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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Last week we were delighted to welcome the @aria-research.bsky.social #Synthetic #Plants team to the Earlham Institute and @johninnescentre.bsky.social to discuss the latest on our ARIA-funded project with @uommib.bsky.social, engineering synthetic plant chromosomes (synPACs).
Programme director Angie Burnett with Earlham Biofoundry Manager Carolina GrandellisARIA Technical Specialist Fabrizio Ticchiarelli-Marjot with Lucy Heap from the Cai Lab at Manchester Institute for Biotechnology.Dr Grandellis demonstrates automation platforms in the Earlham Biofoundry
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A great opportunity to gain experience in automation and #engbio in #plantscience with our fantastic team at the Earlham Biofoundry! More details below, applications close 31 March! @cgrandel.bsky.social
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🆕 Earlham Institute joins with other leading UK research organisations to form new National Research Organisations (NRO) Group - @nro-group.bsky.social - advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy, and national priorities.
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Making research matter: UK’s leading research organisations unite
A new alliance of 35 organisations dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy and national priorities.
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Rewriting the code of plant immunity- New approaches to engineering plant immunity can more broadly protect crops against pathogens and disease, once they get through regulatory hurdles. @resurrectbio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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LDBT instead of DBTL: combining machine learning and rapid cell-free testing - Nature Communications
Synthetic biology is defined by Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles. Recent advances in machine learning are changing the landscape; thus, we propose that “Learning” can precede “Design”. Moreover, adoptin...
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41205316/
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Recent advances in AI-enabled automation of DNA assembly in biofoundries - PubMed
Biofoundries are transforming synthetic biology, with the DNA assembly workflow being critical for successful biofoundry operation. This review examines recent advances in automated DNA assembly strategies for biofoundry, focusing on three key perspectives. First, we discuss emerging platforms rangi …
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱 @kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿
Photo of tomatoes and plants with text reading "Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 comes into force today"
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Please reach out if interested!
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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LDBT instead of DBTL: combining machine learning and rapid cell-free testing - Nature Communications
Synthetic biology is defined by Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles. Recent advances in machine learning are changing the landscape; thus, we propose that “Learning” can precede “Design”. Moreover, adoptin...
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
bsky.app/profile/cgra... @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Strange things happened in the Opentrons Flex deck today in the biofoundry … 🎃
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We have a fully funded and exciting opportunity for a PhD project led by @conradn.bsky.social and the Biofoundry group to advance synthetic genomics @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Yesterday we were delighted to welcome Prof Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of @ukri.org, with BBSRC colleagues to the Earlham Institute and #NorwichResearchPark to learn about our data-driven science to accelerate solutions for health, biodiversity, and food security. #datascience #engbio #genomics
Prof Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of UK Research and Innovation in the labs at Earlham InstituteProf Sir Ian Chapman tours the lab facilities at Earlham InstituteProf Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI CEO with Prof Neil Hall, Director of Earlham InstituteSenior Research Assistant Ashleigh Lister demonstrates Earlham Institute's spatial transcriptomic platforms
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
💻🧬 Keen to learn about eukaryotic genome annotation? Registration is now open for our 2026 online #genomeannotation course, led by our core #bioinformatics team. ➡️ buff.ly/sonWCgT
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Genome Annotation Workshop 2026
Providing scientists with a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic genome annotation approaches.
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Welcome Opentrons Flex to the Biofoundry! Looking forward to designing and creating protocols together! 🤖 🧬 🌱#automation #engineeringbiology @davideanne.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
📣 We're pleased to open applications for a new Group Leader in Artificial Intelligence (#AI) in Biology. Join our collaborative and inter-disciplinary research environment, exploring the natural world through the lens of #genomics. 🗓️ Applications close: 24 Oct ➡️ buff.ly/YRz3YLe #machinelearning
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Group Leader: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Biology
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We've just opened expressions of interest for a new one day workshop focusing on #Biofoundries, #automation, and #engineeringbiology in plant and microbial systems, covering: 🔃 applying automated workflows 🤖 robotic platforms and liquid handlers 🧫 high-throughput experimentation buff.ly/0coaUkX
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Automation and Engineering Biology for Plant & Microbial Systems
A one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and Engineering Biology pipelines.
