Josh Burns
joshburns.bsky.social
Josh Burns
@joshburns.bsky.social
Microbiologist working on specialised metabolite production at Bactobio. 🦠, 🎾,🐕, and hunting for 🍄
We're looking for a technician in our Compound Discovery team to work on natural product extraction and isolation! Take a look at www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... #secmet
Compound Discovery Technician
Job Opening: Compound Discovery Technician at Bactobio in London.
bactobio.pinpointhq.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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If you’re interested in Streptomyces, other filamentous actinomycete bacteria and their natural products follow @ActinoBase. Linked to our wiki at actinobase.org. Please share.
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Funded 4-year PhD with me & @barriewilks.bsky.social. We've found a way to make Streptomyces bacteria over-produce antibiotics in the presence of glucose. Could be a game changer. This PhD project aims to understand how it works.

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
Relieving glucose-mediated carbon catabolite repression to engineer antibiotic over production in Streptomyces species | Doctoral Training Partnership
HUTCHINGS_J25DTP2
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
November 12, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 – 1934, Polish-born, naturalized-French #physicist & #chemist at work in her lab. The contents of her lab glassware in my print glow-in-the-dark! 🎢🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci

Marie Curie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win 2 Nobel 🧵1/n
November 7, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Pls RP: Fully-funded Medical Research Council (MRC DiMeN DTP) PhD studentship to join the Duncan, @HenrikStrahl & @BanzhafLab labs at @UniofNewcastle. Metabolic barcoding of microbial antibiotic exposomes. Application deadline 13th Dec www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Metabolic barcoding of microbial antibiotic exposomes at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Metabolic barcoding of microbial antibiotic exposomes at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Mushroom climbing is a dangerous business and should only be attempted by professionals.
October 26, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Beautiful day to go mushroom spotting in Epping Forest - some of the Puffballs are getting absolutely huge!
October 26, 2024 at 1:23 PM