Mine and George Hutchins paper, where we designed and engineered a modular set of de novo heme redox proteins is out now in PNASNews! Big thanks to all our collaborators, who helped us characterise them with a whole host of cool (❄️) structural methods! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Want to come work with me on environmentally focused #synbio . Here’s your chance. DM me if interested.

Our coverage of #WorldEnvironmentDay continues with the amazing work of our BCAI foundation, who are identifying the most urgent challenges for plant science!

Check out the paper (co-authored by Helen Harper/Dr. Emily May Armstrong/Claire G/emily larson) here:

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Big congrats to Veronica Greco for passing her PhD viva yesterday! She’s been a rock in my lab since I moved to Bristol, did lots of cool things with recombinases and I can’t wait to see where she heads next! Big thanks to Francesca Ceroni for examining and Claire G for co-supervising.

Applications for PhD studentships starting in September 2023 are now open!

Funded by NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership Natural Environment Research Council, there are six places up for grabs!

Smash the link below for further info:

nercgw4plus.ac.uk/apply

The Trust's 2022 Annual Review is now available online. In addition to a complete list of grants awarded, we highlight the breadth and significance of the research supported, with brief accounts of over thirty projects funded during the year.

leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review

Thanks ioana.gherman for leading this review PLOS Comp Biol on the use of machine learning and surrogate modelling in systems and synthetic biology! Thomas Gorochowski Wei Pang Zahraa Abdallah Claire G Bristol BioDesign Institute

Big congrats to ioana.gherman on her new review PLOS Comp Biol covering the complementary uses of mechanistic ⚙️ & #ML surrogate computer models for understanding and engineering biology 🦠. #synbio Lucia Marucci Claire G Bristol BioDesign Institute doi.org/10.1371/journa…

First women scientists elected FRS. Those who missed out are particularly interesting.
royalsociety.org/blog/2023/03/p…

As the IPCC release a synthesis of their Sixth Assessment Report, take a look at 'Climate Change in the Critical Decade', our summary of the #AR6 report and its implications for the UK:
royalsociety.org/topics-policy/…

One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective - Armstrong - 2023 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library

So proud that this was part funded by ⁦Bristol Centre for Agricultural Innovation⁩ ⁦University of Bristol Biological Sciences⁩ nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

#IPCC Synthesis Report is now available via the report microsite at
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

#ClimateChange #AR6

“This Synthesis Report underscores the urgency of taking more ambitious action & shows that, if we act now, we can still secure a liveable sustainable future for all.” - #IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee on the release of #IPCC ’s Synthesis Report.

Read here 👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23

#IPCC #ClimateChange 2023: Synthesis Report 'is a survival guide for humanity,' says @‌UN SG @‌antonioguterres in the IPCC press conference today.

Follow live 👉 bit.ly/SYRPRcfe

PRESS RELEASE

There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & adapt to human-caused #climatechange available now, said scientists in the latest #IPCC #ClimateReport released today.

➡️ bit.ly/SYRPR23

Tweeps, I am thrilled to introduce you @BlackinPlantScience a space to connect, celebrate and cultivate UK black plant scientists. I am proud to collaborate with Nicola Patron, Spoel Lab, Jade Bleau | #BlackBotanistsWeek 🌱, Ayomide Olukorede, Afro-Gene, Mikhaela Neequaye website blackinplantscience.org .