I had an amazing time yesterday visiting @vdlorenzo.bsky.social and hearing about the many exciting projects underway in his lab. Our evening stroll through the heart of Madrid and dinner of tapas made for an unforgettable experience

My students have become very good at cloning. Now I can be in two continents at once this fall

I'm enjoying the start of the International Metabolic Engineering 16 #ME16 meeting in Copenhagen this week

Thanks to the organizers for providing a chance to share our work
Thanks to my students for taking these pics

Looking forward to meeting other attendees

We have a vibrant and supportive culture in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department @udelaware.bsky.social. Thanks to the faculty and staff who create the environment to succeed

I've benefited from great mentors at all stages & especially Wilfred Chen

But most of all, the students (2/3)

With the state of US scientific funding it seems like an inappropriate time to celebrate anything

But in the last week thanks to years of dedication from my students we were recognized through the Roberta Colman and Gerard Mangone awards, & tenure. Thank you to those who made it possible (1/3)

Bill Bentley from Maryland kicks off our microbial communities session by discussing mediated electrochemical probing for mAbs and cells
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Day 2 of #MASBN kicks off with our keynote speaker Chris Voigt discussing his inspiring work on engineering microbes for environmental release
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Our last speaker in the New to the Mid Atlantic session at this year's #MASBN symposium is @saramol.bsky.social who recently started her lab at U. Maryland.
Cool results on asymmetric cell division for patterning
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We're excited to hear about electromicrobiology from @electromicrobe.bsky.social who recently started his lab @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Next up at MASBN is @victoriagmuir.bsky.social , my new colleague at @udelaware.bsky.social who is studying how cells navigate complex environments and host-pathogen interactions
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In our New to the Mid Atlantic session, we're pleased to have Ophelia Venturelli tell us about multi-scale dynamics in gut microbial communities
@oventurelli2.bsky.social
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And the MASBN Symposium is now in full swing as Sherry Gao from UPenn kicks us off

It's a frigid but otherwise lovely winter day here at U. Delaware where we are gearing up to host the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Synthetic Biology Network Symposium.

A big welcome to our 230 attendees, and a big thank you to our sponsors NSF, DBI, IFF, NIIMBL, & more
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MASBN symposiums are due in large part to a regional coordination grant from NSF. But we're also grateful to have support from the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, NIIMBL, IFF, Delaware Bio, and the Delaware Prosperity Partnership

Don't miss this exciting meeting!
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Nice to be at #AIChE2024 in San Diego. Check out our posters and talks Monday through Wednesday