Our EngBio webinar for prospective applicants is coming up next week! Remember to sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
If you are interested in learning more about the EngBio CDT, sign up to our upcoming webinar:
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
November 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Our EngBio webinar for prospective applicants is coming up next week! Remember to sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
Funded PhD in my lab
🌱 🧬🔬Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation, using a DNA-based recorder and single-cell transcriptomics. Project at the intersection between EngBio and plant development biology
📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
🌱 🧬🔬Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation, using a DNA-based recorder and single-cell transcriptomics. Project at the intersection between EngBio and plant development biology
📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation
www.earlham.ac.uk
October 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Funded PhD in my lab
🌱 🧬🔬Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation, using a DNA-based recorder and single-cell transcriptomics. Project at the intersection between EngBio and plant development biology
📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
🌱 🧬🔬Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation, using a DNA-based recorder and single-cell transcriptomics. Project at the intersection between EngBio and plant development biology
📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
Don't miss out. Abstract submission deadline to this fantastic conference closes very soon!
Some great sessions in #EngBio, Respiratory Tract Microbiology, and Microbiome to name a few
Some great sessions in #EngBio, Respiratory Tract Microbiology, and Microbiome to name a few
⏳ One week left to submit your abstract for Annual Conference 2027!
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 10 November. https://microb.io/Microbio27Abstracts
#Microbio27 #CallForAbstracts #ScienceCommunity
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 10 November. https://microb.io/Microbio27Abstracts
#Microbio27 #CallForAbstracts #ScienceCommunity
November 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Don't miss out. Abstract submission deadline to this fantastic conference closes very soon!
Some great sessions in #EngBio, Respiratory Tract Microbiology, and Microbiome to name a few
Some great sessions in #EngBio, Respiratory Tract Microbiology, and Microbiome to name a few
A great time at the third EngBio CDT retreat!
From giant Post-it notes and researcher development to project planning and a sunny lakeside walk, it’s been a productive few days. Next stop: Bristol, as Cohort 3 continues its foundation training!
From giant Post-it notes and researcher development to project planning and a sunny lakeside walk, it’s been a productive few days. Next stop: Bristol, as Cohort 3 continues its foundation training!
October 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
A great time at the third EngBio CDT retreat!
From giant Post-it notes and researcher development to project planning and a sunny lakeside walk, it’s been a productive few days. Next stop: Bristol, as Cohort 3 continues its foundation training!
From giant Post-it notes and researcher development to project planning and a sunny lakeside walk, it’s been a productive few days. Next stop: Bristol, as Cohort 3 continues its foundation training!
Interested in #plantscience, #engbio, #AI, and #genomics?
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 PhD programme, and join a supportive, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research community.
https://okt.to/zN53eI
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 PhD programme, and join a supportive, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research community.
https://okt.to/zN53eI
PhD Opportunities at Earlham Institute
Begin your academic career with the expert scientists, technology and facilities at the Earlham Institute in Norwich.
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October 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Interested in #plantscience, #engbio, #AI, and #genomics?
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 PhD programme, and join a supportive, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research community.
https://okt.to/zN53eI
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 PhD programme, and join a supportive, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research community.
https://okt.to/zN53eI
Felipe told us "It was good to reconnect with people I already knew (from Oxford, Cambridge and other European universities) and meet new people that work in similar projects, who will potentially be collaborators in the future."
We're thrilled to see such a strong turnout from the EngBio CDT! 🧬
We're thrilled to see such a strong turnout from the EngBio CDT! 🧬
October 28, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Felipe told us "It was good to reconnect with people I already knew (from Oxford, Cambridge and other European universities) and meet new people that work in similar projects, who will potentially be collaborators in the future."
We're thrilled to see such a strong turnout from the EngBio CDT! 🧬
We're thrilled to see such a strong turnout from the EngBio CDT! 🧬
This PhD aims to engineer gene expression to improve disease resistance in crops, applying automation and #engbio skills from the Earlham Biofoundry (@Carolina G) alongside collaborators at @2blades.bsky.social
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
#phd #synbio #plantscience
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
#phd #synbio #plantscience
Engineering crop disease resistance to overcome the growth-defence trade-off
Developing crops that are both productive and resillient is one of the major challenges facing agriculture. While disease-resistance genes can protect plants from devastating pathogens, they often come with a hidden cost: reduced growth and lower yields. This PhD will investigate whether engineering biology can overcome this trade-off by precisely controlling when and where resistance genes are expressed.
