Patrick Cai
@caiyizhi
Chair of Synthetic Genomics @officialUoM; intl Coordinator @synGenome; Assoc. Editor @ACSSynbio; Visiting Prof MIT; @EPSRC Fellow & @MRC LMB Fellow; ERC Awardee
Plz RT: my lab has a range of exciting openings available now to work on different aspects of synthetic genomics. cailab.org/open-positions/
“If you could imagine that the DNA of a plant was a book… the technology we're developing in our Synthetic Plants programme is like writing a whole new chapter." Hear more from Programme Director @Angie_C_Burnett on @NakedScientists ↓ link.aria.org.uk/angie-nakedsci…
While I am having my annual visit to Hong Kong University as part of my research visiting professorship, I am delighted to be invited to our Manchester Hong Kong centre where we discussed philanthropy opportunities.
My 3 year old is packing very light for her upcoming 42 days trip to Hong Kong. Nail polish + Baby Yoga = 😂😂😂
We're hiring @kemijski ! We aim to translate technologies of synthetic biology toward therapeutic applications, using both protein and RNA-based strategies. PhDs or MSc excited about #syntheticbiology #biotech #proteindesign #RNAdesign are invited to inquire and apply. Pls RT🔁
🚨 Registration is now open for #ESSL2025! 📍17–18 Sept | Manchester, UK A global conference on synthetic & systems life, with talks on engineering biology, ethics, and emerging technologies. 🔗 essl2025.org Please act fast as we only have 70 tickets!
🔬 Save the Date: Engineering & Safeguarding Synthetic Life 📍 Manchester, UK | 🗓 17–18 September 2025 We are excited to announce a two-day international conference that brings together world-leading experts to explore the technical and societal dimensions of synthetic life.
Online now @ Cell is the yeast multicellular engineering paper from @DrFankangMeng - the fruits of his productive PhD. He developed modular synthetic biology tools to bring multicellular behaviours to yeast - adhesion, juxtacrine signalling and more. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
I’m excited to see our review on bacterial small regulatory RNAs as tools for synthetic biology finally online. Great work together with @jensRNA and @BorkBerghoff it was fun to jointly work on that project. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… - thanks to @MPDL for open access funding
Please RT🔁 I will be hosting this Synthetic Biology Workshop at @WPI_PRIMe in Osaka on July 15. Great lineup of speakers: @_mattrich, @Lab_Nagai, @CarldeBoerPhD, @nikashakiba, @kenjikamimoto68, @tToshimichiY. The event will be followed by a networking session🥸
.@ukhomeoffice is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to lead on science advice for the department. Find out more about this exciting opportunity and apply here before midday on 28 July: gov.uk/government/new…
We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…
Our Director, Matt Hurles, was on BBC Breakfast this morning sharing his thoughts on a new @wellcometrust funded project that aims to develop the tools, technology and methods needed to synthesise human genomes. 🎥 Starts at 1 hour and 29 minutes bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Such a great honor to be awarded a 20-year pioneering ambassador award today for introducing iGEM and founding synthetic biology in China, along side with my good friend John Cumbers
