Alex Fedorec
@ajfedorec.bsky.social
synthetic/engineering biology, computational biology group leader @UCL. Microbial communities, control, self-organisation, patterning, and bio-computation. You might know me as Sandy. #newPI he/him
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I’m excited to announce the launch of my lab at EPFL in Jan 2026 🎉. We’ll combine evolution & synthetic biology to study and (re)engineer bacterial communication.
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m excited to announce the launch of my lab at EPFL in Jan 2026 🎉. We’ll combine evolution & synthetic biology to study and (re)engineer bacterial communication.
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
Tom Fayle (www.tomfayle.com/index.htm) and I have a funded PhD project available on the NERC TREES programme to use synthetic microbial communities and agent-based modelling to explore anthropogenic impacts in ecosystems
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
Exploring the impacts of anthropogenic change on networks using microbial microcosms | TREES DLA
Humans are rapidly altering natural ecosystems, often resulting in fragmentation of remaining habitats. While consequent reductions in species richness and changes in composition are now well document...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Tom Fayle (www.tomfayle.com/index.htm) and I have a funded PhD project available on the NERC TREES programme to use synthetic microbial communities and agent-based modelling to explore anthropogenic impacts in ecosystems
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
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Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach
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#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
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#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach
global.oup.com/ukhe/product...
#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
global.oup.com/ukhe/product...
#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
1 week left to apply for a postdoctoral position in my group to lead the experimental component of a 5 year BBSRC project on synthetic microbial communities
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
1 week left to apply for a postdoctoral position in my group to lead the experimental component of a 5 year BBSRC project on synthetic microbial communities
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Oct. 23, 6pm at UCL 🥳! Excited for:
🧬 Dirk Benzinger (Briscoe Lab)
Dissecting and engineering cellular signal processing with synthetic biology and optogenetics
🌍 Brooke Wain (Jimenez Lab)
Biocatalytic recycling of plastic: industrial viability and limitations
events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
🧬 Dirk Benzinger (Briscoe Lab)
Dissecting and engineering cellular signal processing with synthetic biology and optogenetics
🌍 Brooke Wain (Jimenez Lab)
Biocatalytic recycling of plastic: industrial viability and limitations
events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
London SynBio Network 11
London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 23rd of September
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October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Oct. 23, 6pm at UCL 🥳! Excited for:
🧬 Dirk Benzinger (Briscoe Lab)
Dissecting and engineering cellular signal processing with synthetic biology and optogenetics
🌍 Brooke Wain (Jimenez Lab)
Biocatalytic recycling of plastic: industrial viability and limitations
events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
🧬 Dirk Benzinger (Briscoe Lab)
Dissecting and engineering cellular signal processing with synthetic biology and optogenetics
🌍 Brooke Wain (Jimenez Lab)
Biocatalytic recycling of plastic: industrial viability and limitations
events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
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Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Two postdoc positions with @ajfedorec.bsky.social: one computational and one wetlab, for a 5 year grant on synthetic microbial communities
Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#PostDoc
Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#PostDoc
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Two postdoc positions with @ajfedorec.bsky.social: one computational and one wetlab, for a 5 year grant on synthetic microbial communities
Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#PostDoc
Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#PostDoc
The advert for the second (wetlab) postdoc is now live www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The advert for the second (wetlab) postdoc is now live www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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🥳Excited to share our latest collaborative work using whole-cell models and #AI to design genomes!🦠🧬 What a time to be alive! Project led by Ioana Gherman, with Kieren Sharma, Joshua Rees-Garbutt, Claire Grierson, Lucia Marucci, Wei Pang & Zahraa Abdallah #synbio authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
September 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🥳Excited to share our latest collaborative work using whole-cell models and #AI to design genomes!🦠🧬 What a time to be alive! Project led by Ioana Gherman, with Kieren Sharma, Joshua Rees-Garbutt, Claire Grierson, Lucia Marucci, Wei Pang & Zahraa Abdallah #synbio authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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🎉 London SynBio Network is back! Join us on 25th of September.
🧬 Surpassing Nature – Metabolic engineering for novel biological CO2 fixation routes
Ari Satanowski
💐 Open Flower: designer flowers for art and education
Nick Desnoyer
➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
🧬 Surpassing Nature – Metabolic engineering for novel biological CO2 fixation routes
Ari Satanowski
💐 Open Flower: designer flowers for art and education
Nick Desnoyer
➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
London SynBio Network 10
London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 25th of September
events.humanitix.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎉 London SynBio Network is back! Join us on 25th of September.
