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Our mission is to increase the impact Synthetic Biology has on society by fostering collaboration and innovation.

Newark, DE
Joined January 2023
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I’m proud to lead this effort that puts Delaware at forefront of innovating solutions to energy, environmental, and human health problems, while creating a bio economy that helps drive rural economic development. new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-invests…
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UD is leading a $2M NSF-funded project to create the NSF Center for Robust, Equitable, and Accessible Technology (CREATE) for Next-Generation BioFoundries. Accelerating research and workforce training in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. @MarkBlenner @UDChBE udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/…
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Anthony Stohr and @ross_klauer present their posters at the ECI Biochemical Engineering meeting in Dublin.
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Postdoc candidates: If you're interested in designing symbioses that redefine the phrase "synthetic ecology", & if you don't mind donning formal wear once a year, then apply for a position in our group! (1/2)
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This Thursday, we had an amazing seminar by @MarkBlenner from the University of Delaware on leveraging #synbio for a circular economy. He also shared his lab's impressive work on non-model #yeasts. Thank you, Dr. Blenner, and thanks to all our members for attending!
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Exciting to have @MarkBlenner from @UDelaware visiting our Synthetic Biology Centre here today @imperialcollege - really looking forward to his talk.
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We are excited to have @TheBioMADE announce our ongoing project to make sustainable oils more cost effective. biomade.org/cost-effective-p…
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πŸš€Onwards and upwards, #Hengineers! UD Engineering moved up to #38 in graduate programs, our highest ranking ever! Our @UDChBE program remains #7 in the nation, and all of our other incredible grad programs moved up or stayed level.
We are proud to share that @usnews ranks UD's engineering programs among the nation's best! This achievement highlights the dedication of our faculty, staff, and students. ow.ly/9OJp50SkNH5
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Happy Tuesday! Excited to highlight Jenna Moore-Ott (nominated by @VictoriaGMuir). @j_a_ott is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware with research interests in Biophysics, Microbial Communities, and Synthetic Biology. #WICisYOU
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The Solomon Lab and @BlennerLab are in full force at the annual DOE GSP PI Meeting. Be sure to check out our posters before Thursday 4/4!
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Congratulations again to our 2024 Van Lanen Award winner, Mark Blenner! He is receiving this award in recognition of his years of dedicated & passionate service to BIOT as Long Range Programming Chair, Tech Coordinator, Program Chair, Area Coordinator & Session Chair.
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πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to @kunjapur, winner of the 2024 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation for his work toward building a better platform for possible future bacterial vaccines. Learn more: scim.ag/6tW
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Help grow the flock and support future Black leaders in the chemical sciences with a donation to @UDelaware's student chapter of @NOBCChE udel.edu/alumni-friends/ihea…
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New photo of our research group from our 4th annual lab banquet
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Meet one of our BIOT mentees, Logan Yeager from the University of Delaware Chemical Engineering Department. We’ll be opening for the next round of our BIOT mentorship program this summer! Be sure your membership is updated before signing up.
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Are you a college undergrad and interested in synthetic biology? Apply to @UDSynBio's summer research experience with potential mentors including @MarkBlenner and @drksolomon. Applications due Feb 28, 2024 at cbe.udel.edu/undergraduate/s…
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Are you interested in an opportunity to shape the future of microbial synthetic biology? Apply to be our lab coordinator careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/jo… We are also looking for multiple postdocs (biocontainment within communities, biosensor-aided enzyme engineering) & PhD students
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Replying to @kunjapur
@kunjapur et al. discover several L-threonine transaldolases (TTAs) that exhibit superior properties to known TTAs and can produce Ξ²-hydroxylated amino acids with functional handles in growing cells nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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