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October 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This PhD aims to engineer gene expression to improve disease resistance in crops, applying automation and #engbio skills from the Earlham Biofoundry (@Carolina G) alongside collaborators at @2blades.bsky.social
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
#phd #synbio #plantscience
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
#phd #synbio #plantscience
Last Friday, Cohort 2 attended the last Responsible Research and Innovation training session for their taught year. They went to Coexist Community Kitchen for a meal created by Luke Burguete, which took them on a journey inspired by their memories of food.
October 23, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Last Friday, Cohort 2 attended the last Responsible Research and Innovation training session for their taught year. They went to Coexist Community Kitchen for a meal created by Luke Burguete, which took them on a journey inspired by their memories of food.
Research spotlight 🔊
Leading this project was absolutely great, and we found some very interesting stuff about risk, responsibility, climate change and climate science
Read more here 👇🏻
#philtech #philsky #envhum #engbio #climatechange
Leading this project was absolutely great, and we found some very interesting stuff about risk, responsibility, climate change and climate science
Read more here 👇🏻
#philtech #philsky #envhum #engbio #climatechange
New pilot study: 22 experts in engineering biology were asked how they weigh the risks of their own research against the risks of climate inaction.
Many have already decided: acting is worth the risk
Our story 🔗: www.coesb.com.au/should-scien...
@danfulvi.bsky.social
@arc-gov-au.bsky.social
Many have already decided: acting is worth the risk
Our story 🔗: www.coesb.com.au/should-scien...
@danfulvi.bsky.social
@arc-gov-au.bsky.social
October 22, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Research spotlight 🔊
Leading this project was absolutely great, and we found some very interesting stuff about risk, responsibility, climate change and climate science
Read more here 👇🏻
#philtech #philsky #envhum #engbio #climatechange
Leading this project was absolutely great, and we found some very interesting stuff about risk, responsibility, climate change and climate science
Read more here 👇🏻
#philtech #philsky #envhum #engbio #climatechange
If you are interested in learning more about the EngBio CDT, sign up to our upcoming webinar:
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
October 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
If you are interested in learning more about the EngBio CDT, sign up to our upcoming webinar:
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
Date: Monday 9th November
Time: 1pm (GMT)
Location: Online
Sign up here: bit.ly/engbiocdt-we...
(Webinar will showcase the course, not give any admissions advice)
🧪 @ukri.org competition open for the development of #EngBio technologies and commercialisation of late stage experimental projects. Closing 2 December.
➡️ bit.ly/EBCompUKRI
#EngineeringBiology #Technologies #funding
➡️ bit.ly/EBCompUKRI
#EngineeringBiology #Technologies #funding
October 19, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🧪 @ukri.org competition open for the development of #EngBio technologies and commercialisation of late stage experimental projects. Closing 2 December.
➡️ bit.ly/EBCompUKRI
#EngineeringBiology #Technologies #funding
➡️ bit.ly/EBCompUKRI
#EngineeringBiology #Technologies #funding
Interested in #plantscience, #engbio, AI, and genomics?
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 #PhD programme, and join our supportive and collaborative PhD community!
Find out more ⤵️
https://okt.to/Wc0p4T
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 #PhD programme, and join our supportive and collaborative PhD community!
Find out more ⤵️
https://okt.to/Wc0p4T
October 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Interested in #plantscience, #engbio, AI, and genomics?
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 #PhD programme, and join our supportive and collaborative PhD community!
Find out more ⤵️
https://okt.to/Wc0p4T
Join us in Norwich as part of our 2027 #PhD programme, and join our supportive and collaborative PhD community!
