Thomas Gorochowski
@chofski
Synthetic biologist, programmer of cells, and lover of all things visual. Wakes up in the morning to learn some of natures secrets and do a spot of fly fishing.
We just launched Issue 07 of @AsimovPress! Our opening article aims to separate myths from facts about the origins of aspirin. (Hint: The drug is not as ancient as you probably think.)
Uncertain Origins of Aspirin 💊 It's hard to know where this incredible pain reliever actually came from. Willow bark tea? Hippocrates? Or John Reverend Stone? The trail is littered with bad record keeping and obscure translations. Our latest explains what we know for sure.🔻
Today, we @CultivariumFRO are launching PRISM, an AI assistant for what actually happens in the lab. Learn more here: blog.cultivarium.org/p/prism-captur…
Willpower is overrated. The real key to behavior change? Situation modification. 📵 Put your phone in another room 🌳 Step outside when you're bored 🛏️ Charge it outside your bedroom 🍽️ Keep it off the dinner table Change your environment—not just your intentions. This is…
We searched for Bigfoot using CRISPR. DNA storage meets CRISPR search: AI maps the data, Cas9 slices it, nanopores read it. Multiplexed molecular search with semantic retrieval across a database of DNA-encoded images. Off-targets = a feature, not a bug. tinyurl.com/mr34c7fh
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/…
Sounds like an awesome project, in a wonderful group, in an even more amazing place!
Happy to announce 2 positions (1 PhD, 1 Postdoc) at @i2sysbio Valencia, funded by @ERC_Research Consolidator Project CellWise. Our goal is to advance the predictability in synthetic biology for the engineering of cellular cognition More info cellwise.eu, please RT!
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Thrilled to finally share what we've been working on for months at @huggingface 🤝@pollenrobotics Our first robot: Reachy Mini A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community. Tiny price, small size, huge…
Although I've now taken a back seat, it is great to see the growing adoption of SBOL Visual in the synthetic and engineering biology literature and even more awesome to see so many current and visiting students to my lab on the author list😍 Roll on 2035! arxiv.org/abs/2507.04601
Please RT and share! We have up to two PhD positions available in my group for entry in fall 2026, applications expected in fall 2025. DM me if interested!
Only a few days left to apply to become a group leader in our Generative Biology programme at @sangerinstitute sanger.ac.uk
What to agument your favourite protein with new functionalities? We've got a #biodesign workflow to help with that! In work led by Georgie Hau Sørensen we present SIMPLIFE that blends biophyscial and #ML models to extend biology in useful ways. #synbio doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…
What to learn a bit about some of the topics explored at the Japan-UK Synthetic Biology Conference earlier this year? Then, check out our meeting report now out in @ACSSynBio. Big thanks to all the authors and @caiyizhi and Masato Kanemaki for organising! doi.org/10.1021/acssyn…
Announcing the Molecular Programming Decadal Flightplan! July 21–23 2025 | Seattle, WA We’re organizing a field-wide, community-driven conference to chart a 10-year strategic vision for molecular programming and we need you to help us lead it. Apply Now: mpflightplan.com/apply-now
🔬 Fascinated by complex systems? Our PhD tackles: Epidemic modeling 🦠 Natural Hazards 🌍 Complex networks ⚡ Multi-agent systems 🤖 Real problems. Real funding. Naples | 4 years | €19k+ Deadline: Aug 27 ⏰ Apply: bit.ly/3Tiumic #ComplexSystems #PhD #NetworkScience
If anyone is in Boston for BIO international I invite you to a fireside chat on the future of biotech innovation except we're at a bar instead of a fireside and instead of innovation we're just kind of chilling dm if interested
Great to see this report out from the UK Government Office for Science on 'Mirror Life'. Was nice to contribute to the discussions and thoughts on this topic with other UK colleagues. #synbio gov.uk/government/pub…
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Today in @Nature we report a systematic strategy to activate & identify gene sets in plants. We identify 8 new genes from the yew tree's Taxol biosynthetic pathway, enabling us to engineer tobacco with 17- & 20-gene pathways to Taxol precursors baccatin III and dBz-deoxy-Taxol. a…