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There is still time to apply to join our research group in Sheffield: 3 year PDRA with University of Michigan on synthetic microbial consortia shorturl.at/rg4dC

Could common medication help prevent dementia? I wrote an article for The Conversation exploring studies that link common prescription drugs to a reduced risk of #dementia, through fighting #inflammation and chronic infections. theconversation.com/dementia-why-p… The University of Sheffield Neuroscience Institute

70% of an E. coli cell is water. The other 30% of mass is *mostly* proteins. But what's the most abundant protein in the cell? To my surprise, it's Lpp, a protein that anchors the outer membrane to the peptidoglycan layer. There are ~700,000 of them in each cell. New blog🔻

Spectra Saturday…

We’re delighted to announce that we are leading the UK in engineering research income and investment - we’ve attracted the highest level of funding two years in a row, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency! 🥳 sheffield.ac.uk/news/universit…

Algae in the waste of our home-made automated microbial evolution machine (or is it a sea slug?) 🧪

Teaching synthetic biology? This Article about the ElowitzLab repressilator features an interactive chart, and allows you to play around with the circuit's parameters. press.asimov.com/articles/gene-…

Protein waste turned into antibiotics as a defence strategy of human cells nature.com/articles/d4158…

Where do mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA all work together? You guessed it, the ribosome! Learn more at smart-biology.com #biology #science #EduTech #animation #education

A joy to welcome ITV News Calendar to The University of Sheffield's LightFest at Sheffield Museums Millennium Gallery. Here’s Prof Jenny Clark explaining how the dazzling, family-friendly exhibition explores Science at Sheffield  research on solar energy, healthcare & more while inspiring the next generation

Horrifying

The E. coli genome is >4 million base pairs. When a cell copies its genome, it pieces together each nucleotide, burning energy along the way. Surely this costs the cell lots of energy, right? Well, not really. Estimates suggest it's 1.1% of the cell's total energy consumption.

30 plates. A combinational mess only a true lab bot would love. It could have been a 60 + hour soulless pipetting but our new robotic pal did it in one night without complaining.

Sphingobium: Nannochloropsis’s quiet bestie. Promotes algae growth, breaks down dioxins and aromatics, now even makes bioplastics (PHA). What more could you want to save the world? Sadly, it’s too silent, growing too slow — and this is a bioproduction mission.

Outreach is rewarding! This year, I’ve raised the stakes!🚀Students from IES Llucmajor have enhanced plastic biodegradation by marine microbes using an esterase designed in our lab Universitat de les Illes Balears - UIB🔬🌊#ScienceEducation #Biotech thanks #AmgenTransferCiencia Fundació FCRI

Just returned from an incredible Annual Microbiology Society conference in Liverpool! Learn how we are applying microbiology in the real world. Read more here: wix.to/6Lp1wnV #Microbiology #ScienceUpdate

Algae Saturday! 🧪

Great work 👏🏽

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