ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
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The ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB) is developing a vibrant bioeconomy based on Australia's strengths in agriculture. #CoESB
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We're pressing pause on socials for a short break and will be back on 5 January.
Wishing you a safe, restful and happy holiday season! 🌊✨
Wishing you a safe, restful and happy holiday season! 🌊✨
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We're pressing pause on socials for a short break and will be back on 5 January.
Wishing you a safe, restful and happy holiday season! 🌊✨
Wishing you a safe, restful and happy holiday season! 🌊✨
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We are hiring! Our lab in Sydney is looking for a postdoc with cyano experience to drive our SynBio project on carbon fixation in encapsulin protein cages.🦠 ➡️ 🌻
This project follows our recent work in Nature Communications:
lnkd.in/g-rYrg93
Full details:
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This project follows our recent work in Nature Communications:
lnkd.in/g-rYrg93
Full details:
lnkd.in/gRJv4RGs
@arccoesb.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We are hiring! Our lab in Sydney is looking for a postdoc with cyano experience to drive our SynBio project on carbon fixation in encapsulin protein cages.🦠 ➡️ 🌻
This project follows our recent work in Nature Communications:
lnkd.in/g-rYrg93
Full details:
lnkd.in/gRJv4RGs
@arccoesb.bsky.social
This project follows our recent work in Nature Communications:
lnkd.in/g-rYrg93
Full details:
lnkd.in/gRJv4RGs
@arccoesb.bsky.social
Congratulations to Centre researcher Dr Daniele Fulvi @danfulvi.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 Excellence Award as an Early Career Researcher in the School of Arts at @westernsydneyu.bsky.social! 🎉
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Congratulations to Centre researcher Dr Daniele Fulvi @danfulvi.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 Excellence Award as an Early Career Researcher in the School of Arts at @westernsydneyu.bsky.social! 🎉
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Building synthetic chromosomes one yeast at a time: insights from Sc2.0 - @arccoesb.bsky.social go.nature.com/48Fqxwi
Building synthetic chromosomes one yeast at a time: insights from Sc2.0 - Nature Biotechnology
The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project (Sc2.0) set out to redesign and chemically synthesize an entire eukaryotic genome. This Comment summarizes the design- and construction-related defects revealed duri...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Building synthetic chromosomes one yeast at a time: insights from Sc2.0 - @arccoesb.bsky.social go.nature.com/48Fqxwi
After ten years and countless setbacks, scientists who completed the world’s first synthetic yeast genome have published a troubleshooting guide for building life from scratch.
Congrats to Dr Paige Erpf and the team!
📖 Read it: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/dece...
Congrats to Dr Paige Erpf and the team!
📖 Read it: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/dece...
Hitchhiker’s guide to building life from the genome up
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December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
After ten years and countless setbacks, scientists who completed the world’s first synthetic yeast genome have published a troubleshooting guide for building life from scratch.
Congrats to Dr Paige Erpf and the team!
📖 Read it: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/dece...
Congrats to Dr Paige Erpf and the team!
📖 Read it: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/dece...
Team-building at #CoESB25 🏖️
Team-building is an important part of our Annual Conference, helping us unwind, recharge and connect.
Here’s our Stand-Up Paddleboard and Kayaking group enjoying some time on the water! 🌊😎
Stay tuned for our professional photos from the Conference!
Team-building is an important part of our Annual Conference, helping us unwind, recharge and connect.
Here’s our Stand-Up Paddleboard and Kayaking group enjoying some time on the water! 🌊😎
Stay tuned for our professional photos from the Conference!
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Team-building at #CoESB25 🏖️
Team-building is an important part of our Annual Conference, helping us unwind, recharge and connect.
Here’s our Stand-Up Paddleboard and Kayaking group enjoying some time on the water! 🌊😎
Stay tuned for our professional photos from the Conference!
Team-building is an important part of our Annual Conference, helping us unwind, recharge and connect.
Here’s our Stand-Up Paddleboard and Kayaking group enjoying some time on the water! 🌊😎
Stay tuned for our professional photos from the Conference!
We're pleased to welcome Professor Sakkie Pretorius, who will deliver our final keynote talk of #CoESB25.
