Thomas H. Jordan
biosynthetic.bsky.social
Thomas H. Jordan
@biosynthetic.bsky.social
PhD Student at the Piel lab working on synthetic biology. Using Ribosomally synthesized and Post-translationally modified Peptides to build new screening pipelines.
Excited to have presented my research at the Gordon Research Conference on #synbio

I learned a lot about recent progress in the field covering anything from using gene circuits to investigate fundamental plant science to establishing directed evolution workflows in mammalian cell systems.
August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by Thomas H. Jordan
Unbelievable news.

Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.

New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Thomas H. Jordan
NEW paper 🚨! We engineered TNT sensors in soil bacteria for long-term detection of explosive in natural soil, enabling geospatial detection of contaminated soil. This work (led by Erin Essington) included new sensors, circuits, modeling, & a 28-day testing workflow. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An autonomous microbial sensor enables long-term detection of TNT explosive in natural soil - Nature Communications
Engineered microbes can detect harmful chemicals, but may not work well in complex environments. Here, the authors built microbial sensors for detection of TNT explosive and tested their response over...
www.nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM