Very excited to share that our preprint on synthetic bacterial sponge RNAs is now out. This paper is for you if you're interested in RNA synthetic biology, quantitative gene circuit characterisation, resource competition, or post-transcriptional regulation. (1/11)

Our preprint on sponge RNAs is finally out! This is an immense body of work led by @scottstacey.bsky.social showcasing many possible (amazing) applications of this newest tool for bacterial RNA circuits

LINK: doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.19.726096

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Quantitative Engineering and Investigation of Synthetic Sponge RNAs in E. coli https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.726096v1

Our paper on countering mutations in engineered cell populations has now been published with @royalsocietypublishing.org ! Come for our biomolecular controller that mitigates mutation spread, stay for resource-aware gene circuit design and modelling tools 1/10

doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0602

Great to see the points highlighted by our lab’s submission – such as the need for long-term funding and developing robust standards – in the House of Lords Engineering Biology report! The work to make the UK a leader has been astutely laid out, now let’s get going
tinyurl.com/33xuh2er