Synthetic Biology & Metabolic Engineering in renewable biotechnology and the HGM The official Twitter account of Woolston Lab @northeastern Est. 2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Joined January 2021
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We traveled to DC to talk to Congressional Staffers about the impact of @NIH @NIBIBgov funding. It enables us to develop synthetic biology tools to advance cell & genetic medicines for patients in need. REPOST to deliver the message that SCIENCE saves lives & makes America great!
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Join us this year at #SEED to discuss recent innovations in synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. The technical program is online.
synbioconference.org/2025?_z…
Just out in ACS SynBio, our work developing a biosensor for hydrogen sulfide, a molecule with links to IBD whose volatility and reactivity make quantifying it difficult. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…. Ultimately we hope this could be used as a non-invasive early diagnostic
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Today, NIH announced a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing the use of animals in research. This aligns with @US_FDA’s initiative to reduce testing in animals. bit.ly/4jYd4T2
New pre-print: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
In collaboration with @MoKhalilLab, we develop AnEVO, a version of eVOLVER for benchtop anaerobic work and gas fermentation, and use it to study co-metabolism in E. limosum. Included parts list makes it easy to duplicate in your own lab!
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Indirect costs are not free money for the university. What policy makers, tech bros, and many university faculty don’t understand about the cost of research and indirect costs. 🧵(1/n)
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
We are hiring! If you (or someone you know) is looking for a PostDoc position focused on Clostridial genetics with broad applications, please check out our position: tinyurl.com/r65jwwcz Come and join us in the vibrant science town of Boston!
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This is great! @NIAIDNews have launched a collection of public domain illustrations (currently 550 individual icons) bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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Need a quick reference on events in Div 15 D/E track at AIChE? Here ya go! Thanks @MelvinMicroLab for sharing!
#AIChEAnnual #AIChE2024
@ChEnected @MITChemE
If you have one for 15C, please share 🙏
Congrats Joey! @CotruvoLab
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Calling all Synthetic Biologists!
Come present at the first SynBYSS Conference!
Abstract due on Oct 1
Hawaii, Dec. 9-12, 2024
Young researchers:
24 talk spots are waiting for you!
Only presenters (oral or poster) will be eligible for a travel grant.
jcvi.org/events/synbyss
Excited to expand our efforts to domesticate Clostridia, with support from #NSF, and awesome collaborators @SandovalCBE and Aimee Shen. Actively looking for a postdoc interested in pioneering new ways to genetically engineer non-model microbes. che.northeastern.edu/news/en… @NU_ChemE
Our CRISPR-recombineering workflow for our favourite acetogen Eubacterium limosum is now online at ACS SynBio:pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Thanks to @jgi for synthesizing the Clostridial RecT library, which is available for anyone in the community to try!
Today is a good day! Thanks @NSF for supporting our work. Looking forward to continuing our collaboration @MoKhalilLab !
Protein folks: we tagged an endogenous E. Coli protein with C-term HIS6, and it purifies great. StrepII tag in the same position and nothing - not even detectable by Anti-STREP Western. Tried a range of flexible linkers. Thoughts?
We need two orthogonal tags for this project so I'd really like to figure out the STREP issue. @greeninglab, @14Kountz, @LRajakovich, @cemills3 you all came to mind - any ideas?
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Biocontrol workshop organized by great young people!
Abstracts for Talks: by Jul 1
Abstracts for Posters: by Aug 15
Registration: by Sep 30
biocontrolseminars.org
@bioctrl @HeidiKlumpe @christian_cuba
