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Alex Fedorec

@ajfedorec.bsky.social
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synthetic/engineering biology, computational biology group leader @UCL. Microbial communities, control, self-organisation, patterning, and bio-computation. You might know me as Sandy. #newPI he/him

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Lorraine Reese @lorraine-reese.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Early booking and abstract deadline for Synthetic Biology UK 2026 is TOMORROW! Sessions will cover protein and enzyme design, genome-scale rewriting, next-generation nucleic acid technologies and the engineering of genetic circuits and cellular control systems #synbio 🧪 bit.ly/Synthetic_Biology_2026
Biochemical Society Scientific Meeting: Synthetic Biology UK. Hampshire, UK, 2-3 November 2026. Abstract submissions now open. Earlybird deadline 2 September 2026. Includes image of delegates during a poster session at a previous Synthetic Biology meeting, and Biochemical Society and event logos
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I very much love how much of my feed here is recalling the joy of Tim Curry. Good people
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Will Shoemaker @shoestrapped.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Can anyone point to syllabi for Master’s/PhD courses on AI (in the broadest possible sense) in biology? I’ll be teaching the subject in the future.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/08/2026
Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together.
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Jose Jimenez @jjimenez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Absolutely over the moon to see our work of whole-cell PET plastic bioremediation with engineered bacteria published in its final form!!! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... This is a World-Cup-worth 🏆 effort of an amazing team led by Alice Banks, Umar Abdulmutalib and Brooke Wain.
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Engineering environmental bacteria for whole-cell PET hydrolysis and assimilation
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics in food and textile applications, yet post-consumer PET waste persists and …
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UCL Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology @ucl-cdb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚀 Exciting opportunity for early career researchers in Cell & Developmental Biology! 🧪 Open to early career researchers 📈 Focused on supporting independent research careers 📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026 (5pm) 🔗 Learn more and apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
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Research Career Development Fellowships
We run regular calls inviting expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent research group in CDB.
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Gozde Demirer @prof-gozde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher in plant genome engineering with expertise in synthetic biology, gene editing, and omics, with an interest in developing next-generation technologies for plants.🪴🧬 Available immediately. If interested, send your CV! Feel free to share with your networks.
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm hiring for a Research Assistant (pre-PhD) to push forward lab automation and robotics in our group. tinyurl.com/bdh7yjs3
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Join us May 14, 6pm at Imperial! 🧫 Design, cloning, & competitive growth screening of CRISPRi and protein variant libraries to study yeast killer toxins Thijs de Vroet (Billerbeck Lab) 🌱 Evolving biological nitrogen fixation with microbial co-cultures Amir Guppy (Isalan Lab) shorturl.at/aGL5M
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London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 14th of May
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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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Assistant Professor x6 (111522-0426) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor x6 (111522-0426). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Join us Apr. 16 UCL! Removing Host-Induced Bias in Directed Evolution with Cell-Free Ultra-High Throughput Screening Platform Lise Boursinhac (Cambridge) Deciphering Human Gene Biochemistry at Scale Using Synthetic, Homology-Free DNA Josh Mayne (UCL, Imperial) events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
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London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 16th of April
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Our special issue "Biology computes: Information processing across biological scales" Editorial - authors.elsevier.com/a/1moUK3si8Q... Contributions from @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Chris Barnes, Matthias Függer, Thomas Nowak, @angelgm.eurosky.social - www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology | Biology computes: information processing across biological scales | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Over half a century ago, in a time of rapid advances in digital computing, Jacob and Monod’s seminal work on the lac operon was destined to be framed as biological computation. But the history of cell...
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Cauã Westmann @cauawest.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I’m excited to announce the launch of my lab at EPFL in Jan 2026 🎉. We’ll combine evolution & synthetic biology to study and (re)engineer bacterial communication. I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026. Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1 drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Tom Fayle (www.tomfayle.com/index.htm) and I have a funded PhD project available on the NERC TREES programme to use synthetic microbial communities and agent-based modelling to explore anthropogenic impacts in ecosystems www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
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Exploring the impacts of anthropogenic change on networks using microbial microcosms | TREES DLA
Humans are rapidly altering natural ecosystems, often resulting in fragmentation of remaining habitats. While consequent reductions in species richness and changes in composition are now well document...
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Rob Smith @rdjs.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach global.oup.com/ukhe/product... #synbio #engbio #sts #governance
Book cover at the link below
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
1 week left to apply for a postdoctoral position in my group to lead the experimental component of a 5 year BBSRC project on synthetic microbial communities www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Oct. 23, 6pm at UCL 🥳! Excited for: 🧬 Dirk Benzinger (Briscoe Lab) Dissecting and engineering cellular signal processing with synthetic biology and optogenetics 🌍 Brooke Wain (Jimenez Lab) Biocatalytic recycling of plastic: industrial viability and limitations events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
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London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 23rd of September
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 10/10/2025
Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Two postdoc positions with @ajfedorec.bsky.social: one computational and one wetlab, for a 5 year grant on synthetic microbial communities Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #PostDoc
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The advert for the second (wetlab) postdoc is now live www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🥳Excited to share our latest collaborative work using whole-cell models and #AI to design genomes!🦠🧬 What a time to be alive! Project led by Ioana Gherman, with Kieren Sharma, Joshua Rees-Garbutt, Claire Grierson, Lucia Marucci, Wei Pang & Zahraa Abdallah #synbio authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🎉 London SynBio Network is back! Join us on 25th of September. 🧬 Surpassing Nature – Metabolic engineering for novel biological CO2 fixation routes Ari Satanowski 💐 Open Flower: designer flowers for art and education Nick Desnoyer ➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
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London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 25th of September
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Only 2 days left to submit abstracts and get the early registration discount! #synbio
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
SynBio UK London 2025. Submit your abstract and register before 12 September for earlybird discount.
