Cauã Westmann
@Cauawest
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Deeply curious about Life, the Universe and Everything. PostDoc at @UZH_en Microbes + SynBio + Evolution
Brazil
Joined December 2014
Divulgando a EVOSUR 2025 - uma Escola Sul-Americana de Biologia Evolutiva que estamos organizando no Uruguai, em novembro! As inscrições estão abertas até 15 de agosto. Agradecemos se puderem difundir a iniciativa entre redes e grupos da América do Sul!.
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The abstract submission deadline for #SMBE2025 has been extended! Once again, a little advertisement: if your research bridges synthetic biology and evolutionary theory, don't forget to check out our symposium!.
📢📢📢 #SMBE2025 Abstract Submission EXTENDED to Saturday, February 15, 2025. We also invite you to register at @SMBEmeetings
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Final countdown to submit your abstract for #SMBE2025! If your work bridges synthetic biology and evolutionary theory, we’d love to see it in our symposium. Don’t miss out—apply today!.
@H_hydrochaeris @Cauawest and I are organizing a symposium themed “Synthetic approaches to evolutionary theory: a dialog between the past and the future” at #SMBE2025. Abstract submission deadline is in 10 days!.
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RT @timothy_fuqua: I'm super excited to announce that we have published the official "Version of Record" for our wo….
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Mutagenizing sequences enriched with promoter motifs creates gene expression de novo, and helps to understand promoter logic, regulatory evolution, and the birth of de novo genes.
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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be defending my PhD next Wednesday (Oct 2nd)! If you're interested in molecular evolution and gene regulation and would like to join via Zoom, feel free to PM me for the link 😃
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RT @YSchaerli: Interested in applying for a fellowship to do a PhD @unil with my lab (bacterial synthetic biology) as a host? Send me a CV….
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I'm very happy to see our 2022 @iGEM project on engineering a probiotic bacterium to tackle gut inflammation finally published in @ACSSynBio! It was the result of an amazing collaborative effort between @UZH_en / @UZH_Science departments.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation with no cure and limited treatment options that often have systemic side effects. In this study, we developed a...
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RT @O_Borkowski: Now in @NatureComms :.Measuring the burden of hundreds of BioBricks defines an evolutionary limit on constructability in s….
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RT @ProfTomEllis: Okay this is pretty cool. Voigt lab built a soil bacteria biosensor that produces a hyper-spectral molecule and showed th….
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RT @mtoll8: 📢📢 Very excited to announce that the Evolutionary Microbiology group is moving to @IBE_Barcelona in September! We are looking f….
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Always delighted to learn new things through @padillaccc essays 😊.
I wrote an essay for @aeonmag 😍. Throughout history, many people in many societies have refused to be sedentary - and a few still do today. Why? Have a read ⬇️.
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RT @PLOSBiology: Why are we still publishing complicated descriptions of #DNA constructs when they can be fully sequenced?. @thuronyi @erik….
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Delighted to see my friend @ArangoEpifania's latest work published! It's truly inspiring to observe the dedication to advancing science alongside the commitment to community engagement. Efforts like these are at the core of a socially responsible science.
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RT @UniofOxford: From the distant past, to our lifetime and into the distant future. This chart from @OurWorldInData gives an overview of….
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RT @timothy_fuqua: New #preprint drop from the @WagnerEvolution lab: . "Mobile DNA is replete with hotspots for the de novo emergence of ge….
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DNA mutations that create new gene expression are important raw materials for Darwinian evolution. One potential source of new gene regulation is mobile DNA, which can sometimes drive the expression...
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RT @leecronin: A quick thread on our @Nature paper on Assembly Theory. 1/10 Assembly theory provides a new framewo….
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Nature - Assembly theory conceptualizes objects as entities defined by their possible formation histories, allowing a unified language for describing selection, evolution and the generation of...
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