📢Biosciences Dept. Rice University is searching for 3 tenure-track, assistant professor positions! Applications in: -Neuroscience -Biophysical and Structural Biology -Synthetic Biology ->App review begins October 31, 2023 apply.interfolio.com/130021 Academic Chatter™ #ScienceTwitter

Developed by Rice University Mechanical Engineering PhD student @quisebell and Daniel J Preston, this new material burns viruses and is safe for skin — enabling multiuse personal protective equipment: bit.ly/3PxRuY3

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Please RT! Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s lab in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of bioelectrochemical sensing. More details and application link can be found below: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Come join us! BioSciences at Rice University is searching for 3 positions (!) in Neuroscience, Structural Biology and Synthetic Biology. Bring your research to Houston and the Texas Medical Center by applying here: apply.interfolio.com/130021

y’all have no respect for the ppl who make your life easier. the person making your morning coffee deserves a livable wage. the person stocking the groceries you buy deserves a livable wage. the person cleaning the restrooms in the office you work at deserves a livable wage.

The American Society for Microbiology published an article entitled “Bacterial biosensors: The future of analyte detection” in which Caroline discussed the development of whole-cell biosensors for environmental and human health. phys.org/news/2023-09-b…

Glad to share my paper now on Biosensors and Bioelectronics! We characterized the probiotic L. plantarum as a biosensor that can selectively sense quinone analogs and make electrical currents. Highlighting two interesting discoveries in this paper: (1/4) authors.elsevier.com/c/1hzDe3PVtpum…

Congrats to former CAF group member Sara Tejedor, as well as Siliang Li and Biki Kundu for their new publication in Front Microbial! This work is the first demonstration of extracellular electron uptake from a cathode by the fermentative L. plantarum. shorturl.at/DEQ25

I'm happy to announce that this Friday, January 26th, at 11:30 CST I will be defending my thesis titled "Understanding Patterns of Phenotypic Variation in a Contemporary Population and Ancient Lineage of Fish". So excited to share the work I've been doing over the last 5 years!

Check out our new paper in Nature Communications on transforming conventional glucometer into a point-of-care biosensor for cancer therapeutics! This work was led by Dr. Rong Cai and Chiagoziem Ngwadom, Ph.D. :) in collaboration with the Verduzco lab Rafael Verduzco Ravindra Saxena nature.com/articles/s4146…

Interested in behind-the-scenes insights about the cancer therapeutics biosensor? Please also check out the author’s post on Behind the Paper! communities.springernature.com/posts/reimagin…

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Check out our new preprint out on BioRxiv now! We used zebrafish to identify what MYCN overexpression does during early sympathoadrenal development! We found a transient expansion of neural crest markers, as well as reduced BMP signaling. Rosa Uribe, PhD biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m not who they say I am, I’m better. #PhD #BlackScientistsMatter #JohnsHopkins

A team led by the Ajo-Franklin group’s very own Biki Kundu has uncovered the mechanism through which E. coli utilizes redox shuttles for extracellular respiration and growth, showcasing the unexpected versatility of microbial metabolism biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Little update! A year delayed, but wanted to introduce the Virus Diversity and Bioinformatics (ViDaB) Lab at RUM/UPRM! In our lab we dive into environmental #virology, #genomics, #bioinformatics, and more. Check out our new website: vidablab.com #newlab #newPI