Sakkie has a background in synthetic yeast genomics and wine biotechnology. His talk is titled: The confluence of the Technology of Intelligence and the Technology of Life.
Sakkie has a background in synthetic yeast genomics and wine biotechnology. His talk is titled: The confluence of the Technology of Intelligence and the Technology of Life.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We're pleased to welcome Professor Sakkie Pretorius, who will deliver our final keynote talk of #CoESB25.
Sakkie has a background in synthetic yeast genomics and wine biotechnology. His talk is titled: The confluence of the Technology of Intelligence and the Technology of Life.
Sakkie has a background in synthetic yeast genomics and wine biotechnology. His talk is titled: The confluence of the Technology of Intelligence and the Technology of Life.
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Excited to attend the annual workshop hosted by @arccoesb.bsky.social on the Gold Coast this week.
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Excited to attend the annual workshop hosted by @arccoesb.bsky.social on the Gold Coast this week.
Coming soon at #CoESB25!
Don't miss the panel discussion "Synthetic Biology for the Common Good: Challenges and Possibilities", facilitated by Prof Sujatha Raman. The panellists: Distinguished Prof Wendy Rogers, Dr Dan Santos, and Dr Samantha McGaughey.
Don't miss the panel discussion "Synthetic Biology for the Common Good: Challenges and Possibilities", facilitated by Prof Sujatha Raman. The panellists: Distinguished Prof Wendy Rogers, Dr Dan Santos, and Dr Samantha McGaughey.
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Coming soon at #CoESB25!
Don't miss the panel discussion "Synthetic Biology for the Common Good: Challenges and Possibilities", facilitated by Prof Sujatha Raman. The panellists: Distinguished Prof Wendy Rogers, Dr Dan Santos, and Dr Samantha McGaughey.
Don't miss the panel discussion "Synthetic Biology for the Common Good: Challenges and Possibilities", facilitated by Prof Sujatha Raman. The panellists: Distinguished Prof Wendy Rogers, Dr Dan Santos, and Dr Samantha McGaughey.
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Good morning, world! ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology starts today. This is the view of Gold Coast dawn at 4:30 am from my suite room covered by Ian Paulsen et al. who kindly invite me as the opening plenary speaker! A fantastic perk! See you all soon!
@arccoesb.bsky.social
@arccoesb.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Good morning, world! ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology starts today. This is the view of Gold Coast dawn at 4:30 am from my suite room covered by Ian Paulsen et al. who kindly invite me as the opening plenary speaker! A fantastic perk! See you all soon!
@arccoesb.bsky.social
@arccoesb.bsky.social
✨ One sleep to go until #CoESB25! ✨
We'd like to acknowledge the support from our valued sponsors:
💎 Diamond
Welcome Dinner 🍽️ and Poster Sessions 🪧
Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio
🏆 Gold
Barista Coffee Cart ☕
@twistbioscience.com and Decode Science
🪩 Silver
Shimadzu
Tecan
We'd like to acknowledge the support from our valued sponsors:
💎 Diamond
Welcome Dinner 🍽️ and Poster Sessions 🪧
Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio
🏆 Gold
Barista Coffee Cart ☕
@twistbioscience.com and Decode Science
🪩 Silver
Shimadzu
Tecan
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
✨ One sleep to go until #CoESB25! ✨
We'd like to acknowledge the support from our valued sponsors:
💎 Diamond
Welcome Dinner 🍽️ and Poster Sessions 🪧
Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio
🏆 Gold
Barista Coffee Cart ☕
@twistbioscience.com and Decode Science
🪩 Silver
Shimadzu
Tecan
We'd like to acknowledge the support from our valued sponsors:
💎 Diamond
Welcome Dinner 🍽️ and Poster Sessions 🪧
Australian Genome Foundry and IDEA Bio
🏆 Gold
Barista Coffee Cart ☕
@twistbioscience.com and Decode Science
🪩 Silver
Shimadzu
Tecan
Macquarie University students have returned from Paris with a gold medal for their project MethaNO! at the @igemhq.bsky.social Competition Grand Jamboree. 🥇
The team competed at the world expo of synthetic biology.
