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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The lab is no longer limited to fixed hours or physical space. Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery. Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule

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Jake Wintermute @synbio1.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

You can't spell We're So Back without SB jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...

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Christina Agapakis @agapakis.com · 22/03/2025

My bio friends get triggered when Thiel suggests lack of progress in bio is a skill issue, and make arguments about physicists in the field and how technical we are. But what if it’s about a lack of non-technical skills, of imagination and conviction and…marketing? open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...

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On the "lack of progress" in biology

How is the "century of biology" going so far?

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

One thing I’m pretty grateful for in the iGEM community is the access to inspiration. Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive. Thank you for your leadership 💚

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Dave W. Recovering X-phile @germjuggler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The chromoproteins I used were developed by iGEM teams and available from Addgene. Only three of the strains are actually fluorescent. To learn more about the plasmids check out this blog in which I was interviewed about the streak plate challenge I do in my class. blog.addgene.org/streaking-fo...

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Streaking for Single Colonies: The Streak Plate Challenge

Master the streak plate technique using a mixture of E. coli strains expressing a different chromoprotein.

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Yhprum's law isn't talked about enough

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Christina Agapakis @agapakis.com · 07/01/2025

I did some blogging about branding of academic disciplines and what comes after synthetic biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...

Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

kinda crazy that we'll be experiencing 2025 for the first time

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Since mirror-life was recently in the news, thought I should cover a condition where the positions of internal organs such as the heart and lungs are reversed in the human body. open.substack.com/pub/genesand...

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Jake Wintermute @synbio1.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

You see a real generational divide in this thread about the impact of luck on scientific careers Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants" Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"

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Christina Agapakis @agapakis.com · 13/12/2024

Was so fun to talk with @asterainstitute.bsky.social resident and @pioneerlabs.bsky.social founder @erika-alden.bsky.social! Read our convo if you want to be inspired about the future of life, bioengineering, and engineered life on Mars asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...

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"Let's go do that"

A conversation with Astera resident Erika Alden DeBenedictis

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Nothing comes closer to scientists coming up with Acronyms that stay FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Our new paper is out in PNAS! We engineered bacteria to display enzymes that sea sponges use to mineralize their glass skeletons. These bacteria can self-assemble a bioglass coating around themselves, and focus light into bright, photonic nanojets. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Adhityo Wicaksono @adhitwicaksono.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Story I made so far with @igemhq.bsky.social and looking forward for the future cool and cooler things to come in 2025!

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

that's just unfair but also predictable

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iGEM Startups @igemstartups.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🚀 Applications for the iGEM Startups 2025 Committee are open! Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups. 💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives ⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea... #synbio

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

olfactory ethics meets olfactory athletics

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

About 450mil years ago, during a geologic springtime on Earth, a genetic event took place, that would shape our immunity and perhaps evolution itself. This story begins when a microbe infected the aquatic life in an ancient supercontinent, Gondwana. genesandmachines.substack.com/p/how-did-ou...

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How did our immune system develop memory?

A genes jump from a microbe to a fish and eventually to us to help us fight infections.

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

How can synthetic biology help us to explore ecological complexity? What kind of ecosystems can be designed? How can #synbio help us prevent ecological collapse? Check our last paper (+ cover :) pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Leah Caplan @lrcap.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

When you’re imaging and your sample takes a Pikachu! Having fun playing around with our new #Nikon NSPARC for #FluorescenceFriday #microscopy #myosin #epithelial #cellbiology #meme @tyskalabactual.bsky.social

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

finishing my new blog on how our immune system evolved memory hehe

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Haven't been able to write for my blog this week because of work, but I need to preserve my streak

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hello hello made this starter-pack for iGEMers on Bluesky so that we can connect with one another on this app. If you're an iGEMer then like this post and I'll add you in it or just comment under it and nominate your iGEM friends and colleagues too 💚 go.bsky.app/Di3hf3F

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I wonder if I felt like this while tying to utter my first set of words

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Hassnain @hassnainbokhari.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Testing testing iGEM SynBio Synthetic Biology Biomanufacturing is anyone here

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