Don't miss @carrieaeckert.bsky.social of Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab at this year's Integrating Experimentation with Data Annual Meeting, during our session on Genomic Ingenuity: Crafting the Future of BioDesign. More info: usermeeting.jgi.doe.gov 🖥️ 🧬 🌱 🦠 🧪 🍄

A new perspective/review article on the role of Synthetic Biology in realizing bio-based economy, shout out to @andrea-garza-e.bsky.social for the heavy lift! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A little under 4 1/2 years after starting at ORNL as the leader of the Synthetic Biology group, I am happy to announce that I have been promoted to Section Head as Synthetic Biology becomes a section in the Biosciences Division!

Despite the uncertainty in the world, I’m happy to announce that I was elected to the Board of Directors for SIMB. We will work to advance science and biotechnology, especially for our young researchers! Happy to serve with my friend, @drksolomon.bsky.social www.simbhq.org/2025/04/15/2...

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Excited to share this is FINALLY published! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

If you are (or would like to become) a member of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, I would appreciate your vote for me in the Board of Directors election! Also consider @drksolomon.bsky.social as well!More info here: www.simbhq.org/2025/02/27/2...

Trying out a walking pad in the office as I feel I never leave….

Last day of the Keystone Symposium “Genetic Engineering for a Sustainable Future” I am honored to have chaired with my amazing co-chairs @markblenner.bsky.social and @jennymortimer1.bsky.social An amazing time & meaningful science in Keystone, CO! #kssustainfuture25

Heads up for submitting abstracts for an upcoming conference: the 47th Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals will be held May 4-7, 2025 in Milwaukee, WI! It is a great program put together by Ben Woolston and team, join us! www.simbhq.org/sbfc/

Brian Davison has done a wonderful job in this role and is a great mentor, looking forward to learning more from him and this role in advancing fundamental science research to enable a sustainable and vibrant bioeconomy! cbi.ornl.gov

I’m pleased to announce that I will be assuming a new role as co-CSO (with my talented colleague Melissa Cregger) for the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), a Bioenergy Research Center funded by the Department of Energy. 1/2

First hooding ceremony today (I didn’t participate in mine, and I missed my first student at CU), so great to see another South Dakota kid make it!

I also want to highlight the massive amount of work so many talented scientists across academia, government, industry, and non-profits working with US funding agencies to suggest science roadmaps to drive the emerging bioeconomy www.casa-bio.net

It’s not too late, please consider attending a Keystone Symposium I’m chairing on the role of genetic engineering in driving a sustainable future www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Getting back into the swing of posting science things, just finished a great peer review for the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (cbi.ornl.gov), continuing to work towards a sustainable future!