There's an update of #EZreverse, it is much quicker and supports drag-and-drop
joachimgoedhart.github.io/EZreverse.html

Just a reminder that in computational biology and bioinformatics, we should NOT just translate the longest ORF in genomes but the most likely to be translated.

Our paper here details some of the pitfalls of you don’t. Be aware. Be warned.

doi.org/10.3390/gene...

Perfect name for something you use for your science and not give any credit

WAT
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I'm very excited to announce that the Jo Lab is hiring our FIRST EVER PhD candidate! f you're eager to drive discovery in plants, join us at UU Plants!

More info:
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Lab website:
thejolab.org

#Plantbiology #Phd #Job

#JobAlert

We’re looking for a #ScienceCommunication Officer (parental leave coverage) with creativity, a strong feel for language and media, and curiosity for emerging topics.

🗓️ Apply by 24 April 2026
👉 More info: kurzlinks.de/6qoo

Fixed-term until 27 November 2026.

#UniversityOfFreiburg

A picture of the contamination club calendar showing a picture of a fungus on an agar plate

It's @gerrich.bsky.social 's month, let's goooo

I will personally award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the first person who engineers a peptide that can do the worm

I'm heartbroken to report a devastating loss of a great friend and young scientist.

telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/a...

Professor Philippa Borrill

We are devastated to announce that our colleague and friend Professor Philippa Borrill died over the Easter weekend following a rare immune system disorder (HLH). She was a fantastic scientist, collaborator and mentor, and a close friend to many: www.jic.ac.uk/news/profess...

Synthetic hypoxia sensing in Arabidopsis from @syno2xis.bsky.social & @vinayshukla.bsky.social

Prolyl hydroxylase-dependent proteolysis enables the orthogonal hypoxia responses in plants

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧬Want to synthesise kilobase-scale DNA? We got you covered!🥳 In latest from the lab we explore the "doodling" capabilities of DNA polymerases and ways to guide the sequences produced. Loads of data + beautiful AFM of the molecules themselves. #synbio ... doi.org/10.1038/s414...

16 years ago I blew off my thesis research for one day to make a YouTube video about plasmids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNeC...

Today I'm in the plasmid sequencing tutorials for Plasmidsaurus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNeC...

The trick to having a fun career in science is say yes to random fun things

Ad banner: germinating plant, Utrecht University, VACANCY: Postdoc position in Experimental & Computational Plant Biology

I am excited to announce that we have two open positions on our recently funded MYBstery M-WEAVE (NWO-DFG) project!

1) Postdoc in my team at Utrecht University (NL). www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

2) PhD in the team of @lauraragni.bsky.social at University of Freiburg (DE). (See thread)

plot that shows dots and a boxplot for 2 of 4 conditions

FridayNight coding; a #ggplot2 extension that drops the boxplot when n is too low

"genAI can be used to create podcasts from a paper to teach st-"

Let me stop you right there. Before you feed somebody's paper to a slop machine, invite that somebody to talk to your students about their paper. We're right here. We academics won't shut up about our work, man. 🧪

I spent the last week vibe coding immunotherapies for dogs YouTube video by American Wetware

@synbio1.bsky.social is cooking again youtu.be/nHJKpC2GUsw?...

My in-terminal plasmid editor is ***actually*** coming together! Next big feature is a proper synbio module editor. Check back often; actively developing this!

github.com/Binomica-Lab...

That’s All, for Now We're pausing Asimov Press.

Thank you, @asimovpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cell/p/p...

🧬 Please repost 🧬

I was asked to organise a panel discussion for a SynBio Student Meetup in Hamburg in the middle of May and I'm still looking for panellist! If you know any researchers at the PhD/Postdoc who have expertise in metabolic/genome/multicellular organism engineering, please reach out!

New method paper from Alberto Caregnato and former PhD student @hohmannulrich.bsky.social. A tailored crystallisation screen for plant receptor kinase ectodomains, with examples from our lab and from @cellsensing.bsky.social. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

That looks sick!

Scientific conferences can be a bore. Can jokes liven them up? Science speaks with ecologist Stefano Mammola about the power of humor to enhance science communication

Scientific conferences can be a bore. Can jokes liven them up?

Science Careers speaks with ecologist @stefanomammola.bsky.social about the power of humor to enhance science communication. https://scim.ag/4uCVf1N

Spectral multiplexing is typically limited to 4-5 channels. Our new preprint introduces a framework that utilizes DNA barcoding and signal tuning to enable robust spectral unmixing and ground-truth benchmarking to achieve 15-plex subcellular profiling without cycling
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The peg

Thank you

Single-molecule peptide sequencing through reverse translation of peptides into DNA - Nature Biotechnology Peptides are sequenced by converting each amino acid into amplifiable DNA barcodes.

Would I have called it reverse translation? No. Do I think it is? Also no. Is it cool? Heck yes.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cool new preprint on cell wall charge and iron by @elkebarbez.bsky.social . Congrats to all involved.

🌱🫚🚇🫂🥊

🦖 The Plasmidsaurus Merch Store is officially OPEN!

To celebrate, we’re launching Merch Madness, a 3-week tournament of challenges to win mystery merch.

Round 1:
In 5 words or emojis only, tell us:
What are you currently sequencing? 🧬👇

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