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Joined January 2023
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Congrats @drksolomon
So honored to join this esteemed cohort. Thanks for mentorship from my advisors @omalleylab, Kris Prather @MITChemE, and hard work from students such as @KokZhiLee @EthanHillman @CaseyHooker7 @graver_brett @ross_klauer @AkashVaidyaUD and @mruthularm that made this possible
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Paper Alert from @BeltranJBio #UDSynBio
๐ŸŸฉ Happy to share our review on the biological functions of new small molecules (apocarotenoids) in plants. ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿงซ ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงช#PlantScience sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ
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Another reason to join @UDelaware @UDSynBio for #synbio research!
Iโ€™m proud to lead this effort that puts Delaware at forefront of innovating solutions to energy, environmental, and human health problems, while creating a bio economy that helps drive rural economic development. new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-investsโ€ฆ
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Iโ€™m proud to lead this effort that puts Delaware at forefront of innovating solutions to energy, environmental, and human health problems, while creating a bio economy that helps drive rural economic development. new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-investsโ€ฆ
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UD is leading a $2M NSF-funded project to create the NSF Center for Robust, Equitable, and Accessible Technology (CREATE) for Next-Generation BioFoundries. Accelerating research and workforce training in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. @MarkBlenner @UDChBE udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/โ€ฆ
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Outstanding news for Center members @drksolomon, @WilfredChen1, and Terry Papoutsakis, who are participating in an ERC to upgrade electrochemically fixed co2 to higher value products. @UDengineering @UDChBE
NSF announces 4 new Engineering Research Centers focused on biotechnology, manufacturing, robotics and sustainability new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announcโ€ฆ
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Congrats to @drksolomon for winning the 2024 Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award! Here he delivers his award lecture at the ECI Biochemical & Molecular Engineering XXIII meeting in Dublin.
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Yesterday at ECI Biochemical Engineering XXIII, Kelvin Lee from @UDChBE and @NIIMBL presented a keynote lecture on community efforts to develop CHO genome resources, applications of that data to biopharma problems, and how communication is critical to science policy change.
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Anthony Stohr and @ross_klauer present their posters at the ECI Biochemical Engineering meeting in Dublin.
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Postdoc candidates: If you're interested in designing symbioses that redefine the phrase "synthetic ecology", & if you don't mind donning formal wear once a year, then apply for a position in our group! (1/2)
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21 Jun 2024
This Thursday, we had an amazing seminar by @MarkBlenner from the University of Delaware on leveraging #synbio for a circular economy. He also shared his lab's impressive work on non-model #yeasts. Thank you, Dr. Blenner, and thanks to all our members for attending!
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Exciting to have @MarkBlenner from @UDelaware visiting our Synthetic Biology Centre here today @imperialcollege - really looking forward to his talk.
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We are excited to have @TheBioMADE announce our ongoing project to make sustainable oils more cost effective. biomade.org/cost-effective-pโ€ฆ
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Another great paper from a core member of @UDSynBio
A new paper on conditional protein degradation. Great work by Hopen Yang! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿš€Onwards and upwards, #Hengineers! UD Engineering moved up to #38 in graduate programs, our highest ranking ever! Our @UDChBE program remains #7 in the nation, and all of our other incredible grad programs moved up or stayed level.
We are proud to share that @usnews ranks UD's engineering programs among the nation's best! This achievement highlights the dedication of our faculty, staff, and students. ow.ly/9OJp50SkNH5
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Check out #synbio work from Aida Lopez-Ruiz in the @cfromen group and @AKloxinGroup
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Join us for Best of BIOT: Advances in viral vector purification and CAR T cell manufacturing on Thurs 6/27 from 12-1p ET | 9-10a PT. Weโ€™ll be featuring two member-voted talks from our 2024 New Orleans meeting. Register for FREE using the link here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regiโ€ฆ
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19 Mar 2024
Happy Tuesday! Excited to highlight Jenna Moore-Ott (nominated by @VictoriaGMuir). @j_a_ott is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware with research interests in Biophysics, Microbial Communities, and Synthetic Biology. #WICisYOU
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The Solomon Lab and @BlennerLab are in full force at the annual DOE GSP PI Meeting. Be sure to check out our posters before Thursday 4/4!
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10 Apr 2024
Congratulations again to our 2024 Van Lanen Award winner, Mark Blenner! He is receiving this award in recognition of his years of dedicated & passionate service to BIOT as Long Range Programming Chair, Tech Coordinator, Program Chair, Area Coordinator & Session Chair.
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๐ŸŽ‰ Congratulations to @kunjapur, winner of the 2024 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation for his work toward building a better platform for possible future bacterial vaccines. Learn more: scim.ag/6tW
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