🧬 Surpassing Nature – Metabolic engineering for novel biological CO2 fixation routes
Ari Satanowski
💐 Open Flower: designer flowers for art and education
Nick Desnoyer
➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
🧬 Surpassing Nature – Metabolic engineering for novel biological CO2 fixation routes
Ari Satanowski
💐 Open Flower: designer flowers for art and education
Nick Desnoyer
➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...
The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Join us in London for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Submit your abstract for consideration as a poster or oral communication and register before 12 September to save £50 🧪 : www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
September 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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SynBio UK London 2025. Submit your abstract and register before 12 September for earlybird discount.
Join us in London for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Submit your abstract for consideration as a poster or oral communication and register before 12 September to save £50 🧪 : www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SynBio UK London 2025. Submit your abstract and register before 12 September for earlybird discount.
Reposted by Alex Fedorec
Join us in London for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Submit your abstract for consideration as a poster or oral communication and register before 12 September to save £50 🧪 : www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
July 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us in London for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology. Submit your abstract for consideration as a poster or oral communication and register before 12 September to save £50 🧪 : www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
I'm going to be advertising for a few positions in my group in the next couple of months for a big project on synthetic microbial communities.
I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!
I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!
August 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm going to be advertising for a few positions in my group in the next couple of months for a big project on synthetic microbial communities.
I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!
I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!
#synbio folks, come and join us for the 10th annual Biochemical Society Synthetic Biology UK conference in London this November.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#synbio folks, come and join us for the 10th annual Biochemical Society Synthetic Biology UK conference in London this November.
www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
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Join us in London (12-13 November) for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology.
Organised this year by @biochemsoc.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk.
www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/s...
#synbio
Organised this year by @biochemsoc.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk.
www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/s...
#synbio
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May 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Join us in London (12-13 November) for the 10th anniversary of SynBio UK, the premier conference for synthetic and engineering biology.
Organised this year by @biochemsoc.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk.
www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/s...
#synbio
Organised this year by @biochemsoc.bsky.social and colleagues at @ucl.ac.uk.
www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/s...
#synbio
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Join us Apr. 24th, 6pm @ Imperial Royal School of Mines
🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling
Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC)
🧑🔬🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation
Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL)
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling
Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC)
🧑🔬🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation
Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL)
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
London SynBio Network 8
London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 24th of April
events.humanitix.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us Apr. 24th, 6pm @ Imperial Royal School of Mines
🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling
Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC)
🧑🔬🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation
Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL)
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling
Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC)
🧑🔬🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation
Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL)
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
This is a really crushing piece on the way in which disability is vilified and the government perspective that productive work is the only thing of moral value
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is a really crushing piece on the way in which disability is vilified and the government perspective that productive work is the only thing of moral value
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉
February 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉
My department @ucl-cdb.bsky.social, is looking to hire a lecturer (assistant prof equivalent) in computational cell biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
My department @ucl-cdb.bsky.social, is looking to hire a lecturer (assistant prof equivalent) in computational cell biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
I got reviewer comments back for a big grant today. Is "in E. Coli" going to be the new "in mice" for synthetic biology work?
I should say it's a fair comment for my synthetic community work, but this proposal is already so extensive that to then say we'll include more species feels crazy
I should say it's a fair comment for my synthetic community work, but this proposal is already so extensive that to then say we'll include more species feels crazy
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I got reviewer comments back for a big grant today. Is "in E. Coli" going to be the new "in mice" for synthetic biology work?
I should say it's a fair comment for my synthetic community work, but this proposal is already so extensive that to then say we'll include more species feels crazy
I should say it's a fair comment for my synthetic community work, but this proposal is already so extensive that to then say we'll include more species feels crazy
NERC funded PhD project with Tom Fayle and myself to study the impacts of anthropogenic change on ecosystems using synthetic microbial communities and agent based modelling
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
Short deadline (20th Jan)
Please share 🙏
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
Short deadline (20th Jan)
Please share 🙏
Exploring the impacts of anthropogenic change on networks using microbial microcosms | TREES DLA
Humans are rapidly altering natural ecosystems, often resulting in fragmentation of remaining habitats. While consequent reductions in species richness and changes in composition are now well document...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NERC funded PhD project with Tom Fayle and myself to study the impacts of anthropogenic change on ecosystems using synthetic microbial communities and agent based modelling
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
Short deadline (20th Jan)
Please share 🙏
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/exp...
Short deadline (20th Jan)
Please share 🙏
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Join us Jan. 23, 17:45 for the first 2025 LSN event!
🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion
Amir Guppy
🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions
Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion
Amir Guppy
🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions
Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
London SynBio Network 6
London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 12th of December
events.humanitix.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join us Jan. 23, 17:45 for the first 2025 LSN event!
🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion
Amir Guppy
🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions
Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...
🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion
Amir Guppy
🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions
Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lond...