Carolina Grandellis
@cgrandellis
Head of the Earlham Institute Biofoundry. Interested in plant immunity, engineering biology, biotech and agriculture 🍃🧬 Mum of 2 amazing girls and Scientist
More than 1,000 scientists took to the streets yesterday in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina wearing gas masks to protest the collapse of science in the country, which they say was initiated by their government. go.nature.com/43SZ4Vi
Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) @KamounLab to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome. Please include a cover letter. Applicant from US…
GREAT NEWS FOR GENETIC INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE! History was made in the House of Lords last night as the legislation needed to implement the Precision Breeding Act for plants in England completed its final Parliamentary hurdle. The new system will start from November 2025.
1/ 🚨 Today we’re launching something big: Megabase Spark — RootPath’s new initiative to support bold, underfunded research with free synthetic DNA. We’re giving away 3 million base pairs through 2026. Details 👇 #MegabaseSpark
This Friday’s seminar @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre is Alberto Kornblihtt, Universidad de Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 “Coupling of transcription and alternative splicing in human cells and plants” Hosted by our very own @mpcontreras4
Such an honour to listen to Alberto Kornblihtt speak at JIC. This brilliant 🇦🇷 scientist makes me incredibly proud. Heartbreaking to see how science is being neglected in Argentina, its researchers deserve so much better. #Argentina #ScienceMatters
The @NorwichResearch argentinian community welcoming Alberto Kornblihtt 🇦🇷, he was our teacher (many years ago in my case), great seminar and I hope a better situation for science in Argentina
𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Semiautomated workflow for high-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation 📖doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70… by Annese et al @jimhaseloff @Cambridge_Uni Useful for - stable Marchantia transgenic lines - transient expression in Nicotiana
A breakthrough in plant gene delivery!🌱 Our new study shows that R. rhizogenes strain A4 outperforms traditional agro strains in transient gene expression, especially in solanaceous crops like tomato and pepper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… 📄Published in Plant Biotechnology Journal
🌱 Big news from the lab! Meet syn-tasiR-VIGS: our new method using friendly viruses to deliver small RNA superheroes 🦸♂️🧬 for precise RNAi in plants–no transgenes needed! 🌿✨ Out now @NAR_Open 👉 doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk… Proud of our talented team @IBMCP @CSIC 💪🔬🚀
Let's make a bunch of cell-free #synbio biosensors, with a robot! New paper out lead by Dylan Brown and Dan Phillips in @ACSSynBio with @MichaelCJewett and a whole cast! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
We are advertising for a PhD position to study bacterial metabolites in C. elegans, funded by @The_MRC Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics training programme @biouea @uniofeastanglia. Open to UK and international students. findaphd.com/phds/project/u…
PhD opportunity at @uniofeastanglia @alperakay_ @NorwichResearch Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
This PhD position is a collaboration between Gwen le Gall UEA MED and Carolina Grandellis @EarlhamInst bioFoundry. If you are interested in microbiology, animal development and high-throughput methods please apply. Email for questions.
#TansleyInsight Unlocking the potential of genome editing in agriculture with tissue culture-free techniques Hu and Liu 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…
Do you want to know more about how transposons control plant gene expression? here is our new review, with a twist 😉, may the force be with you! "The genome awakens: transposon-mediated gene regulation" Trends in Plant Science cell.com/trends/plant-s…
Argentinian science 🇦🇷 👏🏼
👉New publication on @NaturePlants 🌱 @JavierPalatnik and his team reveal how miR396 and GRFs control stem cell reconstitution after root tip excision, promoting competence and regulating regeneration speed. #PlantRegeneration #NaturePlants 👉Read more: nature.com/articles/s4147…
The outgoing Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, Baroness Brown, has written on behalf of the Committee to the Home Secretary, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, concerning the UK’s immigration and visa policies for STEM talent. Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications/4… THREAD 1/
📢In our new paper @NAR_Open we take a fresh look at #ai and #machinelearning models of protein expression in #synbio Take home: In the age of ultra-large biological model and data, mechanisms still matter and can improve predictivity. academic.oup.com/nar/article/53… @987Yuxinshen
Following yesterday's report from @LordsSTCom, this in-depth article from @BBCPallab showcases the vast potential, and industrial applications, of #engineeringbiology, and the critical challenges facing the sector. @cgrandellis bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #synbio #biotech
Pleased to see our engineering biology report covered by @BBCPallab. If we get this right, this technology can provide great opportunities for the UK economy and public services, but that needs investment and action. Report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldse… bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…