Programme director Angie Burnett with Earlham Biofoundry Manager Carolina Grandellis

ARIA Technical Specialist Fabrizio Ticchiarelli-Marjot with Lucy Heap from the Cai Lab at Manchester Institute for Biotechnology.

Dr Grandellis demonstrates automation platforms in the Earlham Biofoundry

Last week we were delighted to welcome the @aria-research.bsky.social #Synthetic #Plants team to the Earlham Institute and @johninnescentre.bsky.social to discuss the latest on our ARIA-funded project with @uommib.bsky.social, engineering synthetic plant chromosomes (synPACs).

A great opportunity to gain experience in automation and #engbio in #plantscience with our fantastic team at the Earlham Biofoundry!

More details below, applications close 31 March!

@cgrandel.bsky.social

Making research matter: UK’s leading research organisations unite A new alliance of 35 organisations dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy and national priorities.

🆕 Earlham Institute joins with other leading UK research organisations to form new National Research Organisations (NRO) Group - @nro-group.bsky.social - advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy, and national priorities.

Rewriting the code of plant immunity-

New approaches to engineering plant immunity can more broadly protect crops against pathogens and disease, once they get through regulatory hurdles.

@resurrectbio.bsky.social

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LDBT instead of DBTL: combining machine learning and rapid cell-free testing - Nature Communications Synthetic biology is defined by Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles. Recent advances in machine learning are changing the landscape; thus, we propose that “Learning” can precede “Design”. Moreover, adoptin...

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

Recent advances in AI-enabled automation of DNA assembly in biofoundries - PubMed Biofoundries are transforming synthetic biology, with the DNA assembly workflow being critical for successful biofoundry operation. This review examines recent advances in automated DNA assembly strategies for biofoundry, focusing on three key perspectives. First, we discuss emerging platforms rangi …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41205316/

Photo of tomatoes and plants with text reading "Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 comes into force today"

Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱

@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿

Please reach out if interested!

LDBT instead of DBTL: combining machine learning and rapid cell-free testing - Nature Communications Synthetic biology is defined by Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles. Recent advances in machine learning are changing the landscape; thus, we propose that “Learning” can precede “Design”. Moreover, adoptin...

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

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Strange things happened in the Opentrons Flex deck today in the biofoundry … 🎃

We have a fully funded and exciting opportunity for a PhD project led by @conradn.bsky.social and the Biofoundry group to advance synthetic genomics @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Prof Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of UK Research and Innovation in the labs at Earlham Institute

Prof Sir Ian Chapman tours the lab facilities at Earlham Institute

Prof Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI CEO with Prof Neil Hall, Director of Earlham Institute

Senior Research Assistant Ashleigh Lister demonstrates Earlham Institute's spatial transcriptomic platforms

Yesterday we were delighted to welcome Prof Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of
@ukri.org, with BBSRC colleagues to the Earlham Institute and #NorwichResearchPark to learn about our data-driven science to accelerate solutions for health, biodiversity, and food security.

#datascience #engbio #genomics

Genome Annotation Workshop 2026 Providing scientists with a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic genome annotation approaches.

💻🧬 Keen to learn about eukaryotic genome annotation?

Registration is now open for our 2026 online #genomeannotation course, led by our core #bioinformatics team.

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Welcome Opentrons Flex to the Biofoundry! Looking forward to designing and creating protocols together! 🤖 🧬 🌱#automation #engineeringbiology @davideanne.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Group Leader: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Biology

📣 We're pleased to open applications for a new Group Leader in Artificial Intelligence (#AI) in Biology.

Join our collaborative and inter-disciplinary research environment, exploring the natural world through the lens of #genomics.

🗓️ Applications close: 24 Oct
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#machinelearning

Automation and Engineering Biology for Plant & Microbial Systems A one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and Engineering Biology pipelines.

We've just opened expressions of interest for a new one day workshop focusing on #Biofoundries, #automation, and #engineeringbiology in plant and microbial systems, covering:

🔃 applying automated workflows
🤖 robotic platforms and liquid handlers
🧫 high-throughput experimentation

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Only 5 days left to apply for our Soil metagenomics position: estimating the impact microbiomes in restored agricultural sites can have on climate change (closing 19th Sep):
jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

Hybrid AI in synthetic biology: next era in agriculture Synthetic biology holds great potential to transform agriculture, yet its progress is constrained by the complexity of multigenomic, multitrait, and multi-environment data. Desirable traits often aris...

www.cell.com/trends/plant...

#EarlhamBiofoundry Retreat, apart from modular DNA assemblies, we now also master origami modular assemblies 😎 #standarisation #engineeringbiology @earlhaminst.bsky.social @davideanne.bsky.social #teamwork @MelissaSalmon @EricaHawkins #Biofoundries #Automation

@davideanne.bsky.social showing off our new protocol with the Opentrons 👏🏼🤖 @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Developing the next generation of technical specialists with T-Levels The Earlham Institute T-Level industry placement programme inspires the next generation of young people pursuing careers in science.

Two of our students - Rosie and Archie - shared their experience working with our Technical Genomics and Earlham Biofoundry Groups, developing their skills and gaining practical training in #genomics and #laboratory #automation. 🧬

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@drkarimgharbi.bsky.social @cgrandel.bsky.social

Group Leader - Engineering Biology

🧬 Are you looking to establish and lead an internationally recognised programme of innovative research in #engineeringbiology? ⚙️

Join our Research Faculty as a new Group Leader:
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#EngBio #Biotech #SynBio

Shaping the future of synthetic genomics | News | Wellcome Synthetic genomics has the potential to revolutionise industries from healthcare to agriculture. As this research field develops, we must ensure there is meaningful dialogue around its ethics and regu...

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Dear #Proteomics community, my team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking to automate digestions and enrichment workflows using'off the shelf' solutions (consumables and robotics) compatible with Proteomics workflows. Have you already implemented #automation, please reply

John Innes Foundation Internship in Plant Science

If you want to gain skills and experience in #plantsciences and #bioengineering take a look at our 12-month #Internship in the Earlham #Biofoundry:

We are looking for an intern to join the Biofoundry team!

Scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value A new project - funded by a £8.5M grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - will leverage advances in engineering biology to establish synthetic plant chromosome (...

🆕 Scientists at the Earlham Institute, @uommib.bsky.social, and @johninnescentre.bsky.social are partnering to develop #synthetic plant chromosome technologies, to rapidly design and deliver beneficial traits to crops, as part of a new £8.5m @aria-research.bsky.social project.

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This PhD position is a collaboration between Gwen le Gall UEA MED and Carolina Grandellis @earlhaminst.bsky.social bioFoundry. If you are interested in microbiology, animal development and high-throughput methods please apply. Email for questions.

Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are advertising for a PhD position to study bacterial metabolites in C. elegans, funded by the MRC Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics training programme @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social. Open to UK and international students. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...