📢 Applications are now open for PhD places on our Engineering Biology CDT programme beginning September 2025. The programme is run jointly between Universities of Bristol and Oxford.

Applications are open for 2 x Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in #EngBio hosted at the UK's No. 1 School of Chemistry @BristolChem Deadline: 9 December https://t.co/CHeeVT2cwj

Interested in a PhD in Engineering Biology? We are recruiting students to start in September 2025 @BristolUni and @UniofOxford to join our @BBSRC @EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Biology! 👉 Bristol https://t.co/hfyzxrraJh 👉Oxford https://t.co/S3mnsnhJpI

🎉CONGRATS to Micha Claydon (@Bleaker_) for successfully passing his PhD viva. Big thank you to Anil Wipat from @ICO2S and Heather Whitney for examining. Looking forward to sharing some of Micha's science in print soon :) Thanks to @EPSRC for supporting this work.

If you missed our webinar earlier this week, you can now watch a recording on YouTube. Synthetic and Engineering Biology: A joint opportunity for the UK and Switzerland: https://t.co/Y8CACApTk0

Many thanks to @SulianaManley @OatesLab @laurendonati @EPFL_Imaging for inviting me to present at @epfl for the #LatsisSymposium on Smart Microscopy. Great community and plenty of innovative ideas.

It's been a busy few weeks for our new students: Attended welcome weeks at Bristol & Oxford ✅ Started Foundation courses in Oxford in Biology or Maths ✅ Learnt new skills with 3D printing ✅ Next week, they're off to Bristol to continue their training

Today the @BIA_UK hosted a #Webinar in partnership with @LucideonHealth and the @BrisBioDesign on Synthetic and #EngineeringBiology: A Joint Opportunity for the📍 #UK and #Switzerland. We explored how synthetic and engineering biology is revolutionising industries, by providing

Pls share @chofski @marucci_lucia @AdrianMulholla1 @WoolfsonLab

We are seeing #EngineeringBiology applications to join @BristolChem ranked #1 in the UK for Chemistry research (@timeshighered REF 2021) Applications welcome from Lecturer to Associate Professor career stage Come and join Bristol's #SynBio community! https://t.co/2e5uVp0o6f

Webinar on Tues 22 Oct 2024, 12:00-13:00 (BST): Synthetic & Engineering Biology - A joint opportunity for UK & Switzerland Discussing the challenges for advancing synthetic & engineering biology technologies addressing climate & environmental issues https://t.co/qpFWwdoUFP

In the latest paper from the Curnow lab, we report that our artificial membrane cytochrome CytbX can be purified in polymer nanodiscs and explore the implications for protein-protein electron transfer rates. 🦠⚡ Read more here! https://t.co/Be5lnfDxzv

Join our webinar on 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 & 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: 𝐀 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 & 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. We will discuss the most pressing challenges for advancing synthetic & engineering biology technologies addressing

Congratulations to our Director, Prof Dek Woolfson, for being named a recipient of the Vincent du Vigneaud Award for 2025. This award recognises outstanding achievement in peptide research 🎉

If you would like to find out more about our new report (👇), we are organising a free webinar to discuss the findings. Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024 Time: 12:00-13:00 (UK time) Link:

Excited to share our latest designed A3B3 α-helical barrels, revealing how subtle the heptad register shift impact helix orientation. Well done to @ChubbJoel @KIAlbanese and team @WakeChemistry @Macquarie_Uni Read more here https://t.co/3yIEU44Zpp

From @Berger_labs, our work is now out on @NAR_Open. We engineered baculovirus for protein (Cas9 and BE) and DNA co-delivery in human cells. Knock-in capable. All with 1 virus! More info⬇️ https://t.co/ufmVxt8hn0 @jucap_ @AlexandraH19552 @SciRaele @BristolBiochem @MaxPlanckBris

You can read more about ADDovenom's research in this article, published by @Toxins_MDPI: https://t.co/ZMFfzEFqsM #InternationalSnakebiteAwarenessDay

Our🆕article is out! When it comes to pseudotyping less is more. "Tuning VSV-G Expression Improves Baculovirus Integrity, Stability and Mammalian Cell Transduction Efficiency".Congrats to all authors! https://t.co/B7Dv6Ovqpt @VirusesMDPI @Berger_labs @BristolUni @wbif_bristol

Researchers discover new blood group system – MAL🩸 Its identification by @Ashtoye_Bristol & @NHSBT has solved a 50-year mystery, and will help clinicians detect rare patients lacking this blood group, improving safety in transfusions. Read more: https://t.co/foDvSiZBLX