ‘the sophisticated investor’ and risk. Get excited! 🤩 📅 Conference registration closes 15 Oct. Register now: www.ewmevents.com.au/coesb2025/re...

QUT researchers from the Centre are helping to change the face of functional food, sports nutrition and skin care through a landmark project to commercialise human lactoferrin, a powerful protein that supports immunity. 🛡️💪 👉 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/5-5m-for-lac...

✨ #CoESB25 Sponsor Spotlight ✨ We're pleased to welcome Tecan as a new Silver Sponsor for the CoESB Annual Conference 2025. Learn more: www.tecan.com 📅 Registration is now open: www.ewmevents.com.au/coesb2025/re...

Precision fermentation is a high-tech brewing process. Here are some products already on the market, that you might not realise are made with ingredients using precision fermentation. Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments! Source: Green Queen Media and @csiropublishing.bsky.social

When science meets business, innovation flourishes. For Sinead Robinson-Cast, a research scientist at Australian biotech company MicroBioGen, collaboration between industry and academia has been nothing short of transformative. 💡 👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4lJtK16

A recent study by @ox.ac.uk demonstrates how #syntheticbiology can be harnessed to solve real-world ecological challenges. 👏

⏰ Last chance to get your abstracts in for #CoESB25! Submissions close this Sunday 24 August. Submit yours here: forms.office.com/r/vPVxniRF8f

The Centre delivered a varied, entertaining and hugely successful National Science Week program, with events lighting up Sydney and Brisbane. 🧬💡 👉 Read our wrap-up story here: www.coesb.com.au/science-week... #ScienceWeek2025 #SydneyScienceTrail

We were proud to sponsor the 16th biannual #TERPNET conference last week in Brisbane, an event dedicated to advancing the science of terpenes and isoprenoids – natural compounds with vital roles in biology, health, agriculture and industry. 🌿🔬 👉 Read our event write-up here: bit.ly/3HFoJZe

In partnership with Reforest, we're planting trees in Hidden Vale Koala Habitat (Grandchester, QLD). These trees will restore over 250 square metres, remove over 5 tonnes of carbon dioxide, and create new habitats for Australian wildlife. Register for #CoESB25: www.ewmevents.com.au/coesb2025/re...

🚀 Meet Our Centre Startups: Levur Levur is transforming how industries produce oils, offering a sustainable, scalable alternative to palm oil—a resource linked to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and high emissions. 🌴❌ Some footage sourced from Open Planet youtu.be/kjOMN45qO0w?...

📢 Attention Centre Members Registration is now open for the 2025 CoESB Annual Conference! #CoESB25 🌱🧬 🔍 Share your research, spark new ideas and grow your network. 📅 Register now: www.ewmevents.com.au/coesb2025/re... Registrations close 15 October #SyntheticBiology #AnnualConference

Ian Paulsen has transformed #syntheticbiology from a niche science in Australia to a national strength. Under his leadership, our Centre has spun out ten startup companies that have raised more than $200 million in venture capital. Join us in congratulating Ian on this fantastic achievement! 🎊

🚨 Attention Centre Members Got exciting research to share? Submit your abstract for a poster or short talk at the 2025 CoESB Annual Conference, 2-5 Dec on the Gold Coast! 🌴 #CoESB25 🏆 Cash prizes up for grabs 🔗 Submit: forms.office.com/r/vPVxniRF8f 📅 Deadline: Sun, 10 Aug at 11:59PM (AEST)