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Thomas Gorochowski

@chofski.bsky.social
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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.

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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Using recombinases to build robust cross-kingdom genetic circuits? 🧬 Need to know what they are *actually* doing? We got you covered! In the latest from the lab, we show the power of nanopore sequencing for unraveling the inner workings of these circuits. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Characterization of recombinase-based genetic parts and circuits using nanopore sequencing doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hey, if anyone wants to support my SpliceCraft project, where proceeds go to paying for Claude Code Max, I set up a Ko-Fi account. No pressure, of course. This project is born free and will remain free forever. TYIA! 💚 ko-fi.com/atinygreencell
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🤖📚🧪#AI is having such a big impact on #synbio and science more broadly. Check out our latest perspective "Knowledge preservation in the era of big science and AI" on this topic that emerged from a workshop led by Penn Rainford a year or so ago! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Knowledge preservation in the era of big science and AI: strategies for sustainable scientific research - Nature Communications
Science routinely discards valuable knowledge, from unpublished negative results to the tacit expertise lost when researchers move on. Here, the authors propose a roadmap for preserving this hidden kn...
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European Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New scientific publication by the group of Thomas Gorochowski on DNA synthesis
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🧬Want to synthesise kilobase-scale DNA? We got you covered!🥳 In latest from the lab we explore the "doodling" capabilities of DNA polymerases and ways to guide the sequences produced. Loads of data + beautiful AFM of the molecules themselves. #synbio ... doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Analysis and control of untemplated DNA polymerase activity for guided synthesis of kilobase-scale DNA sequences doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
New on @biorxiv!!!!!! We’re excited to share our latest paper on combining cell-free systems and machine learning to express full genome in vitro. Check it out now! 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Catch us at SEED in Houston this June to discuss this work. #CellFree
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A fun (and mostly coherent!) discussion with Ezra Chapman on the intersection of AI and engineering biology. We live in such exciting times and I hope some of that excitement came across. Thanks Ezra for the invite. #engbio #synbio #ai www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC4X...
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The Immense Power Of Combining AI With Engineered Biology | Thomas Gorochowski #0037
YouTube video by Curious with Ezra Chapman
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 05/02/2026
Many microorganisms modify their movement in response to light. This new #JRSocInterface paper has developed an integrated pipeline capable of acquiring temporal imaging data and extracting kinematics to create digital twins: doi.org/10.1098/rsif... @chofski.bsky.social
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🫣 Now for something a little different from the lab: a data-centric approach to building digital twins as a route to control of emergent population level behaviours in microbial swarms 🤔 If that means nothing to you, then just check out the video! doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #engbio #control
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Angel Goñi-Moreno @angelgm.eurosky.social · 15/01/2026
Next in Lab's conference agenda: AI, Engineering Biology and beyond. It starts today in Bristol hosted by @chofski.bsky.social. Looks great: aiebab.github.io. From our side, @lewisgrozinger.bsky.social will be talking about our approach to the use of evolutionary algorithms for biocomputation.
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Elias Najarro @najarro.science · 14/01/2026
In Bristol for the week for the AI, Engineering Biology and Beyond conference hosted by @chofski.bsky.social. Very excited to meet the UK synthbio community. First day hackathon event was a blast!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Cold and "nippy" 🥶 start to the #AIEBaB26 Hack-a-thon 💻. The students helping with the organisation have done an amazing job in pulling this all together. A big thank you to the @jgibristol.bsky.social and @aibio-uk.bsky.social for the support!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
If you work with R6K plasmids for transient DNA delivery, our latest SHARK strains might be of use! Work out at ACS Synthetic Biology led by Shivang Joshi and strains plus plasmids for their assembly will be available @addgene.bsky.social very soon! doi.org/10.1021/acss...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If you are looking to integrate your latest genetic creation into the genome of your favourite bug, you might find our latest review now out in OUP Synthetic Biology useful. 🧬⚒️ Work led by Riesa Rohmat with input from Thea Irvine and Shivang Joshi. #genome #synbio doi.org/10.1093/synb...
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Francesca Ceroni @ceronifranci.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So you think your mammalian plasmids have nothing to fear from cloning and propagation in E.coli? Quantitative profiling of millions of nucleotides by Tom Copeman will prove you wrong! Supervised with the amazing @proftomellis.bsky.social and AZ, now on BioRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Quantitative profiling of millions of nucleotides reveals sequence-encoded interactions that govern plasmid propagation
Plasmids are central to modern biotechnology, especially therapeutic development, yet their propagation in Escherichia coli remains difficult to predict. Although expression-induced burden is well und...
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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Emerging trends in genome integration tools for precision engineering of diverse bacterial species doi.org/10.1093/synb...
