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Dr Erica Hawkins

@scientisterica.bsky.social
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Plant scientist 🌱 Postdoc @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, previously working with automation in the Earlham Biofoundry 🤖 Mental health advocate| she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Working with the #engineeringbiology expertise at Earlham Institute, applications are now open for a Predoctoral Intern to construct and test AI-designed promoters in whole plants to advance engineering of climate-resilient crops. 🗓️ Apply by: 10 August 2026. #plantscience #synbio #engbio
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Predoctoral Internship in Plant Synthetic Biology
Applications are invited for a Predoctoral Intern to join the Engineering Biology faculty at the Earlham Institute in Norwich, UK. The intern will be primarily supervised by Career Development Fellow Dr Will Shaw and will work closely with the research groups of Prof. Anthony Hall and Dr Sarah Guiziou.
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Sarah Guiziou @sarah-guiziou.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨 PhD project alert: Engineering a soil bacteria to sense and record soil health. 🦠 🪴 🥼 🧑‍💻 🌍 Fully funded PhD studenship in my group, open for international students. @earlhaminst.bsky.social Please share widely! Deadline: 14th of May www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
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Sentinel bacteria: engineering a soil bacteria to sense and record soil health
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I know several amazing science postdocs at Uni's in the UK, who are now at breaking point, falling out of love with science, and thinking of leaving academia 💔 all because of the current lack of support, increased workload and stress of their jobs.
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"There is now a feeling international scientists are unwelcome in the UK." Impact of visa restrictions on scientists (amongst others) coming to the UK. The cost is crazy high, no wonder amazing scientists are starting to not want to come here to work.
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
At the #CMINorwich25 conference today, really looking forward to hearing about all the microbial science happening across the NRP 🦠
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Davide Annese @davideanne.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I am proud to announce that I've started 2025 with a new position at the Biofoundry in the @earlhaminst.bsky.social, in Norwich, under the lead of Carolina Grandellis. A Special thanks to @scientisterica.bsky.social and Carolina Grandellis for making me feel welcome and being supported.
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
There is a fine line between being informed, and being too informed and doom spiralling
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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"Queering data: the world of data implies fixed identities and truths - something incompatible with queer philosophies and histories. What can queer methods and practices tell us about resisting the world of data?" Speakers paid £150 plus travel expenses
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Helping to look after 2 t-level students over the next month, and I just think it's so cool they get to have lab experience at a research institute as part of their course!
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Some weird and wild new plants and fungus found this year!
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Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024
Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
1 week at the new job, and really enjoying so far! So cool to be learning all the things about 🤖 and scaling science. It's good to be be back in the lab 🤓
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Dr Erica Hawkins @scientisterica.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This was really great last year! Do check it out for some great 🌈 science! And it's free 👀
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