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)

For 450 million years, the horseshoe crab has survived global extinctions. But human dependence on its blood, used in vaccine safety testing - now threatens its future. 💉 Synthetic biology offers a lifeline. Science helping nature AND people? That’s the future of conservation. 🌎 bit.ly/4137sj5

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

The world's first synthetic yeast genome is about to be completed, and that could change everything. 🧬💡 But what is a #syntheticgenome anyway? 🤔 📹 Find out by watching our explainer below! #yeast #syntheticyeast youtu.be/U4CA73JR0-0?...

In this radio segment, Centre researcher Luis Quijano joins the conversation on how scientists are turning sea urchin shells into eco-friendly fabric dye — transforming an environmental problem into a sustainable solution. #syntheticbiology 🎧 Listen now: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Come along to The Science Social, a free event for science enthusiasts, hosted by The Australian Museum! 🧪 You'll have the chance to play the final, full version of Remediate!, our #syntheticbiology card game. 🎴 📅 Wed 13 Aug, 5:30-8:30pm 📍UG, Hintze Hall 🧍Ages: 18+ 👉 Register: bit.ly/3GGLo7c

📢 #CoESB25 Keynote Speaker Announcement We're pleased to announce Dr Michelle Perugini as a keynote speaker at the CoESB Annual Conference 2025! We can’t wait to hear her insights on innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership. 💡 Submit a talk/poster abstract: forms.office.com/r/vPVxniRF8f

Centre researchers from our #QUT node have successfully secured a $1.2 million Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovate Grant to bring their research closer to market. The project uses #syntheticbiology to produce fragrances from sugarcane waste. 👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4631br8

🚨 Now open! The NCRIS Synthetic Biology Voucher Scheme offers up to $50K Primary and $25K Secondary matched funding to access world-class SynBio facilities across Australia. 👉Open to researchers, startups & SMEs. 📅Closes 12th of September. 🔗 Info: bioplatforms.com/ncris-synthe...

Congratulations to Chief Investigator Professor Brett Neilan, Dr Leanne Pearson and their team from University of Newcastle on being awarded a $718,476 Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant! 🎉 👉 Read the full story here: bit.ly/4kukpJG #SyntheticBiology #Cyanobacteria

In two weeks' time, we'll bid farewell to Roxane Mutschler as she submits her PhD, and heads off to Europe for her next big adventure. 🌍 Roxane has made amazing contributions to the team at #QUT, and has been a valued member the Centre. Bon voyage, Roxane! ✈️✨

📢 #CoESB25 Keynote Speaker Announcement We're pleased to welcome Dr Ezhil Subbian, Chief Executive Officer of #StringBio, one of the world leaders in #gasfermentation. 💻 Registration for #CoESB25 opens in early August

Fantastic to be a part of the #ProteomePioneers event at #MacquarieUniversity this week, celebrating 30 years of the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility #APAF! 🎉 We received a lot of interest in #Remediate! our #syntheticbiology card game. Thanks to the organisers, and everyone who came by!

🚀 Meet Our Centre Startups: EntoZyme with Dr Maciej Maselko @synbionaut.bsky.social #EntoZyme is transforming sustainable #wastemanagement and #biomanufacturing industries with the use of transgenic Black Soldier Flies. 🪰♻️ Some footage sourced from #OpenPlanet youtu.be/N81qOcKx_qo?...

What do protein cages and punchlines have in common? Just ask Felicia Lie, a PhD student at #USyd and member of the ARC Centre of Excellence in #SyntheticBiology, who took to the stage at The Sydney Comedy Festival as part of Future Science Talks. 🎭 Read the story: bit.ly/45Ntee1

✨ #CoESB25 Sponsor Spotlight ✨ We're pleased to welcome back #Shimadzu Oceania Pty Limited as a Silver Sponsor of the CoESB Annual Conference 2025!

#Levur, a startup launched from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and based at #MacquarieUniversity, has raised $1.2m in pre-seed funding to take its #syntheticbiology platform to market. 👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4lmGfja

📢 The UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency ( #ARIA ) has awarded a major international grant to #MacquarieUniversity researchers to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬 👉The story: bit.ly/40kn6X1 #syntheticbiology

How do Australians justify their support or opposition to advanced genetic technologies? 💭A recent national study by @csiropublishing.bsky.social and #ANU, led by Dr Henry Dixson, delved into participants’ thought processes and revealed two dominant public narratives. 👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4nduzkF

Families of sugar cane growers got a taste of science in action at the Sweet Days, Hot Nights Festival in Burdekin, Queensland, where researchers brought synthetic biology to life with hands-on exhibits and inspiring conversations. 💡♻️ 👉 Check out our event report here: www.coesb.com.au/sugar-cane/

📢 New report published in Australia’s #bioeconomy Madeline Smith, Professor Ian O'Hara, and Dr @jeromeramirez.bsky.social from #QUT, call for a national strategy and outline the five key steps needed to grow a sustainable economic future. 📰 Read the full report: eprints.qut.edu.au/257869/

More than 130 members from Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence across Australia came together for two days of open, honest and impactful conversations on equity, diversity, inclusion, and leadership in #STEM. Read our InSTEM 2025 report: bit.ly/3FnmXLu

We recently had the pleasure of hosting the Japan Bioindustry Association and #syntheticbiology startup Fermelanta, Inc. at our office and labs in #MacquarieUniversity to exchange information, and explore collaborative opportunities in synthetic biology between #Japan and #Australia. 🤝

🚀 Meet Our Centre #Startups: #NewEraBio with Dr Lucie Semenec and Dr Xin Xu. Newera Bio's mission is to transform textile dyeing into a bio-based industry that benefits the planet, communities, and future generations. #SyntheticBiology #Sustainability youtu.be/yEl-NNkIK4A?...

Great turnout at our #syntheticbiology #entrepreneurship workshop at Customs House Brisbane on 23 May! Special thanks to our speakers Dr Kate Tepper of #EntoZyme and Dr Dominik Kopp of #Numer8Bio and to the startup representatives who attended. Check out our event report here: bit.ly/4jO2KN3

We welcomed geography students from Mercy Catholic College Chatswood yesterday! 🥳 The students were enthusiastic, engaged and asked some great questions. 😊 Thanks to our wonderful outreach team for making the event a success, and inspiring the future generation of synthetic biologists! 👩‍🔬

🎉 Congratulations to the recipients of the @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social Omics grants! The research projects supported include a wide range of topics ranging from #precisionmedicine to #dataintegration and #AI. Read about the 2025 projects here 👇 bit.ly/3SnNStt

Last week we welcomed a delegation from The Office of Health and Medical Research NSW for a tour of our labs at #MacquarieUni. It was great to introduce the work and the impact of our Centre in #syntheticbiology #research, #Innovation and #commercialisation. 🧬💡 Thank you for your visit!