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Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Only 5 days left to apply for our Soil metagenomics position: estimating the impact microbiomes in restored agricultural sites can have on climate change (closing 19th Sep): jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
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Hybrid AI in synthetic biology: next era in agriculture
Synthetic biology holds great potential to transform agriculture, yet its progress is constrained by the complexity of multigenomic, multitrait, and multi-environment data. Desirable traits often aris...
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#EarlhamBiofoundry Retreat, apart from modular DNA assemblies, we now also master origami modular assemblies 😎 #standarisation #engineeringbiology @earlhaminst.bsky.social @davideanne.bsky.social #teamwork @MelissaSalmon @EricaHawkins #Biofoundries #Automation
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
@davideanne.bsky.social showing off our new protocol with the Opentrons 👏🏼🤖 @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Two of our students - Rosie and Archie - shared their experience working with our Technical Genomics and Earlham Biofoundry Groups, developing their skills and gaining practical training in #genomics and #laboratory #automation. 🧬 🔗 buff.ly/KF08OL9 @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social @cgrandel.bsky.social
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Developing the next generation of technical specialists with T-Levels
The Earlham Institute T-Level industry placement programme inspires the next generation of young people pursuing careers in science.
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🧬 Are you looking to establish and lead an internationally recognised programme of innovative research in #engineeringbiology? ⚙️ Join our Research Faculty as a new Group Leader: buff.ly/7uI1FQL #EngBio #Biotech #SynBio
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Group Leader - Engineering Biology
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Shaping the future of synthetic genomics | News | Wellcome
Synthetic genomics has the potential to revolutionise industries from healthcare to agriculture. As this research field develops, we must ensure there is meaningful dialogue around its ethics and regu...
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Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Dear #Proteomics community, my team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking to automate digestions and enrichment workflows using'off the shelf' solutions (consumables and robotics) compatible with Proteomics workflows. Have you already implemented #automation, please reply
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
If you want to gain skills and experience in #plantsciences and #bioengineering take a look at our 12-month #Internship in the Earlham #Biofoundry:
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John Innes Foundation Internship in Plant Science
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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We are looking for an intern to join the Biofoundry team!
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🆕 Scientists at the Earlham Institute, @uommib.bsky.social, and @johninnescentre.bsky.social are partnering to develop #synthetic plant chromosome technologies, to rapidly design and deliver beneficial traits to crops, as part of a new £8.5m @aria-research.bsky.social project. ➡️ buff.ly/n80muy0
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Scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value
A new project - funded by a £8.5M grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - will leverage advances in engineering biology to establish synthetic plant chromosome (...
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Alper Akay @alperakay.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This PhD position is a collaboration between Gwen le Gall UEA MED and Carolina Grandellis @earlhaminst.bsky.social bioFoundry. If you are interested in microbiology, animal development and high-throughput methods please apply. Email for questions.
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Alper Akay @alperakay.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
We are advertising for a PhD position to study bacterial metabolites in C. elegans, funded by the MRC Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics training programme @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social. Open to UK and international students. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Another great couple of days at #NorwichScienceFestival, huge thanks to everyone who joined us and our colleagues volunteering their time on the stand. @theforumnorwich.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
Child's hand holding colourful beads on a string.Adult and child crouching down at the exhibition table, with an EI scientist, looking at a tray of string and colourful beads to make a keyring.A pot of orange marigold flowers, behind a white plastic tray which holds colourful string, colourful beads, and green beads. Participants to the stand use these beads to build a keyring representing a medicinal compound found in the marigold.Close up of a child's hand adding colourful beads to the keyring they're making.
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