DNA synthesis screening just got practical🧬 Introducing the IBBIS Technical Consortium: global experts and organisations uniting to turn DNA screening standards into actionable tools, reducing security gaps across synthetic biology. Learn more: https://t.co/bEffZDXrpn

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @Nature this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world https://t.co/0YrKabc7ff https://t.co/SM11QSJhWz

For the past three months, @AmmannNora and I have been working with experts across @ARIA_research and other leading organisations to start sketching out an R&D agenda for civilisational resilience in the age of AI. Today we’re launching our first tentative findings at

PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here: https://t.co/jGiBVlaTFe

We're interested in filtering signal from noise to understand just how profoundly, & how soon, AI scientists can change the game of breakthrough R&D. Show us what you can do, & shape our thinking on ARIA's future role as a funder/customer for these emerging capabilities...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 It started from my frustration with the depressing effect that the current publishing system has

Maybe some of the big problems with vibe coding are process problems, not AI problems...

We are launching a new programme, Precision Mitochondria programme. Backed by £55m, it aims to create a foundational toolkit for engineering the mitochondrial genome in vivo.

On Friday, we're launching a major new funding call: backed by £55m, Precision Mitochondria (led by @virushunter) aims to make the mitochondrial genome programmable in vivo. We’ll be looking for teams across a range of fields – from synthetic biology and virology to

What’s an ARIA opportunity space – and how do we back bold ideas that could spark breakthroughs? Join us on 30 Oct for @techUK’s webinar to hear how we define the areas we’re exploring and support ambitious teams shaping the future. https://t.co/SaeNJl4UDa

Biothreat hunters catch dangerous DNA before it gets made. One of my features in the next issue of @Nature, on a new paper in @ScienceMagazine. Link below.

AI-designed proteins pose new risks, but DNA synthesis screening can adapt. IBBIS and @MSFTResearch (@erichorvitz) show how red-teaming can safely strengthen biosecurity, introducing tiered-access for sensitive data—the first of its kind. Read more: https://t.co/oeHmAl9s4N

Breakthroughs don't happen in isolation. They emerge when ambitious scientists gather to test bold ideas and challenge conventional thinking. Today we're launching ARIA Innovator Circles – to support these essential spaces where researchers can raise each other's ambition. (1/3)

We’ll look to hire a small team of academics that are (i) world-class in their field; (ii) completely AI-pilled; and (iii) great science communicators. Paired with a small team of researchers, we want to prove that AI models are ready to accelerate fundamental science—and

We’re looking to fund ~10 short discovery projects to dive into potential research directions for a programme within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space, led by PD Yannick Wurm. Find out more + apply by 18 September:

Death to PDFs. Would love to see something like a knowledge graph where each paper has figures that are connected to analysis scripts and raw data, as well as the claims being made and how they tie in to other figures in the paper, references, etc. Each node (whether it be claim,

Nesta are recruiting for a "three-to-four month paid residency (part-time, starting in September 2025) to help us explore how AI agents can be harnessed for public good." - looks awesome! Apply by July 20 https://t.co/xTWP2PBRCp

Excited to announce my opportunity space at @ARIA_research - Sculpting Innate Immunity! Take a look to see why I think fine-tuning the innate branch of the immune system can be transformative for health – and why we now have the tools to do so.

🍄The Last of Us - NIHR HPRU PhD opportunity🍄 Very exciting project on developing a genomic epidemiology toolkit for fungal outbreaks with @McdonaldMeganc Jo Rhodes @Scalene and the Mycological Reference Lab Bristol

Loved this conversation between @tkalil2050, @agamick, and @matthewclifford on raising the ambition and agency of scientists, the power of agenda setting and roadmapping to align researchers and funders and the amazing ⁦@ARIA_research summit⁩!