Find out more ⤵️
https://okt.to/Wc0p4T
On this episode of our podcast series 'EngBio Tech', Dr Mahsa Baniasadi joins to explore her exciting project ‘Harnessing AI-assisted synthetic Biology for enzyme engineering towards PFAS bioremediation’.
Can AI help in the fight against PFAS?
youtu.be/FucHxAwPxuI?...
Can AI help in the fight against PFAS?
youtu.be/FucHxAwPxuI?...
How can AI help in the fight against PFAS pollution?
On this episode of EngBio Tech Dr Mahsa Baniasadi joins to explore her exciting project entitled ‘Harnessing AI-assisted synthetic Biology for enzyme engineering towards PFAS bioremediation’. Can AI…
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October 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
On this episode of our podcast series 'EngBio Tech', Dr Mahsa Baniasadi joins to explore her exciting project ‘Harnessing AI-assisted synthetic Biology for enzyme engineering towards PFAS bioremediation’.
Can AI help in the fight against PFAS?
youtu.be/FucHxAwPxuI?...
Can AI help in the fight against PFAS?
youtu.be/FucHxAwPxuI?...
Are you a motivated #undergrad with a passion for #engbio and #plantscience?
Apply for this @NRPDTP PhD programme with @Sarah Guiziou, engineering lateral root initiation. 🌱🧬
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
Apply for this @NRPDTP PhD programme with @Sarah Guiziou, engineering lateral root initiation. 🌱🧬
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation
We're offering an exciting PhD opportunity with the Guiziou Group at the Earlham Institute using engineering biology and single-cell genomic technology to drive forward our understanding of lateral root initiation. The aim of this PhD project is to use DNA-based recorders to reconstruct the gene expression programme during lateral root founder cell specification.
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October 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Are you a motivated #undergrad with a passion for #engbio and #plantscience?
Apply for this @NRPDTP PhD programme with @Sarah Guiziou, engineering lateral root initiation. 🌱🧬
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
Apply for this @NRPDTP PhD programme with @Sarah Guiziou, engineering lateral root initiation. 🌱🧬
📅 Applications close: 30 November 2026
A great CYBER visit to the Algal Innovation Centre at University of Cambridge to see how some of the approaches and challenges to taking research with photosynthetic organisms out of the lab and towards scale-up and deployment. Excited to see what emerges from the visit! #synbio #engbio @ukri.org
October 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Time is running out to apply to join the #EngBio Early Career Research Committee! ⌛ This is your chance to contribute to the University of Cambridge engineering biology community.
Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
September 28, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Time is running out to apply to join the #EngBio Early Career Research Committee! ⌛ This is your chance to contribute to the University of Cambridge engineering biology community.
Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
Our September #EngBio newsletter is out! This month, we're looking ahead to forthcoming EngBio Forum in November on 'Engineering Life from First Principles: Physical Biology, Synthetic Cells and Bioinspired Engineering'. That, and more... bit.ly/newsletter-s...
September 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Our September #EngBio newsletter is out! This month, we're looking ahead to forthcoming EngBio Forum in November on 'Engineering Life from First Principles: Physical Biology, Synthetic Cells and Bioinspired Engineering'. That, and more... bit.ly/newsletter-s...
Last week, I attended the Biocontrol Conference in Oxford! Coming together as a Control x EngBio community was fantastic - thanks so much to the organisers @jblugagne.bsky.social and Christian Cuba Samaniego
I report from the event in my latest humorous SKETCH: ksechkar.substack.com/p/sketch-bio...
I report from the event in my latest humorous SKETCH: ksechkar.substack.com/p/sketch-bio...
September 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Last week, I attended the Biocontrol Conference in Oxford! Coming together as a Control x EngBio community was fantastic - thanks so much to the organisers @jblugagne.bsky.social and Christian Cuba Samaniego
I report from the event in my latest humorous SKETCH: ksechkar.substack.com/p/sketch-bio...
I report from the event in my latest humorous SKETCH: ksechkar.substack.com/p/sketch-bio...
This week’s been an exciting one as we’ve welcomed our third cohort of Engineering Biology students! ✨
We have another brilliant group of students on the programme and we’re looking forward to supporting their EngBio research journeys.
