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Woolston Lab @WoolstonLabNEU
Joined January 2021
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Mo Khalil@MoKhalilLab
21 Jul 2025
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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Super proud of William for winning a poster award at #ME16! #proudpi @ChEnected.@NU_ChemE
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Michael C. Jewett@MichaelCJewett
27 May 2025
Join us this year at #SEED to discuss recent innovations in synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. The technical program is online. synbioconference.org/2025?_z…

2025 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED)

SEED is the leading technical event for synthetic biology — covering the field from its foundations to its commercial applications. Gain insight into next-generation development strategies from...

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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

Development of a Transcriptional Biosensor for Hydrogen Sulfide That Functions under Aerobic and...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gaseous gut metabolite with disputed effects on gastrointestinal health. Monitoring H2S concentration in the gut would provide insight into its role in disease but is...

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NIH
@NIH
29 Apr 2025
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

NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies

New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research.

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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!

Exploring C1 substrate cofeeding in Eubacterium limosum with AneVO, a low-cost anaerobic parallel...

Acetogenic bacteria have emerged as attractive biocatalysts for renewable biochemical production, using the highly efficient Wood-Ljungdahl pathway to convert a range of sustainable single-carbon...

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Mark Blenner 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🧬@MarkBlenner
8 Feb 2025
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)
NIH
@NIH
7 Feb 2025
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.
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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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Simon Duerr@simonduerr
28 Oct 2024
This is great! @NIAIDNews have launched a collection of public domain illustrations (currently 550 individual icons) bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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Katie Galloway
@GallowayLabMIT
27 Oct 2024
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 🙏
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Congrats Joey! @CotruvoLab
Squire J. Booker@BookerMan_PSU
9 Oct 2024
Congratulations @CotruvoLab !! well deserved!!
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Josh Atkinson@meeeeechigan
26 Sep 2024
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

SynBYSS

The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young...

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Lisa R Volpatti@LisaRVolpatti
18 Sep 2024
Everyone attending #AIChE annual is encouraged to apply! #WICisYOU
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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

$1.27M NSF Award for Engineering Clostridia for Sustainability and Human Health - Department of...

ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston, in collaboration with Tulane University and Tufts University, was awarded a $1.27 million NSF grant for "New Approaches to Rapidly Domesticate Non-model...

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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!

Development of a Recombineering System for the Acetogen Eubacterium limosum with Cas9 Countersele...

Eubacterium limosum is a Clostridial acetogen that efficiently utilizes a wide range of single-carbon substrates and contributes to metabolism of health-associated compounds in the human gut microb...

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Today is a good day! Thanks @NSF for supporting our work. Looking forward to continuing our collaboration @MoKhalilLab !
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Great advice!
Katie Galloway
@GallowayLabMIT
13 Jun 2024
These tips are so helpful! The value of drawing out the talk BEFORE starting slides cannot be over emphasized
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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?
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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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Tae Seok Moon@Moon_Synth_Bio
9 Jun 2024
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

Biocontrol Seminars

Online seminar series on cutting-edge development in the control of biological systems

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