Congratulations to the team! 🎉
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/its-a-gold-m...
The team competed at the world expo of synthetic biology.
Congratulations to the team! 🎉
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/its-a-gold-m...
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Macquarie University students have returned from Paris with a gold medal for their project MethaNO! at the @igemhq.bsky.social Competition Grand Jamboree. 🥇
The team competed at the world expo of synthetic biology.
Congratulations to the team! 🎉
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/its-a-gold-m...
The team competed at the world expo of synthetic biology.
Congratulations to the team! 🎉
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/its-a-gold-m...
🪴 Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it's certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy.
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Supercharged Crops Could Help Cool the Planet - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it’s certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy. Co-authored by […]
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🪴 Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it's certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy.
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
A talented synthetic biologist and...baker!? 🍰
We're farewelling Centre postdoc Dr James Antoney, who is wrapping up his time at QUT.
For his final group meeting, James baked a white–dark chocolate marbled mud cake with white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like the plasmid pET-28a.
We're farewelling Centre postdoc Dr James Antoney, who is wrapping up his time at QUT.
For his final group meeting, James baked a white–dark chocolate marbled mud cake with white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like the plasmid pET-28a.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A talented synthetic biologist and...baker!? 🍰
We're farewelling Centre postdoc Dr James Antoney, who is wrapping up his time at QUT.
For his final group meeting, James baked a white–dark chocolate marbled mud cake with white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like the plasmid pET-28a.
We're farewelling Centre postdoc Dr James Antoney, who is wrapping up his time at QUT.
For his final group meeting, James baked a white–dark chocolate marbled mud cake with white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like the plasmid pET-28a.
A Centre researcher is part of an ambitious international project that could revolutionise the way we extract the precious metals used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. 📱🚗
Congratulations Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team!
Read the story: bit.ly/3Kc8TXi
Congratulations Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team!
Read the story: bit.ly/3Kc8TXi
Training bacteria to be tiny miners
A Centre researcher is part of an ambitious international project that could revolutionise how we extract the precious metals powering our smartphones, electric cars, and wind turbines.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Centre researcher is part of an ambitious international project that could revolutionise the way we extract the precious metals used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. 📱🚗
Congratulations Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team!
Read the story: bit.ly/3Kc8TXi
Congratulations Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team!
Read the story: bit.ly/3Kc8TXi
We're proud to celebrate Centre researchers Prof Lars Keld Nielsen and Geoffrey Otim from University of Queensland who have earned national acclaim for their work in transforming biotechnology into impactful solutions!
📖 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/national-rec...
📖 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/national-rec...
National recognition for biotech leaders - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Two University of Queensland researchers have earned national acclaim for their work transforming biotechnology into impactful solutions.Professor Lars Neilsen has been named one of Australia's Top 25...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We're proud to celebrate Centre researchers Prof Lars Keld Nielsen and Geoffrey Otim from University of Queensland who have earned national acclaim for their work in transforming biotechnology into impactful solutions!
📖 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/national-rec...
📖 Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/national-rec...
Congrats Dr Daniele Fulvi from our @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node for his recent article in
@theconversation.com 🥳
📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/49CBbVw
@theconversation.com 🥳
📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/49CBbVw
Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely
Engineering microbes to soak up more carbon, boost crop yields and restore former farmland is appealing. But synthetic biology fixes must be done thoughtfully
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Congrats Dr Daniele Fulvi from our @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node for his recent article in
@theconversation.com 🥳
📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/49CBbVw
@theconversation.com 🥳
📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/49CBbVw
Centre Director Distinguished Prof Ian Paulsen met with ARIA project collaborators Prof Ryan Lister and Dr James Lloyd of the University of Western Australia last week. 🤝
The project aims to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬
The project aims to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Centre Director Distinguished Prof Ian Paulsen met with ARIA project collaborators Prof Ryan Lister and Dr James Lloyd of the University of Western Australia last week. 🤝
The project aims to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬
The project aims to develop synthetic chromosomes for agricultural crops in a bid to advance global food production systems. 🌱🧬
Researchers from our QUT node have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 in saliva, offering a simple, non-invasive way to identify the disease. The breakthrough was published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X.
👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4qAXYqN
👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4qAXYqN
Simple saliva test could revolutionise heart failure detection - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Detecting acute heart failure in the future could be as simple as testing a saliva sample.Australian scientists have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 i...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Researchers from our QUT node have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 in saliva, offering a simple, non-invasive way to identify the disease. The breakthrough was published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X.
👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4qAXYqN
👉 Read the story: bit.ly/4qAXYqN
Centre researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use. 🌾⬆️
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/superchargin...
📷: Davin S Wijaya at ANU
@taylorszyszka.bsky.social
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/superchargin...
📷: Davin S Wijaya at ANU
@taylorszyszka.bsky.social
Supercharging photosynthesis in crops - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Australian researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use. Researchers from Associate ...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Centre researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use. 🌾⬆️
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/superchargin...
📷: Davin S Wijaya at ANU
@taylorszyszka.bsky.social
Read the story: www.coesb.com.au/superchargin...
📷: Davin S Wijaya at ANU
@taylorszyszka.bsky.social
🏆 Congratulations to Centre researchers Micaela Belen Sequeira and Dr James Antoney from our QUT (Queensland University of Technology) node on receiving the prize of Best Talk at the recent QUT Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy Research Showcase! 👏
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🏆 Congratulations to Centre researchers Micaela Belen Sequeira and Dr James Antoney from our QUT (Queensland University of Technology) node on receiving the prize of Best Talk at the recent QUT Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy Research Showcase! 👏
Centre Director Ian Paulsen, COO J-L Heylen and Strategic Initiatives Lead Dr Iniga George visited the Centre's @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node last week. It was wonderful to see how well the social science research is embedded within the centre’s activities.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Centre Director Ian Paulsen, COO J-L Heylen and Strategic Initiatives Lead Dr Iniga George visited the Centre's @westernsydneyu.bsky.social node last week. It was wonderful to see how well the social science research is embedded within the centre’s activities.
Centre Director Ian Paulsen and postdoc Dr Alescia Cullen of our Macquarie University node are in China for the CO2 fixation and Bioconversion International Symposium. 🇨🇳♻️
Ian was an invited speaker and Alescia presented a poster on her research in Cyanobacteria.👏
Ian was an invited speaker and Alescia presented a poster on her research in Cyanobacteria.👏
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Centre Director Ian Paulsen and postdoc Dr Alescia Cullen of our Macquarie University node are in China for the CO2 fixation and Bioconversion International Symposium. 🇨🇳♻️
Ian was an invited speaker and Alescia presented a poster on her research in Cyanobacteria.👏
Ian was an invited speaker and Alescia presented a poster on her research in Cyanobacteria.👏
Centre Chief Investigator Professor Ian O'Hara of #QUT has been appointed a 2025 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. #ATSE 🎉
Join us in congratulating Professor O'Hara on this prestigious appointment!
Read the story: bit.ly/3IKStom
Join us in congratulating Professor O'Hara on this prestigious appointment!
Read the story: bit.ly/3IKStom
Chief Investigator named a 2025 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Professor Ian O’Hara, Chief Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Deputy Dean of Engineering at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), has been appointed a 2025 Fel...
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October 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Centre Chief Investigator Professor Ian O'Hara of #QUT has been appointed a 2025 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. #ATSE 🎉
Join us in congratulating Professor O'Hara on this prestigious appointment!
Read the story: bit.ly/3IKStom
Join us in congratulating Professor O'Hara on this prestigious appointment!
Read the story: bit.ly/3IKStom
Great turnout at the CoESB Industry Research Showcase at Macquarie University earlier this week, which brought together representatives from startups and academia to highlight collaborative research projects with real-world impact. 💡
Many thanks to our speakers for their engaging talks.
Many thanks to our speakers for their engaging talks.
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Great turnout at the CoESB Industry Research Showcase at Macquarie University earlier this week, which brought together representatives from startups and academia to highlight collaborative research projects with real-world impact. 💡
Many thanks to our speakers for their engaging talks.
Many thanks to our speakers for their engaging talks.