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Hugh

@hughiechops.bsky.social

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This is my personal account. Scientist, wino, sydneysider, Francophile, former cheesemonger. Ask me about DNA!

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Hugh @hughiechops.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Huge thanks to the Royal Society of Biology for the fabulous interview in The Biologist! Synthetic genomes will accelerate future genetics research into #agriculture the #environment & #medicine thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-feat… #SyntheticBiology #Biotechnology #SyntheticGenomics

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Hugh @hughiechops.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Was such a pleasure to talk to UNSW! Thank you for your hospitality and warm welcome!

Hugh @hughiechops.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

#Yeast. #Brassica. #Soil. #FoodSecurity. What is the connection? This fabulous paper! Did you know manganese tolerance is really important for plants in certain soil types? Harsh Raman and his team demonstrated this, and I helped with yeast complementation! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Genome‐Wide Association Study Elucidates the Genetic Architecture of Manganese Tolerance in Brassica napus

Manganese (Mn) is essential for plant growth and development, but in excess, it causes toxicity in acidic soils and limits canola production. Our multi-omics research approach unveils the genetic a...

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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Congratulations @jabyrnesci.bsky.social on winning the well-deserved David Vaux Research Integrity Fellowship Award. bit.ly/4aVDilW

Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux

Professor Jennifer Byrne’s career has diverted from cancer research to research integrity. Image: supplied The Academy is delighted to announce Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney

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ross @rosscloney.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Construction and iterative redesign of synXVI a 903 kb synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Construction and iterative redesign of synXVI a 903 kb synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome - Nature Communications

The Sc2.0 project involved synthesis and debugging of 16 chromosomes, and a tRNA neochromosome. Here the authors descript the SynXVI project, accompanied by an analysis of how similar projects could o...

Hugh @hughiechops.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Happy to announce the publication of the final chromosome of #Yeast 2.0 #SynXVI, a 903kb synthetic chromosome it took a team of scientists 9 years to build and debug. This project has implications for #agriculture #health and #biomanufacturing www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Construction and iterative redesign of synXVI a 903 kb synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome - Nature Communications

The Sc2.0 project involved synthesis and debugging of 16 chromosomes, and a tRNA neochromosome. Here the authors descript the SynXVI project, accompanied by an analysis of how similar projects could o...