We have another brilliant group of students on the programme and we’re looking forward to supporting their EngBio research journeys.
September 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
This week’s been an exciting one as we’ve welcomed our third cohort of Engineering Biology students! ✨
We have another brilliant group of students on the programme and we’re looking forward to supporting their EngBio research journeys.
We have another brilliant group of students on the programme and we’re looking forward to supporting their EngBio research journeys.
💬 "I contribute to projects across diverse scientific areas – from developing tools to track and study mammalian cells to genetically modifying microbial strains to produce useful compounds. It's a constant learning journey." - Dr Eleonora Tassinari
Read more ⤵️
#engbio #synbio
Read more ⤵️
#engbio #synbio
Bridging the scale-up gap for UK engineering biology
As UK startups face a critical scale-up bottleneck, the Earlham Biofoundry is providing the automation, infrastructure and specialist expertise to translate laboratory breakthroughs into commercial-scale biomanufacturing.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
How do we scale #engbio beyond the lab?
Meet Dr Eleonora Tassinari, whose expertise in molecular biology, microbiology and #automation helps researchers turn benchtop concepts into commercial reality at the Earlham Biofoundry.
Read more 👇
Meet Dr Eleonora Tassinari, whose expertise in molecular biology, microbiology and #automation helps researchers turn benchtop concepts into commercial reality at the Earlham Biofoundry.
Read more 👇
Bridging the scale-up gap for UK engineering biology
As UK startups face a critical scale-up bottleneck, the Earlham Biofoundry is providing the automation, infrastructure and specialist expertise to translate laboratory breakthroughs into commercial-scale biomanufacturing.
okt.to
September 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
How do we scale #engbio beyond the lab?
Meet Dr Eleonora Tassinari, whose expertise in molecular biology, microbiology and #automation helps researchers turn benchtop concepts into commercial reality at the Earlham Biofoundry.
Read more 👇
Meet Dr Eleonora Tassinari, whose expertise in molecular biology, microbiology and #automation helps researchers turn benchtop concepts into commercial reality at the Earlham Biofoundry.
Read more 👇
📢 EngBio IRC ECR-Led Specialist Events: Submit Your Proposal! The Engineering Biology IRC invites proposals from Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to convene and lead small, specialist events aligned with the IRC's strategic themes. Find out more ➡️ www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/engbio-irc-e...
August 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
📢 EngBio IRC ECR-Led Specialist Events: Submit Your Proposal! The Engineering Biology IRC invites proposals from Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to convene and lead small, specialist events aligned with the IRC's strategic themes. Find out more ➡️ www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/engbio-irc-e...
Congratulations are in order for Cohort 2’s Laila-Marie Latin Vicente who was recently awarded the People’s Choice Poster Prize at a University of Bristol EngBio Early Career Researchers’ Symposium. 👏
August 24, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Congratulations are in order for Cohort 2’s Laila-Marie Latin Vicente who was recently awarded the People’s Choice Poster Prize at a University of Bristol EngBio Early Career Researchers’ Symposium. 👏
We’re getting ready to welcome the next cohort of students to the EngBio CDT! 🎉
In just over a month, we’ll be welcoming our third cohort onto the course. We’ll kick things off with a week in Bristol, followed by an induction week in Oxford, before the foundation courses in Maths and Biology begin.
In just over a month, we’ll be welcoming our third cohort onto the course. We’ll kick things off with a week in Bristol, followed by an induction week in Oxford, before the foundation courses in Maths and Biology begin.
August 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
We’re getting ready to welcome the next cohort of students to the EngBio CDT! 🎉
In just over a month, we’ll be welcoming our third cohort onto the course. We’ll kick things off with a week in Bristol, followed by an induction week in Oxford, before the foundation courses in Maths and Biology begin.
In just over a month, we’ll be welcoming our third cohort onto the course. We’ll kick things off with a week in Bristol, followed by an induction week in Oxford, before the foundation courses in Maths and Biology begin.
Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach
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#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
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#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach
global.oup.com/ukhe/product...
#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
global.oup.com/ukhe/product...
#synbio #engbio #sts #governance