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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/10/2026

⏳ Have you submitted your abstract for the @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Annual Conference? #CoESB26 We've extended the submission due date to 11:59pm Sunday 11 October. Don't miss the chance to showcase your great research. 📥 forms.cloud.microsoft/r/R7S2v1wt0g

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 01/10/2026

We're pleased to welcome @idtdna.bsky.social on board as a Silver Sponsor at our 2026 ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB) Annual Conference! #CoESB26 IDT is a leading provider of genomics solutions supporting multi-omics research. Thank you for your support! 🙏

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 28/09/2026

Centre members from our Macquarie University node visited the QUT Pioneer BioPilot in Mackay, a state-of-the-art facility designed to fast-track the development and commercialisation of next-generation bio-based products. 🤩 At the NCRIS Synbio Retreat hosted by @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 21/09/2026

On Saturday we returned to Astronomy Night at Macquarie Uni to run 3 fun activities: a Space Food Fair, DNA jewellery making experience and a live demonstration of Remediate! - our synthetic biology card game. Many thanks to our brilliant team of outreach volunteers, led by Dr Nicholas Yang!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 16/09/2026

⏰ Get your abstracts in for #CoESB26! Posters, short talks and flash talks are a great platform to showcase your research findings and innovations to a diverse audience of fellow researchers, industry professionals and academia. 📥 forms.cloud.microsoft/r/R7S2v1wt0g 🗓️ Close Sun 20 Sep

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 14/09/2026

Today we farewelled our good friend and colleague Dr Rahau Shirazi 💜 Rahau has been a valued part of the Professional team and a driving force behind some of the Centre's key initiatives, such as supporting research translation and entrepreneurship. ✨ Thank you Rahau! @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 14/09/2026

Last week, our Centre Director Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen presented the @aussocmic.bsky.social Goldsworthy Memorial Lecture 2026 at the Sydney Masonic Centre. 📷 Thanks Binod Rayamajhee for the snap! @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 09/09/2026

Congratulations to Mayra Barrios Leguarca from our QUT (Queensland University of Technology) node on winning Best Poster Presentation at the 2nd Australian Future Sensing Conference 🎉 @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 07/09/2026

Our researchers have been abroad! 🇻🇳🇨🇳 Dr Mica Fiorito (QUT) visited collaborators in Ho Chi Minh, presented at ICISE Quy Nhon with Prof Kirill Alexandrov, then joined int. researchers in Shenzhen for a workshop on protein machine design - incl a tour of a 7-floor biofoundry @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 03/09/2026

Yesterday, we welcomed Dr Mike Freelander MP on a tour of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology the Australian Genome Foundry at Macquarie University. We were proud to share the success of our Centre in translating research into real world outcomes. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/09/2026

6. Industry or Government funding - expect relationship-driven processes, ROI language and IP considerations from the outset. Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments 👇 @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/09/2026

4. Confidence in language - confident, decisive language strengthens your application; hedging undermines your case. 5. Follow the rules - missing a formatting or guideline requirement can mean an automatic rejection, no matter how strong the science.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/09/2026

2. A strong opening - the opening of your application is often the make-or-break moment for how carefully, and generously, the rest gets read. 3. Track record - citations, awards and service to the profession all matter. Say it explicitly; don't assume reviewers will infer it.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/09/2026

Missed the CoESB Grant Writing Retreat? We've got you covered 💪😎 Here are 6 tips to remember when writing your grant application: 1. Storytelling - a compelling story triggers the release of oxytocin, making your application more memorable and persuasive than just a dry list of facts.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/09/2026

We held our annual Grant Writing Retreat in the Hunter Valley, NSW. 🌿 The 2day retreat included presentations from grant writing mentors on how to write a successful grant application. The highlight was 1:1 meetings with each of the mentors for feedback. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 25/08/2026

✨ #CoESB26 Sponsor Spotlight ✨ We're pleased to welcome back @twistbioscience.com and @decodescience.bsky.social as our Platinum Sponsors of the CoESB Annual Conference 2026! Together, they’re bringing you the daily Barista Coffee Cart - the best start to a full day of conferencing!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 24/08/2026

We returned to Sydney Science Trail at the Australian Museum, showcasing synthetic biology themed books and games we made, and sample products from our Centre startups and affiliates. We demonstrated how synthetic biology can enable a more sustainable future. 🌱🌏 @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 20/08/2026

