Kate Tepper
@Dr__Tepper
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Joined November 2020
Reduce, reuse, reflycle! Black soldier flies that are already used industrially to process organic wastes could be engineered to biomanufacture a large variety of high value biomolecules and clean up pollution 🗑️💪🪰.
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Mercury bioremediation has legs! We engineered animals with microbial enzymes to remove methylmercury in their biomass as atmospheric mercury ⚛️💪🪰🐟🎉.
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RT @SynBioNaut: Very excited to share our preprint demonstrating that animals can be engineered to bioremediate methylmercury! Amazing work….
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Worms are pretty in rn with supermodel Heidi Klum as a worm: .Bill Gates visiting the longest known tape worm: And this neat paper about transgenic worms!
biorxiv.org
High-throughput transgenesis using synthetic DNA libraries is a powerful method for systematically exploring genetic function. Diverse synthesized libraries have been used for protein engineering,...
I’m at my happiest when I’m learning – no matter how gross the subject matter. Today, I experienced the Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo, and saw what is believed to be the world’s longest tapeworm. 10/10 would visit again.
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Imagine seeing a life size tape worm at your Halloween party 🪱 it's dark and you accidentally step on its tail, it shrieks and awkwardly squirms over. Without saying a word, it leans in close to your face, starts breathing heavily, and for the longest time stares into your mouth
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RT @ACSSynBio: For #EarthDay, get inspired by 3 #synbio papers that take on environmental challenges:. 3. @SynBioNaut and colleagues @Macqu….
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RT @kmcannon: I keep hearing respected people go on podcasts or give interviews where they say we can't go to Mars because of perchlorates.….
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RT @pensapiens: "Usually the butt of jokes and objects of revulsion, it’s time we started listening to the message of the Australian white….
australiangeographic.com.au
Usually the butt of jokes and objects of revulsion, it’s time we started listening to the message of the Australian white ibis.
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The Black Soldier Fly that I drew for my #CoESB conference poster. They have hypnotic eyes AND they can rapidly process large quantities of a wide variety of organic wastes 🪰♥️
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RT @ARC_CoESB: Our poster session is filled with buzz! With 42 posters being presented, the room is filled with research and #synbio chatte….
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RT @SynBioNaut: Very excited to share our work exploring the potential of using engineered animals for biomanufacturing, bioremediation, an….
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My poster for #WasteManagement21 wasn't uploaded 😢maturation of insect synthetic biology could help divert organic waste from landfill, and be a part of the technological innovations that help solve our climate crisis 🗑️💪🪰
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Remember to stay safe and wash your hands 😱😱 (credit to my mum who knitted this for me!)
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Got to visit CSIRO Lucas Heights a couple of weeks ago for a collaboration we're doing!!
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It's a "phased array feed" (PAF) because it has a whole array of radio antenna feeds, where each feed's signal is stitched together using some fancy signal processing to make a wide field of view of space! See also:
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. This helps improve sensitivity to faint radio waves coming in from space at around 1-100 Janskys (where your phone would typically emit >100 million Janskys).
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