Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Synthetic and Engineering Biology @Cambridge_Uni. Formerly SynBio IRC.
Joined February 2015
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Jun 4
Join us for an evening of big ideas and small talks.
Cafe Synthetique returns on 6 July with speakers exploring #biotechnology, #rubisco #enzymology, #foodfutures and #labautomation.
Spaces are limited🎟️ More Info and sign up here 👉tickettailor.com/events/engi…
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May 11
Limited spaces available for our #EngBio Symposium & Forum on 21 May! We’re excited to welcome Professor Jay Keasling, @UCBerkeley, as keynote speaker for our evening Forum, and Dr Jake Harris, @camplantsci, for our afternoon Symposium. Secure your spot!
bit.ly/engbio-forum-may26
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Apr 23
Our April #EngBio newsletter is out! This month we are sharing more details about the forthcoming EngBio Symposium & Forum on 21 May and introducing our latest speaker: Dr Jake Harris, @camplantsci.
Read it here 👉mailchi.mp/9f480c7bde10/engi…
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Apr 13
We're excited to partner with @CambridgeZero and Global Food Systems to organise this full‑day event focused on plant engineering for sustainable futures.
📅 17 April 2026 | ⏲️ 09:30 - 16:30
Register here: zero.cam.ac.uk/plant-enginee…
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Mar 30
Due to increased interest we are extending the submission deadline for poster abstracts to 10 April!
⬇️Download poster submission form: engbio.cam.ac.uk/files/engbi…
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Mar 26
Engineering Biology Symposium & Forum - Register and submit your abstract for a chance to win up to £500 to support conference registration and expenses.
More information: engbio.cam.ac.uk/events/engb…
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Mar 12
EngBio ECRs Meetup is back on Mon 20 April. Join us for two talks:
🔬 Holly Bachas Brook – 3D eccrine sweat gland-on-chip
🧪 Fatma Mihoubi – Nucleotide & peptide diversity in coacervate protocells
Hear new research and connect with fellow ECRs.
👉 Sign up buytickets.at/engineeringbio…
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Mar 9
We are pleased to announce Jay Keasling (@jaykeasling), Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at @UCBerkeley as the first speaker at the #EngBioForum on 21 May 2026.
Registration is now open! RSVP here: bit.ly/engbio-forum-may26
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Mar 5
Our March #EngBio newsletter is out! This month we are delighted to introduce the EngBio IRC's new Coordinator and Events Manager, Dr Francis Krampa. We are also sharing more details about the forthcoming EngBio Symposium & Forum on 21 May. Read it here 👉🏼mailchi.mp/519dc97b6e60/engi…
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EngBio IRC retweeted
Job opportunity!
Research Assistant / Research Associate
An opportunity to join our team working on the generation of a completely engineered chloroplast genome (= synplastome).
Apply by Thursday 02 April 2026: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54695/
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Feb 27
Come and join us next Monday for great talks, company and pizza! Handful of spaces left.
🎟️tickettailor.com/events/engi…
Feb 25
🎤🍕Cafe Synthetique is back! 🗓 Mon 2 Mar, 6pm
Join Gabriela Guedes, Joel Roca & Gorjan Stojanovski for three short talks on #proteins #nanomedicine & #plastic-eating #enzymes 🧫🧪🔬
🎟️ Sign up: tickettailor.com/events/engi…
@hollfelderlab @LauraItzhaki @CamBiochem @UnivCamPharm
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Feb 25
🎤🍕Cafe Synthetique is back! 🗓 Mon 2 Mar, 6pm
Join Gabriela Guedes, Joel Roca & Gorjan Stojanovski for three short talks on #proteins #nanomedicine & #plastic-eating #enzymes 🧫🧪🔬
🎟️ Sign up: tickettailor.com/events/engi…
@hollfelderlab @LauraItzhaki @CamBiochem @UnivCamPharm
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Feb 16
Our first #EngBioECR Meet event of the year, and it was a full house! Thanks to our speakers Daniela Gjorgjevikj, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), and Brian Ng, @cebcambridge, for sharing their fascinating work. Our next event is on 20 April @ Postdoc Centre, Mill Lane.
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Feb 16
Join Professor Bill DeGrado, @UCSF, for a special guest lecture: '𝘋𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨-𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴'.
5 March 2026 📍@UnivCamPharm
Register: eventbrite.com/e/special-pha…
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EngBio IRC retweeted
Congratulations to our new group leader @jenny_molloy on her Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards in Brussels last week. 👏 👏 👏
Jan 30
🏆 Congratulations Dr Jenny Molloy, on receiving Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the EU Open Source Awards during #EUOpenSourceWeek 🎉
Recognised for her leadership in #OpenScienceHardware & advancing #OpenSource principles in the #LifeSciences #OpenScience
ALT 🏆 Congratulations to Dr Jenny Molloy (@JennyMolloy) on receiving Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards during #EUOpenSourceWeek 🎉 Recognised for her leadership in #OpenScienceHardware and advancing #OpenSource principles in the #LifeSciences. @Cambridge_Uni @ICGEB #OpenScience #OpenHardware #OSS #ResearchInfrastructure
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Jan 27
🧬🧫 EngBio ECRs Meetup is back!
📅 Mon 16 Feb | ⏰ 12pm
📍 Postdoc Centre Mill Lane
Two great talks on capsid proteins & RNA organelles in bacteria from Daniela Gjorgjevikj and Brian Ng
🎟️ Sign Up at buytickets.at/engineeringbio…
#EngBio #ECRs #RNA #bacteria #CapsidProteins
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EngBio IRC retweeted
We’re hiring! Join a vibrant and inclusive research community in the School of Biological Sciences!
Discover our jobs of the week 👇
#ScienceJobs #Academia
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