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Biochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Join us in London for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Submit your abstract for consideration as a poster or oral communication and register before 12 September to save £50 🧪 : www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
Scientific Meeting Synthetic Biology UK London, UK 12-13 November 2025 Earlybird deadline 12 September 2025
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I'm going to be advertising for a few positions in my group in the next couple of months for a big project on synthetic microbial communities. I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#synbio folks, come and join us for the 10th annual Biochemical Society Synthetic Biology UK conference in London this November. www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us in London (12-13 November) for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Organised this year by @biochemsoc.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk. www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/s... #synbio
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Join us Apr. 24th, 6pm @ Imperial Royal School of Mines 🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC) 🧑‍🔬‍🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL) events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
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London SynBio Network 8
London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 24th of April
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is a really crushing piece on the way in which disability is vilified and the government perspective that productive work is the only thing of moral value www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
My department @ucl-cdb.bsky.social, is looking to hire a lecturer (assistant prof equivalent) in computational cell biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I got reviewer comments back for a big grant today. Is "in E. Coli" going to be the new "in mice" for synthetic biology work? I should say it's a fair comment for my synthetic community work, but this proposal is already so extensive that to then say we'll include more species feels crazy
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
NERC funded PhD project with Tom Fayle and myself to study the impacts of anthropogenic change on ecosystems using synthetic microbial communities and agent based modelling www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp... Short deadline (20th Jan) Please share 🙏
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Exploring the impacts of anthropogenic change on networks using microbial microcosms | TREES DLA
Humans are rapidly altering natural ecosystems, often resulting in fragmentation of remaining habitats. While consequent reductions in species richness and changes in composition are now well document...
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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Join us Jan. 23, 17:45 for the first 2025 LSN event! 🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion Amir Guppy 🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
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London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 12th of December
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
What I should have done if I was a good supervisor is advertise the posters that Alice, Casey, and Louie brought to #sbuk24 However, I got lots of lovely comments from folks who had chatted to my group #proudPI
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Reflecting on the two days of #sbuk24 talks on the very slow journey home, I think my favourite was Scott Stacey from Harrison Steel's group. Lovely demonstration of complexity built from simple biology that needs modelling to fully understand an unexpected result
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Albert Blanch-Asensio @ablanchasensio.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Still a few spots left in the Mammalian Synthetic Biology starter pack!🧪
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Day 2 of #sbuk24 starts with a session on control opened by Harrison Steel. Lots of excellent stuff (as usual), from directed evolution in microfluidics to "magnetogenetics"
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My first conference since moving to bluesky. I'll try to maintain a live stream #sbuk24
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🚨Interested in #evolution and #synbio and looking for a PhD? Then come join mine, @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social and Paps labs to trace and shape the evolutionary paths of engineered biology!🧬🔍🛠️🧪 Project details here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo..., apply here: swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
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Emma Chory, Ph.D. @chorye.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Science friends coming from the bad place—let’s not lose each other in the void. Over the next few weeks, I'll try to put together some science "starter packs" of who to follow. Fill out this form to be included. bit.ly/sci-starterp... Share widely ❤️ Thanks @robp.bsky.social for the inspiration!
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Science Starter Packs Sign-Up
Join the science community! Select your field of interest, add your handle, and tell us a bit about your work. This form does not automatically add you to a group but expresses your interest in being ...
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John Morrissey @johncork.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
I currently have a funded vacancy (24 months) for a post-doc to work on strain engineering projects in the area of yeast biotechnology. You can find more details about the post and how to apply on the UCC jobs portal or LinkedIn Sept 5th deadline).
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 29/06/2024
Synthetic Microbial Ecology: Engineering Habitats for Modular Consortia - in J Appl Microbiol from @ajfedorec.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jambio/advan...
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Synthetic Microbial Ecology: Engineering Habitats for Modular Consortia
Abstract. Microbiomes, the complex networks of micro-organisms and the molecules through which they interact, play a crucial role in health and ecology. Ov
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Kimberley A. Owen @kimberleyaowen.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Well done to Chania for her first paper! 🧪 @ajfedorec.bsky.social
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Keith Robison @omicsomics.bsky.social · 13/04/2024
We are actively recruiting for two open Computational Biology positions in our NGS group - both covered by this listing www.ginkgobioworks.com/job-listings...
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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Does anyone have experience with the OpenTrons Flex? How reliable is the plate gripper, for example?
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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
Q for microbio ppl: When making synthetic defined media (e.g. EZ Rich) for bacteria (mostly E. coli), do you need to buy cell culture grade reagents? If not, what quality is acceptable? Diff in cost between cc grade and cheapest is ~£20 per L of media and ~£2k in initial outlay
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Kat Coyte @coytelab.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Funded PhD opportunities to join our group! From exploring how the immune system shapes bacteriophage behavior to tracking microbiome dynamics within NICUs, with @claudiaigler.bsky.social, @sheencr.bsky.social and others. Please share, and get in touch if interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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