The winners of the inaugural @arc-gov-au.bsky.social CoEs Creative Communication Competition have been announced! 2 of our members won prizes in the Drawing/painting/ sculpture category. Judges 1st Prize - Rashika Sood's 'The Reef Remembers' People's Choice - Jennifer Adami's 'Elli the E. coli'

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 19/08/2026

🧬 Science Week is underway and our brilliant volunteer outreach team led by Dr Brodie Gillieatt of Macquarie University is having some great conversations about synthetic biology with children and adults alike. ✨ Thank you to our team of volunteers! @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 17/08/2026

The winners of the inaugural @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Centres of Excellence Creative Communication Competition have been announced! 🥳 The People's Choice in the Comic/Graphic Novel/Zine category is Jasperine Phetchareun for 'From Waste to Wonders'. 🔎 Check it out here: bit.ly/4zr5YPy

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 17/08/2026

✨ We're excited to announce our fifth keynote speaker for #coesb26, Prof @gavinhthomas.bsky.social! Gavin is a Prof. at the Department of Biology at the @york.ac.uk ac.uk, UK. We're looking forward to hearing from Prof Thomas soon! 📅 Registration opens this week! @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 13/08/2026

We sponsored a session with Lauren Reinhardt of North Shore Speech Therapy at last week's @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Centres of Excellence Professional Staff Forum 🗣️💬 She reviewed our outreach products, including our card game Remediate!, and gave us a masterclass in storytelling for kids.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 12/08/2026

Last week our Professional Team presented at the @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Centres of Excellence Summit! Sessions on strategy, research comms, finance, and a showcase of our synthetic biology card game Remediate. Great to share knowledge and finally meet colleagues we usually only email!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 03/08/2026

Great to be part of today’s #ARTIC Workshop in Sydney, focused on strengthening Australia’s research translation ecosystem. Our Director shared Research Translation Highlights from our Centre. In 5 years, we've spun out 12 startup companies that have collectively raised $230m in venture capital.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 31/07/2026

📹 Highlights from our recent Biotech Entrepreneurship Workshop held at Macquarie University in partnership with @macsys.bsky.social. What an amazing day! @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 29/07/2026

Centre members - the CoESB 2026 Grant Writing Retreat is filling up fast! 📝 3 days at Voco Kirkton Park, Hunter Valley: 1:1 mentoring with 3 expert grant mentors, peer feedback, dedicated writing time. Rego closes Fri 7 Aug 2026 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/r/YzeEeLR7VY @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 27/07/2026

Our Director Ian Paulsen gave the Plenary Lecture at the Yeast Products and Discovery '26 Conference in Brisbane last week. The talk covered his journey from a bacteriologist to yeast lover, including the Yeast 2.0 projects in his lab. 📸: Tim Macuga @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen giving the plenary lecture at Yeast Products and Discovery 2026 Conference in Brisbane

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 22/07/2026

This week we hosted a Biotech Entrepreneurship Workshop in Sydney, with @macsys.bsky.social. Researchers, founders, VCs and industry leaders came together for practical discussions on investment readiness, mentorship and translating science into commercial impact. 🎯 @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 06/07/2026

We're pleased to announce Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio as our Diamond Sponsors of the CoESB Annual Conference 2026 #CoESB6. 💎 Thank you both for your continued support! We can’t wait to see you in the Hunter Valley this December. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 26/06/2026

A great evening at Parliament House celebrating biomanufacturing in Australia with parliamentarians, ministerial staffers, industry partners and Centre researchers. More than 40 countries now have explicit national strategies for synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. Australia does not!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 11/06/2026

✨ We're excited to announce Associate Prof Emma Frow of Arizona State University as a keynote speaker at #coesb26! Emma's research focuses on the governance of emerging biotechnologies, and she has been studying and working alongside the synthetic biology community in the US and Europe since 2008.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 05/06/2026

📢 Attention Centre members! 📢 Entries are now open to the @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Centres of Excellence Creative Communication Competition. 🏆 Win up to $400 in gift cards! - Plus, bragging rights for life 🙌 📅 Entries close 31 July 2026 Enter now: scienceart.com.au

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 21/05/2026

What happens when strong science meets the right environment? Expand the reach and relevance of your work at our upcoming Biotech Entrepreneurship Workshop, co-hosted with @macsys.bsky.social, an event that combines short talks with two extended mentorship sessions. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 20/05/2026

