Jenn Brophy

jennbrophy.bsky.social

22 October 2026 13:04

Huge congratulations to @vivzhong.bsky.social, @michaelajonesphd.bsky.social and team on the publication of their work in Nature Biotechnology today! They engineered plants to produce a non-canonical amino acid that regulates gene expression in engineered microbes! 🌱 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

PLOS Biology

plosbiology.org

22 October 2026 13:03

Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression has revolutionized plant research, but is largely confined to solanaceous species. This study shows that an engineered strain allows efficient transient expression across diverse dicot crop species. 🧪 #AcademicSky #plants plos.io/3W0hqlP

Elise Cutts

elisecutts.bsky.social

20 October 2026 18:44

Whatever you cover, AI is going to show up in your beat. I I worked very hard on this and genuinely hope it will be a helpful resource for journalists. One person not credited below: @anilananth.bsky.social, my mentor for TON's Early-Career Fellowship. His AI expertise greatly elevated this story.

synbio4allafrica.bsky.social

08 October 2026 15:04

Webinar recording now available YouTube: youtu.be/xgrt8m19IjA Website: synbioforall.org How can we make whole plasmid sequencing accessible for resource limited labs? Dr. James Lloyd, University of Western Australia @jamespblloyd.bsky.social

Dan Cohen

dancohen.org

07 October 2026 05:37

On the 20th anniversary of Zotero's 1.0 release on October 5, 2006, I wrote a history of the collaboration and years it took to create the popular research tool now used by over 20 million people: newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...