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Louise Horsfall

@lehorsfall.bsky.social
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engineering biology for a more circular economy

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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Last few weeks (deadline Aug 15) to apply for the upcoming Workshop Oct 25-29 at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social Asia in Suzhou on *Synthetic Microbiology Beyond Containment* www.csh-asia.org?content/3201. Exploring how to move from sexy experiments in the Lab to large-scale, real-world applications 😱!
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 02/07/2026
Here's some more snaps from #EMBOSynBio – loving the mix of talks this week! 📸 'Sustainable biotechnology and metal upcycling' presented by Louise Horsfall, University of Edinburgh @embl.org @embo.org @lehorsfall.bsky.social
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 25/06/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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European Federation of Biotechnology @efbiotechnology.org · 16/03/2026
📢 Good news! The abstract deadline for #ECB2026 has been extended to 29 March. You can submit for: • Invited talks • Flash poster presentations • Poster presentations Share your work with the biotech community in Antwerp (28 June–1 July 2026). 🔗 www.ecb2026.com #LifeSciences #CallForAbstracts
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European Federation of Biotechnology @efbiotechnology.org · 09/03/2026
⏳ Only 6 days left to submit your abstract for #ECB2026! Present your latest research via oral talks, flash posters, or poster sessions at the European Congress on Biotechnology in Antwerp, 28 June – 1 July 2026. 🔗 www.ecb2026.com #Biotechnology #LifeSciences #CallForAbstracts
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European Federation of Biotechnology @efbiotechnology.org · 05/03/2026
⏰Hurry up! Submit your #ECB2026 abstract by 15 March 2026. ✅ Oral, Poster or Flash Poster presentation 📍 Antwerp, Belgium | 28 June – 1 July 🔗https://www.ecb2026.com/ @dmattanovich.bsky.social @taeseokmoon.bsky.social @lehorsfall.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social
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European Federation of Biotechnology @efbiotechnology.org · 26/02/2026
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Jeff Cole, former President and current Vice President of #EFB. A respected microbiologist and leader, his legacy will endure. Our thoughts are with his family & colleagues. @unibirmingham.bsky.social @taeseokmoon.bsky.social @lehorsfall.bsky.social
Jeff Cole, Vice-President and Treasurer of the European Federation of Biotechnology. Emeritus Professor at University of Birmingham.
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Feel like doing a SynBio PhD in Spain? Check this offer, many fellowships available 👉🏻 lifehub.csic.es/synbio-cofund/
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Jose Jimenez @jjimenez.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Delighted to share good news after a long embargo! We'll be part of C-Loop an EPSRC Bio-manufacturing Hub focusing on making value out of waste!! Looking forward to this project led by Stephen Wallace at Edinburgh #circulareconomy @imperiallifesci.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/new-res...
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New research hubs to cut carbon and reshape UK manufacturing
From green steel and recycled plastics to turning waste into new materials and using AI to boost productivity, four hubs will tackle UK manufacturing challenges.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 08/05/2025
Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A graphic for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), showing a historical portrait of Marie Skłodowska-Curie overlaid with an image of four young researchers walking down a hallway. The European Commission logo is in the top left. Text reads: "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – €404.3 million to support postdoctoral researchers”
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology
New report outlines the transformative potential of Engineering Biology to tackle modern-day challenges.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Reposting this from last month, cos it’s the same bullshit from the same company that is flooding your media with wolfshit. Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford
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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Spoiler alert: In a few days we will announce around 30 PhD positions for the Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering, one of them in my lab at @bokuvienna.bsky.social on synthetic single carbon pathways in yeast. Stay tuned!
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Just a suggestion - Can we celebrate women in STEM in the middle of the day please and not at evening events? And not always in London? And with a few more weeks’ notice? Thx
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
How little we understand about the #biodiversity of the deep oceans. Which we cannot afford to trash, as we have trashed the rest of the planet: #NoDeepSeaMining phys.org/news/2025-02...
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Deep-sea organisms shape ocean floor at 7.5 km depth
Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores fro...
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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I have resigned my Fellowship of the #RoyalSociety due to their Council's inability to act proportionately on #ElonMusk. See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...
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Andrew Millar (@A_J_Millar@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image · Content warning: #ElonMusk #RoyalSociety
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Beautiful image for engineering biology of microbes and metals interacting
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 12/01/2025
The deadline for applications for #MicrobioJ Editors is in one week. If you are interested in getting involved, please find more information and details on how to apply:
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<i>Microbiology</i> Editors: Call for expressions of interest
07 December 2024
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The big thaw begins…
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
What a fab day! - loved seeing former colleague, the amazing @dave-thesmith.bsky.social, in his element lecturing about AI in teaching. Followed by @mjcapeness.bsky.social being awarded sustainability prize in the #CSEStaffAwards and then this turned up too #RSCPrizes
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Congrats to the winner of the sustainability category at the college of science and engineering awards - our very own @mjcapeness.bsky.social
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org
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Microbiology Society
Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...
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Gavin D. J. Harper @gavindjharper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is rather nice... It feels a bit like moving house. It has all the same things that the old house had, but feels a little bit different at first... It's already starting to feel like home now a few friends have visited. And this place hasn't got that awful crabby landlord...
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Looking forward to using some of this investment to move our research closer to commercialisation www.ukri.org/news/ukri-in...
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UKRI invests £5.8m to drive growth in engineering biology sector
Funds allocated to seed corn and proof of concept initiatives through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund.
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Lilly Cummins @lillycummins.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
🚨 Today is the last day to submit abstracts for the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool 🚨 microbiologysociety.org/event/annual...
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Annual Conference 2025
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
Team at University of Edinburgh using microbes to recycle lithium, cobalt and other expensive minerals
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Thanks to both the IBioIC and the Edinburgh Genome Foundry for accelerating the development of this exciting emerging technology t.co/jmsjsMXmKU
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Bug life could hold the key to unlocking niggling EV battery problem
Electric vehicles are increasingly common on Scotland’s streets, but the power that drives them has left an environmental headache.
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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
It’s #biology week and #recycling week, what a great excuse to share this animation m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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