Join us in congratulating the first recipients of our CoESB CRITICAL Seed Grant: Seraj Kotagama, Taylor Szyszka, Alexandra Coram and Claudia Bruinsma! 👏 @arc-gov-au.bsky.social @taylorszyszka.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 20/05/2026

Join us in welcoming Prof Ron Milo as a keynote speaker at #CoESB26! ✨ At Weizmann Institute, Prof Milo harnesses the tools of systems biology to find solutions to the challenges of sustainability. We look forward to hearing from him in December! @milolabwis.bsky.social @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 06/05/2026

Join us in welcoming Assistant Professor Feiran Li to #CoESB26 as a keynote speaker! Dr Feiran Li is an Assistant Professor at Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS), Tsinghua University, specialising in constraint-based modeling, machine learning, and synthetic biology. Look forward to it!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 29/04/2026

✨We're pleased to announce our first keynote speaker of #CoESB26! Dr Guokun Wang is a Professor at Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology. His research focuses on the synthetic biology-driven microbial production of functional nutrients, such as starches, proteins and functional polyphenols.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 22/04/2026

Congratulations to fresh MRes graduates Joy Abou Chebel and Nicholas Bersée, and PhD graduate Andrey Giovanni Gomes de Oliveira from our synbio lab at Macquarie University! 🎓🧬 📷: Paige Erpf

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 13/04/2026

Dr Elena Eremeeva and Micaela Belen Sequeira from our QUT node presented their research at Aptamers 2026 and Oligo 2026 conferences in Oxford, UK. We're incredibly proud of our researchers representing the Centre on the world stage. ✨ #AptOx26

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 02/04/2026

As part of Science Meets Parliament 2026, centre members Alex Coram and Bini Zhou went on a Parliament House beekeeping tour! They tasted the honey made by the parliamentary bees, with a reusable cassette frame, and a micro honey harvester, both Australian innovations from startup Hivekeepers!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 30/03/2026

Four Centre members attended Science Meets Parliament at Parliament House in Canberra last week. Stay tuned for the full report! @scienceau.bsky.social

Four people standing on the white marble staircase of Parliament House

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 30/03/2026

Great to welcome representatives from @idtdna.bsky.social to Macquarie University last week for a tour of our Centre and Australian Genome Foundry. We discussed a variety of ways to engage with synthetic biology at Macquarie. Looking forward to future collaboration. 🤝

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 26/03/2026

Learn how one confronting film inspired a biotech startup to tackle a problem devastating the world’s rainforest 🌴⬇️ Download our Annual Report here: coesb.com.au/annual-repor...

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 25/03/2026

Download our 2025 Annual Report The theme Rising Stars, Real World Impact captures the Centre’s evolution from fundamental science to real-world outcomes, showcasing how our synthetic biology discoveries are providing solutions for Australia’s emerging bioeconomy. coesb.com.au/annual-reports

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 19/03/2026

Great turnout at today’s CoESB Local Startup & Industry Networking Lunch held at Macquarie University. Supporting the local Synbio ecosystem with the opportunity for startup founders, researchers and industry leaders to meet and exchange ideas over lunch and drinks. Thanks to all who attended!

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 12/03/2026

Founded by Centre Associate Investigator Dr Laura Navone, navbio is a specialised biotechnology consultancy that provides expert guidance to navigate the complexities of engineering biology for the circular economy. Get in touch at laura.navone@navbio.com.au 🔗 Learn more: navbio.com.au

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 11/03/2026

@danfulvi.bsky.social from our Western Sydney University node was a guest on the panel at the STS Network Inaugural event: Why (Australian) STS Now? The panel, which included five other scholars, discussed the role of technology, knowledge and culture in shaping contemporary societies. 💡

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 24/02/2026

Great to host a team from Sanitarium Development and Innovation department at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and the Australian Genome Foundry at Macquarie University. Strong conversations and shared ambition. Looking forward to what we build together.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 10/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬 Today, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women and girls in science and advocate for full and equal participation in STEM.

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology @coesb.com.au · 28/01/2026

Congratulations to Dr Elena Eremeeva of QUT node on her grant success: 1. AEA Ignite Grant - to develop portable, rapid diagnostic sensors to detect smoke taint markers in wine grapes. 2. 2026 Thomas Davies Research Grant - to develop sensors for the environmental monitoring and clean-up of PFAS.

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