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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our work showing how our macromolecular cryoprotectants unlock "blood on demand' is now published! @uommib.bsky.social From the freezer to fully washed in just 25 minutes, compared to 75 mins using glycerol. Partnership with Tom Whale, Fraser Macrae and more.
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Towards blood on demand: Rapid post-thaw isolation of red blood cells from multicomponent cryoprotectants

Severe blood loss due to trauma, anaemia, or chemotherapy necessitates immediate red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. The short shelf-life of RBCs at 4 …

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Research at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social · Jul 17

Another interesting paper building on the smell of Parkinson's from our colleagues @uommib.bsky.social and @i-med.ac.at & supported by colleagues, patients and healthy volunteers at Northern Care Alliance. Findings support the use of sebum as an accessible biofluid.
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Classification of Parkinson’s disease and isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder: delineating progression markers from the sebum volatilome

npj Parkinson's Disease - Classification of Parkinson’s disease and isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder: delineating progression markers from the sebum volatilome

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our latest work is out. Glyconanoparticles with complex branched glycans to interrogate influenza binding, with no labels in a microplate. Nice academic/industry collaboration @uommib.bsky.social with Iceni and AZ, and Rob Field. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Label‐Free and Microplate‐Based Dissection of Glycan‐Virus Interactions Using Polymer‐Tethered Glyconanoparticles

This work demonstrates the use of polymer-tethered glycosylated gold nanoparticles for the label-free evaluation of influenza virus binding in a simple microplate. Sialylated linear and branched glyc...

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're hiring!

We seek to appoint an outstanding & ambitious early career scientist to a lectureship position.

💷 Salary: £46,753 to £57,422 per annum, DOE
👩‍🔬 Responsibilities: Teaching and research
🗓️ Deadline: 24 June 2025
📄 Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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iGEM Community @igemcommunity.bsky.social · May 19

From iGEMer to global leader, Yizhi ‘Patrick’ Cai’s work has shaped synthetic biology across continents, mentoring the next generation and building the future of life design, one genome at a time.

Read about his journey: blog.igem.org/blog/2025/4/...

Yizhi ‘Patrick’ Cai: An iGEMer who is unraveling nature’s design rules to create synthetic life — iGEM Blog

Professor Yizhi ‘Patrick’ Cai, of the University of Manchester, credits iGEM for introducing him to synthetic biology and giving him the experience, colleagues and connections necessary for a successf...

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jun 2

We're proud to be working with the @uommib.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social on a new £8.5M project, funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, to find biotechnological routes to feed a growing population while protecting crops against climate change and pests:

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Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · Jun 2

The nine teams we're funding in Synthetic Plants are paving the way for more productive, resilient, and sustainable plants. 🌱

Discover how they'll deliver growth in agriculture for the UK + beyond: link.aria.org.uk/sp-c-bs

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · Jun 2

🆕 Scientists at the Earlham Institute, @uommib.bsky.social, and @johninnescentre.bsky.social are partnering to develop #synthetic plant chromosome technologies, to rapidly design and deliver beneficial traits to crops, as part of a new £8.5m @aria-research.bsky.social project.

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Scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value

A new project - funded by a £8.5M grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - will leverage advances in engineering biology to establish synthetic plant chromosome (...

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jun 2

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improving crop resilience and nutritional value

A new project, co-led by Dr Joshua James and Professor Patrick Cai of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with the John Innes Centre and Earlham...

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jun 2

Global food production is facing significant climate change-related issues so, we're working on a new £8.5M project funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, with our partners at @earlhaminst.bsky.social &
@johninnescentre.bsky.social to find biotechnological routes help feed our growing population.

A close up of potato flowers in a greenhouse. They flowers are bathed in a pinkish light from the grow lamps.

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jun 2

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improving crop resilience and nutritional value

A new project, co-led by Dr Joshua James and Professor Patrick Cai of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with the John Innes Centre and Earlham...

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · May 28

Our team's dedicated microscopy platform for (live) cell imaging is set up @uommib.bsky.social : spinning disk confocal + high-content microscopes, + flow cytometer. This will accelerate our biomaterials discovery for cryo/glyco sciences. Credit to @akalabyabissoyi.bsky.social for hard work!

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · May 8

Registration is now open for the Annual MacroGroupUK Symposia and Medal Award Lectures, hosted @uommib.bsky.social 8/9th September. Fabulous line up of speakers. Thanks to sponsors, we have poster prizes and low registration including all refreshments .
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2025 MacroGroup Annual Symposia and Medal Lectures

Get ready for two jam-packed days of talks, discussions, and prestigious medal lectures at the 2025 MacroGroup Annual Symposia!

