Andrea Garza E.
@andrea-garza-e.bsky.social
synthetic micro-biologist 🔬🧬👩🏽🔬🇲🇽🏳️🌈 | postdoc at Oak Ridge Nat Lab | non-model bacteria, gene tools and editors, bioinformatics, and robots! | also, cats.
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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A new perspective/review article on the role of Synthetic Biology in realizing bio-based economy, shout out to @andrea-garza-e.bsky.social for the heavy lift! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Building an expanded bio-based economy through synthetic biology
The field of synthetic biology is essential to the continued development of a bio-based economy, creating mechanisms to supply carbon needed in the ec…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A new perspective/review article on the role of Synthetic Biology in realizing bio-based economy, shout out to @andrea-garza-e.bsky.social for the heavy lift! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨Just announced! The NSF-NIST Bioeconomy Standards Scholar-in-Residence Initiative offers researchers the opportunity to spend time at a NIST lab developing expertise in standards development for AI-ready data, workflows, machine readable code, calibration objects, and more. tinyurl.com/44cuz94u
NSF-NIST Scholars in Residence
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November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🚨Just announced! The NSF-NIST Bioeconomy Standards Scholar-in-Residence Initiative offers researchers the opportunity to spend time at a NIST lab developing expertise in standards development for AI-ready data, workflows, machine readable code, calibration objects, and more. tinyurl.com/44cuz94u
opinion: we should be saying upstrand and downstrand instead of upstream and downstream 🧬
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
opinion: we should be saying upstrand and downstrand instead of upstream and downstream 🧬
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As #Halloween approaches, adults stalk the aisles of stores, looking for their favorite gummy candy. Chemists can tweak many ingredients in search of the best bounce or bite, but one of the largest differentiators is the molecule that creates the gel: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
As #Halloween approaches, adults stalk the aisles of stores, looking for their favorite gummy candy. Chemists can tweak many ingredients in search of the best bounce or bite, but one of the largest differentiators is the molecule that creates the gel: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
procrastinating on writing the reviewer response + needed some art for the office walls =
"organizing the freezer" acrylic on canvas 😂
"organizing the freezer" acrylic on canvas 😂
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
procrastinating on writing the reviewer response + needed some art for the office walls =
"organizing the freezer" acrylic on canvas 😂
"organizing the freezer" acrylic on canvas 😂
RNA RNA RNA !!!
This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/
m.xkcd.com/3056/
September 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
RNA RNA RNA !!!
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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
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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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Establishing an RNA sensor with high sensitivity and dynamic range utilizing a signal amplifier platform https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.675666v1
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Establishing an RNA sensor with high sensitivity and dynamic range utilizing a signal amplifier platform https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.675666v1
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My most successful outreach effort by far is the "Friends Don't Let Friends Made Bad Graphs" repository. It has 6.8 bookmarks on GitHub. That's just people with a GitHub account, not counting those who have used it but don't have a GitHub account.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
GitHub - cxli233/FriendsDontLetFriends: Friends don't let friends make certain types of data visualization - What are they and why are they bad.
Friends don't let friends make certain types of data visualization - What are they and why are they bad. - GitHub - cxli233/FriendsDontLetFriends: Friends don't let friends make certain ty...
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September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My most successful outreach effort by far is the "Friends Don't Let Friends Made Bad Graphs" repository. It has 6.8 bookmarks on GitHub. That's just people with a GitHub account, not counting those who have used it but don't have a GitHub account.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
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Don't miss this opportunity from @nasonline.org! The Biotechnology Regulatory Fellowship Program provides hands-on professional development and skill-building to address future regulatory challenges posed by novel biotechnology products. Learn more and apply: biotechfellows.nationalacademies.org
National Academy of Sciences
<p>Biotechnology Regularory Fellowship engage fellows in developing the evidence basis needed to meet future regulatory challenges.</p>
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June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Don't miss this opportunity from @nasonline.org! The Biotechnology Regulatory Fellowship Program provides hands-on professional development and skill-building to address future regulatory challenges posed by novel biotechnology products. Learn more and apply: biotechfellows.nationalacademies.org
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We're hiring! Do you have experience engineering yeast and using CRISPR? Jose Avalos and I are hiring a joint postdoc to work on an exciting fast-paced DARPA project with a great team at Neochromosome, Fermeate, and @joepeterslab.bsky.social
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu
June 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're hiring! Do you have experience engineering yeast and using CRISPR? Jose Avalos and I are hiring a joint postdoc to work on an exciting fast-paced DARPA project with a great team at Neochromosome, Fermeate, and @joepeterslab.bsky.social
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Happy pride month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷
June 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Happy pride month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷
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🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
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1/10 Today in @science.org in collaboration with
the Liu group we report the development of a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase (evoCAST) that supports therapeutically relevant levels of RNA-programmable gene insertion in human cells. drive.google.com/file/d/1I-Ub...
the Liu group we report the development of a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase (evoCAST) that supports therapeutically relevant levels of RNA-programmable gene insertion in human cells. drive.google.com/file/d/1I-Ub...
