Megan McSweeney
@meganmcsweeney.bsky.social
Synthetic biologist and biomolecular engineer.
Postdoc @ Stanford BioE 🌲 PhD from Georgia Tech 🐝
Postdoc @ Stanford BioE 🌲 PhD from Georgia Tech 🐝
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Explore plant synthetic biology with Stanford’s Jenn Brophy
@jennbrophy.bsky.social on EBRC In Translation. We discuss engineering genetic circuits in plants & microbes, lab sustainability, fostering the next gen of synthetic biologists, and championing diversity in science!
tinyurl.com/473b4dky
@jennbrophy.bsky.social on EBRC In Translation. We discuss engineering genetic circuits in plants & microbes, lab sustainability, fostering the next gen of synthetic biologists, and championing diversity in science!
tinyurl.com/473b4dky
EBRC In Translation
EBRC In Translation is a podcast working to bring you conversations with leaders in the world of Engineering Biology. The show is the official podcast of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium St...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Explore plant synthetic biology with Stanford’s Jenn Brophy
@jennbrophy.bsky.social on EBRC In Translation. We discuss engineering genetic circuits in plants & microbes, lab sustainability, fostering the next gen of synthetic biologists, and championing diversity in science!
tinyurl.com/473b4dky
@jennbrophy.bsky.social on EBRC In Translation. We discuss engineering genetic circuits in plants & microbes, lab sustainability, fostering the next gen of synthetic biologists, and championing diversity in science!
tinyurl.com/473b4dky
Reposted by Megan McSweeney
The next @ebrc.org panel hosted by the Student and Postdoc Association is Sept 25! Re-post/share!
🧬 Are you a grad student thinking about pursuing a postdoc?
📺 Attend our panel to learn more about postdoc life and how to make the most of it!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/FQLTRcP8wR2h...
🧬 Are you a grad student thinking about pursuing a postdoc?
📺 Attend our panel to learn more about postdoc life and how to make the most of it!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/FQLTRcP8wR2h...
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The next @ebrc.org panel hosted by the Student and Postdoc Association is Sept 25! Re-post/share!
🧬 Are you a grad student thinking about pursuing a postdoc?
📺 Attend our panel to learn more about postdoc life and how to make the most of it!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/FQLTRcP8wR2h...
🧬 Are you a grad student thinking about pursuing a postdoc?
📺 Attend our panel to learn more about postdoc life and how to make the most of it!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/FQLTRcP8wR2h...
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A recent AJC article covered how Georgia lawmakers want all public university syllabi to be made public, in line with a movement to keep classrooms free from what has been labeled as “woke.” I’ll save everyone the trouble; I am glad to share my syllabus openly. www.ajc.com/education/20...
Georgia's college faculty worry public syllabus rule could lead to harassment
The policy to make course syllabuses public is being partially implemented this semester. By next fall, every class offered by USG schools must have its syllabus online.
www.ajc.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A recent AJC article covered how Georgia lawmakers want all public university syllabi to be made public, in line with a movement to keep classrooms free from what has been labeled as “woke.” I’ll save everyone the trouble; I am glad to share my syllabus openly. www.ajc.com/education/20...
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A scalable cell-free manufacturing platform for two-step bioproduction of immunogenic conjugate vaccines https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.668792v1
August 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A scalable cell-free manufacturing platform for two-step bioproduction of immunogenic conjugate vaccines https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.668792v1
Reposted by Megan McSweeney
How many plasmids can bacteria carry? A synthetic biology perspective
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
How many plasmids can bacteria carry? A synthetic biology perspective | Open Biology
Plasmids are pinnacle tools in synthetic biology and other biotechnological applications.
They serve as the simplest approach to introduce recombinant DNA, which is then transcribed
into RNA that func...
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August 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How many plasmids can bacteria carry? A synthetic biology perspective
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
My first year participating in Bike to Work Day 🚴🏼♀️☀️ thanks @stanford.edu for the energizer stations
May 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My first year participating in Bike to Work Day 🚴🏼♀️☀️ thanks @stanford.edu for the energizer stations
Super cool CFPS engineering and scale-up to express and purify highly active T7 RNAP. Congrats to @rochelleaw.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
doi.org/10.1002/bit....
doi.org/10.1002/bit....
Scalable Cell‐Free Production of Active T7 RNA Polymerase
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for biomanufacturing paradigms that are robust and fast. Here, we demonstrate the rapid process development and scalable cell-free production of T7...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Super cool CFPS engineering and scale-up to express and purify highly active T7 RNAP. Congrats to @rochelleaw.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
doi.org/10.1002/bit....
doi.org/10.1002/bit....
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With a simple, flexible, no-equipment-needed platform, Georgia Tech chemical engineers in @stygroupgt.bsky.social are creating a new way to test for disease at home or in places where medical resources are limited. b.gatech.edu/3XwFWsB
March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
With a simple, flexible, no-equipment-needed platform, Georgia Tech chemical engineers in @stygroupgt.bsky.social are creating a new way to test for disease at home or in places where medical resources are limited. b.gatech.edu/3XwFWsB
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WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
I’m so happy that the major focus of my PhD is out! Very proud of what we accomplished here, and excited for the potential this tech has to enhance future point-of-care protein diagnostics.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A modular cell-free protein biosensor platform using split T7 RNA polymerase
A split polymerase is used to develop a plug-and-play cell-free biosensor platform for point-of-care protein detection.
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m so happy that the major focus of my PhD is out! Very proud of what we accomplished here, and excited for the potential this tech has to enhance future point-of-care protein diagnostics.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited to share our work in Science Advances! TLISA is a plug-and-play cell-free protein biosensor system developed by @meganmcsweeney.bsky.social. We hope this technology is a stepping stone to expand protein detection at the point-of-care! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A modular cell-free protein biosensor platform using split T7 RNA polymerase
A split polymerase is used to develop a plug-and-play cell-free biosensor platform for point-of-care protein detection.
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Excited to share our work in Science Advances! TLISA is a plug-and-play cell-free protein biosensor system developed by @meganmcsweeney.bsky.social. We hope this technology is a stepping stone to expand protein detection at the point-of-care! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Megan McSweeney
Amazing work from Farren Isaacs team at Yale - reducing E.coli's genetic code down to only using a single stop codon. A 62 codon GRO with lots of potential for applications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineering a genomically recoded organism with one stop codon - Nature
Ochre, a strain of Escherichia coli engineered to have a single stop codon, enables reassignment of four codons for non-degenerate functions, such as incorporation of non-standard amino acids into pro...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Amazing work from Farren Isaacs team at Yale - reducing E.coli's genetic code down to only using a single stop codon. A 62 codon GRO with lots of potential for applications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Be sure to check out the next EBRC SPA panel this Jan 28th 💻 Share with anyone looking for tips on grad school interviews and choosing a lab
The next @ebrc.org SPA panel is Jan 28! Please RT/share!
🧬 Are you an undergrad or Master’s student and applying to graduate school or thinking about it?
📺 Attend our panel to learn about interviews and choosing a program/lab!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/YTPvQ8ZewGc9...
🧬 Are you an undergrad or Master’s student and applying to graduate school or thinking about it?
📺 Attend our panel to learn about interviews and choosing a program/lab!
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/YTPvQ8ZewGc9...
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Be sure to check out the next EBRC SPA panel this Jan 28th 💻 Share with anyone looking for tips on grad school interviews and choosing a lab