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · May 1

We have three opportunities for a Senior Lecturer/Asscociate Professor in the MIB.
💷 Salary: £59,139-£70,579 pa, d.o.e
👩‍🔬 Responsibilities: Research and teaching
🗓️ Deadline: 24 June 2025
🌍 Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Senior Lecturer/Reader within the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (3 posts available):Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · Mar 19

We have another #postdoc vacancy @uommib.bsky.social . Join us to explore new applications of glycan-nanodiagnostics, with our partners Iceni Glycoscience and Field Lab. #glycotime We have world-class facilities in great environment. Pls RT.
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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations to Niklas Geue, formerly of Prof Barran's research group, who received the Wolfgang Paul Study Award from the German Society for Mass Spectrometry for his thesis "Formation, Characterisation and Disassembly of Metallosupramolecular Complexes in vacuo". 🥳🎉

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · Mar 5

Our new HPLC from Agilent to go along with our Glyconeer is set up and ready at @uommib.bsky.social . This platform for automated polysaccharide synthesis will transform our capabilities for biomaterial discovery. Science soon!

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Feb 13

A new paper from Jingyu Cao, Jingyuan Lu and Yuanxin Cao from the de Visser group resolves how Penicillium synthesises Brevione B. This work may help understand the biosynthesis reactions in nature and help to synthesise novel drug molecules.

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What Factors Determine the Brevione B Desaturation Mechanism in the Nonheme Iron Dioxygenase BrvJ?

Density functional theory calculations on the nonheme iron desaturase BrvJ show that desaturation happens through two consecutive hydrogen atom abstraction barriers, while the OH rebound barrier is s...

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Drupad @drupad.bsky.social · Feb 5

We are looking for enthusiastic, eager learners to join us in exploring human sebum's potential beyond those annoying teenage pimples. Apply before 28th Feb to get nominated for University of Manchester Dean's Doctoral Award (shorturl.at/4gqQG)
#metabolomics #massspec #chemometrics #PhD (1 of 2)

Dean's Doctoral Scholarship Award | The University of Manchester

Research. Teaching and learning. Social responsibility. Discover more about The University of Manchester here.

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jan 21

@labgibson.bsky.social is part of a new Prosperity Partnership – led by Prof Mike Shaver – to address plastic waste in healthcare. This partnership between @official-uom.bsky.social and @bupauk.bsky.social will drive meaningful change for the sector.

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University of Manchester and Bupa combine to affect change on environmental impact of healthcare sector

The University of Manchester and Bupa have announced an innovative new collaboration to develop new methods and strategies to drastically reduce the healthcare sector’s environmental impact upon our p...

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jan 21

Prof Alan Dickson will co-lead a new £8.2m project with the University of Kent and UCL that will bridge the gap in diagnostics development.

CADDA will bring together academics, industry, the NHS and regulators to help bring new products to market.

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The University of Manchester partners in £8.2 million initiative to accelerate diagnostic innovation

The project, led by the University of Kent, and including The University of Manchester, and University College London (UCL), will address the development gap in the diagnostics innovation ecosystem.Ac...

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Liz Fullam @proflizf.bsky.social · Jan 16

🔔 Very happy to announce that the lab has recently moved to @uommib.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social 🦠🧪

If anyone is intrigued by what TB ‘eats’ and would like to join us then you are in luck as 2 postdoc positions are currently available! Please get in touch if you are interested.

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jan 16

Professors Anthony Green and Igor Larrosa have developed a brand new enzyme, SNAr1.3, that catalyses SNAr reactions with high efficiency and selectivity under mild conditions. This could transform drug and chemical manufacturing.

Read more here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/i...

Innovative enzyme breakthrough could transform drug and chemical manufacturing

Published today (15 January 2025) in Nature, this breakthrough centres on a process called nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr), a class of transformation that is widely used across the chemical ...

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Jan 6

A link to the clip: youtu.be/83ZswhEqTYw

How enzymes can help us curb waste at Christmas

YouTube video by UoMBiotechnology

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology @uommib.bsky.social · Dec 21

Did you catch us on BBC Breakfast this morning?

Dr Neil Dixon and Dr Micaela Chacón explain how biotechnology could be used to help us with our Christmas waste.

Start from 17:45: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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