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Emerging trends in genome integration tools for precision engineering of diverse bacterial species
Abstract. The ability to precisely insert DNA payloads into a genome enables the comprehensive engineering of cellular phenotypes and the creation of new b
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨 Last call for the 'AI, Engineering Biology and Beyond' conference taking place in Bristol on the 15-16 January 2026. There is a limited capacity and some places are still left, but worth signing up soon before the 19th December deadline! Register at: aiebab.github.io
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
📕My review for Jane Calvert's latest book, 'A Place for Science and Technology Studies' is out in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews! I really enjoyed the stories and learnt so mcuh. Well worth a read if you are interested in the ways that that study of science works: doi.org/10.1177/0308...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
End of year Science Bonanza is always something I look forward to, not only for hearing about what the team has been up to all year, but also for the amazing food everyone brings. Christmas has started proper now 🎅
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A couple new #PhD opportunities to join my lab at the intersection of #synbio, #plantsci and #biotech as part of the Plant BioDesign doctoral programme spanning the University of York, University of Cambridge, University of Bristol and John Innes Centre. 1/4
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Very excited for this project with @pierrebuscaill.bsky.social! Will bring together a lot of exciting tools we have up and running in the lab for working with diverse biology and put them to use in building new technologies to trace gene expression across plants. 🧬 🔍 Applications open!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The initial lineup of keynotes and spotlight talks is finalised, with 10 contributed talks still up for grabs! Come join us in Bristol on 15-16 Jan 2026 for AI, Engineering Biology and Beyond to shape the future of these fields🤖🧬🦠Register now at: aiebab.github.io
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨Interested in the intersection of AI and Engineering Biology? 🤖🧬 If so, come join us in Bristol, UK from 15-16 Jan 2026 for the latest instalment of the "AI, Engineering Biology and Beyond" conference! It's going to be a "banger" and registration is open NOW! #synbio #ai aiebab.github.io
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Université Grenoble Alpes opens a full professorship in microbiology in 2026. The selected candidate will develop their research program on quantitative approaches in microbiology in the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique. More info: liphy.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/en/join-us/r...
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Professorship (tenure) in 'Quantitative approaches in microbiology' (CNU Sections 64/65) | LIPhy - Université Grenoble Alpes
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🛠️New tool from the lab! #SHARK🦈: a new strain to support complex cloning of transient R6K expression plasmids – perfect for genome engineering. Work led by the talented Shivang Joshi and all strains and strain assembly tools enroute to Addgene. #synbio doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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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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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Very excited to attend and speak at this years #UKOMAIN Multimodal AI workshop at the Barbican. Already learning a lot about emulators and generative models for novel materials.
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨I have a fully funded 4-year #PhD opportunity in my lab on 'Tuneable multi-input genetic logic circuits for designer probiotics'.🦠 We'll be throwing all the tech we have at this one to make reliable engineering of diverse microbes a reality. Applicants must be UK national...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Come and join us at a free complementary Japan-UK Engineering Biology meeting after the main ESSL conference (essl2025.org/). A few spaces left to some see some of the up and coming superstars of #synbio in the UK!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Standard day in Bristol... balloons!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Reading some wonderful old Russian mathematics on automata theory and love this comment that just popped up! Coming from the rural countryside of Somerset, I'm not sure the people quite match this analysis! 🤠
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I've become obsessed by the idea of "design" in all aspects of synthetic biology. How do we discover good bio-design? How will it make me feel? Does it even matter? This awesome post by iA is the first that resonates in terms of how we might get there... ia.net/topics/maker...
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Maker’s Knowledge
Giambattista Vico's Design of Philosophy
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
What to agument your favourite protein with new functionalities? 🛠️ We've got a #biodesign workflow to help with that! In work led by @georgiehs.bsky.social we present SIMPLIFE that blends biophyscial and #ML models to extend biology in useful ways. #synbio doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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 ACS Synthetic Biology. Big thanks to all the authors and Patrick Cai and Masato Kanemaki for organising! #synbio doi.org/10.1021/acss...
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The Japan-UK Synthetic Biology Conference, Spring 2025: Strengthening Global Links to Engineer Biology
Both Japan and the UK have recognized the growing importance of synthetic and engineering biology for transforming life science research and transitioning toward a sustainable biobased economy. Such a...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Mirror life
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Some days I’m reminded of why working in research can be so exciting. Imaging DNA at the sub-nanometre scale on this beast! High-speed scanning #AFM for the win.
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🚨Anyone want a job?🚨 We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪 - cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo - bioinformatics and molecular biology Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
For those of you interested in the convergence of AI and Engineering Biology, keep the 15–16 Jan 2026 free. Next “AI, Engineering Biology and Beyond” #AIEBaB will be in Bristol, UK! Organisation currently underway and more info to follow soon!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Recombinases your thing? In the latest from my lab, Veronica Greco shows how @nanopore sequencing + automated liquid handling provides the perfect platform for characterising these systems at scale! Awesome collaboration with @jennbrophy.bsky.social @sarah-guiziou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Had an awesome time at #IEEE #ASYNC2025 this year in the beautiful Portland OR. Such a vibrant and open community. Thanks to the organisers. Hopefully this is the start of some new intersections between asynchronous circuits and engineered biology!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Loving the latest Pace Layers journal from the @longnow.org This article hit home to me on the small bits of reflection we all can do to better appreciate our place in this world. Worth a read. longnow.org/ideas/deep-t...
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Deep Time Underground
Finland’s nuclear waste experts have, for decades, quietly envisioned distant future ecosystems. Exploring their thinking anthropologically can expand our awareness of time.
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Awesome visit to @royalsociety.org to see some of the treasures in their collection, followed up by a fun session with some of the Imperial #synbio "crew" feat. @proftomellis.bsky.social @ceronifranci.bsky.social Ouldridge Lab. Highlights were Micrographia and the TODO list of the early fellowship!
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Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Learn how Cas9-enrichment + @nanoporetech.com sequencing can more fully uncover biodiversity in complex environments via targeted metabarcoding in latest from lab! Led by the hugely talented Lucia Nikolaeva-Reynolds who started this as her final year undergraduate project! doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Hannes Mutschler @mutschlerlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Interested in a #postdoc in #originsoflife research? Are you a geek who loves #RNA, #RNAseq and tinkering, with a background in #biochemistry, #chemistry or #biophysics? Join #bubblelife! Apply now by email (CV + a short motivation letter)! cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
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From RNA-peptide coevolution to cellular life at heated air bubbles | BubbleLife | Projekt | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission
"The origin of life on Earth is one of humanity's profound mysteries that lacks scientific answers. We aim to answer this fundamental question by performing pioneering experiments starting from the Da...
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