May 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
1/10 Today in @science.org in collaboration with
the Liu group we report the development of a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase (evoCAST) that supports therapeutically relevant levels of RNA-programmable gene insertion in human cells. drive.google.com/file/d/1I-Ub...
the Liu group we report the development of a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase (evoCAST) that supports therapeutically relevant levels of RNA-programmable gene insertion in human cells. drive.google.com/file/d/1I-Ub...
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Thanks to scienceimpacts.org for mapping the impacts of cutting NIH indirect costs & making it easy for local news to focus on the impacts to their community
Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for helping researchers write op-eds for their hometown newspapers about the impacts on science 4/
Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for helping researchers write op-eds for their hometown newspapers about the impacts on science 4/
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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May 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thanks to scienceimpacts.org for mapping the impacts of cutting NIH indirect costs & making it easy for local news to focus on the impacts to their community
Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for helping researchers write op-eds for their hometown newspapers about the impacts on science 4/
Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for helping researchers write op-eds for their hometown newspapers about the impacts on science 4/
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Very excited to share a manuscript at the heart of my PhD! We added an RNA-memory device (RAM) to phage P1 to identify transduction hosts in synthetic and wastewater microbial communities in high throughput. Also, I am on the post-doc market, so please reach out if interested! 1/6
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Cross-order detection of bacteriophage transduction in communities using ribosomal RNA barcoding
Bacteriophages (phages) facilitate gene transfer and microbial evolution in all ecosystems and have applications as tools for engineering microbiomes and as antimicrobials. Historic efforts to map pha...
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May 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Very excited to share a manuscript at the heart of my PhD! We added an RNA-memory device (RAM) to phage P1 to identify transduction hosts in synthetic and wastewater microbial communities in high throughput. Also, I am on the post-doc market, so please reach out if interested! 1/6
t.ly/a8k9O
t.ly/a8k9O
Some Gboard emoji combinations I'll be using to express my feelings in the lab, a thread
May 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Some Gboard emoji combinations I'll be using to express my feelings in the lab, a thread
Congratulations! 🎉
Despite the uncertainty in the world, I’m happy to announce that I was elected to the Board of Directors for SIMB. We will work to advance science and biotechnology, especially for our young researchers! Happy to serve with my friend, @drksolomon.bsky.social www.simbhq.org/2025/04/15/2...
2025 SIMB election results are in | Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
The 2025 SIMB Election for positions on the Board of Directors concluded on March 31, and the votes have been ratified by the Elections Committee. Thank you to each and every member who participated in this year’s election—as a candidate or as a voter.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Congratulations! 🎉
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Do you like #Plant #Synthetic #Biology - and do you want to learn more? Then have a look at
www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-synt...
We are hosting this short training event to bring you up-to-date on the latest things in Plant #SynBio and also with practical training !!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-synt...
We are hosting this short training event to bring you up-to-date on the latest things in Plant #SynBio and also with practical training !!!
March 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Do you like #Plant #Synthetic #Biology - and do you want to learn more? Then have a look at
www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-synt...
We are hosting this short training event to bring you up-to-date on the latest things in Plant #SynBio and also with practical training !!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-synt...
We are hosting this short training event to bring you up-to-date on the latest things in Plant #SynBio and also with practical training !!!
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If you are (or would like to become) a member of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, I would appreciate your vote for me in the Board of Directors election! Also consider @drksolomon.bsky.social as well!More info here: www.simbhq.org/2025/02/27/2...
www.simbhq.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you are (or would like to become) a member of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, I would appreciate your vote for me in the Board of Directors election! Also consider @drksolomon.bsky.social as well!More info here: www.simbhq.org/2025/02/27/2...
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Rice research team creates universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria #NBTintheNews via @riceuniversity.bsky.social news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Rice research team creates universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria #NBTintheNews via @riceuniversity.bsky.social news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
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RNA GANG 🔥🔥
February 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RNA GANG 🔥🔥