Drew Thomson
@drewthomson.bsky.social
Northumbria PhD student, SynBio lover
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PhD positions available in our group! Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD Scholarship project: Engineering biology approaches to mammalian cells at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Scholarship project: Engineering biology approaches to mammalian cells at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
PhD positions available in our group! Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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Academics publishing an article before the internet: "Done. Time to smoke a cigarette."
Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."
Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Academics publishing an article before the internet: "Done. Time to smoke a cigarette."
Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."
Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."
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New paper with novel biological quantum effects measured for the first time - and developed for applications in Synthetic Biology!
Some exciting results to share! The MagLOV and related proteins from @andrewgyork.bsky.social and @mariaingaramo.bsky.social are quantum. We measured 4% optically detected magnetic resonance contrast in living bacterial cells at room temperature. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
![A. Structure of AsLOV2 [PDB 2V1A] with mutations resutling in MagLOV~2 highlighted. For the first time, quantum sensing in living cells using a fluorescent protein-based sensor can be performed by driving spin transitions using radio-frequency (RF) fields in the presence of a static magnetic field. B. Simplified photocycle diagram in the case of a large external magnetic field.
C. Microscope image cropped to a single cell expressing MagLOV 2. Scalebar is 1 um.
D. For MFE measurements the magnetic field was modulated between 0 mT and 10 mT, here with a period 10 seconds. The intensity over time is integrated over pixels covering the single cell, with an exponential decay (due to photobleaching) removed.
E. A single cell expressing MagLOV 2 displaying an ODMR signal 4% contrast.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tludcv74nxumusfwzkmfcl5q/bafkreigmpmmy3xz6alxsxwwmsw4dxn7lkebjl4lqtcwvpiljdiubztlmqa@jpeg)
November 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
New paper with novel biological quantum effects measured for the first time - and developed for applications in Synthetic Biology!
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Time to update your threat model
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Time to update your threat model
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I crack up every time I look at this
November 17, 2024 at 6:24 AM
I crack up every time I look at this
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The Onion should buy Elsevier next
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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A new study by Hacham et al. suggests a novel regulatory feedback loop involving glutathione, methionine, & cysteine, providing insight into the interrelationship between plant growth, stress response, and nutritional value.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
October 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
A new study by Hacham et al. suggests a novel regulatory feedback loop involving glutathione, methionine, & cysteine, providing insight into the interrelationship between plant growth, stress response, and nutritional value.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
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Next in Lab's conference agenda: #SBUK2023! Go talk to Ana (poster #7) to hear about the LAP Repository (laprepo.com) for #automation protocols & Matty (poster #28) to hear about Genetta (biocomputation-cbgp.github.io/genetta) for design analysis #synbio
November 3, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Next in Lab's conference agenda: #SBUK2023! Go talk to Ana (poster #7) to hear about the LAP Repository (laprepo.com) for #automation protocols & Matty (poster #28) to hear about Genetta (biocomputation-cbgp.github.io/genetta) for design analysis #synbio
#HiSciSky First post woop woop!!! PhD student at Northumbria University, UK looking to make connections with other Synthetic Biology related academics
November 5, 2023 at 5:16 PM
#HiSciSky First post woop woop!!! PhD student at Northumbria University, UK looking to make connections with other Synthetic Biology related academics