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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · 27d

📣 Interested in Nanopore Sequencing but not based in London?

We’re excited to announce that our Nanopore Sequencing Workshop is available to attend online 🧑‍💻!

Thank you to SynBioUK for hosting 🧪

📆: Tuesday 16th September 2025
⏰: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
📍: Online
🎟️: luma.com/i6gxvlex

Introduction to Nanopore Sequencing (Online) · Luma

Interested in using Nanopore sequencing in your project? Overwhelmed by the different library preparation & analysis options? Not sure where to start? Join us…

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧪Join us for FREE coffee ☕️ and cake 🍰!

🔵@fclabs.bsky.social is presenting a 'Nanopore Sequencing Workshop'!

What's covered?

How the tech works
Library prep basics
Downstream analysis

👉 Limited spots, register now: luma.com/tjtqjj0t

#FullCircleLabs #sequencing #engbio #synbio #biotech #nanopore

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Aug 19

🧪 Calling all researchers!

🔵 Our founder and CEO Michael Crone, will be on the 'Future in Biotech' panel at the UK SynBio Mini Jamboree, hosted by Imperial iGEM.

Free tickets: lu.ma/f5wetcx6

#FullCircleLabs #FutureOfBiotech #iGEM #SynBio #SciencePanel

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎉 Full Circle Labs is hiring! We’re looking for a senior scientist to join our team in London in a wet-lab focused sequencing role, read more at the link below or get in touch if you’d like to know more about the role!
🧬 fullcirclelabs.notion.site?pvs=74

Graphic with description of senior scientist role, Type: Full Time, Permanent, Location: London, SW7, Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Salary range: £45,000 - £50,000

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Mia Fukino @miafukino.bsky.social · May 5

🤩 Excited to head to @synbiobeta.bsky.social 2025 in San Jose! Grateful to be part of a community driving the future of biotech. Let’s connect if you’re attending and want to chat Nanopore sequencing with @fclabs.bsky.social !

#SynBioBeta2025 #SyntheticBiology #BiotechInnovation

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧬 Happy DNA day from all of us at Full Circle Labs!

🔵 What does DNA mean to you?

(👀 wrong answers only 🤫)

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Apr 16

📣 Don’t miss out on some great speakers at the next LSN event on April 24th!

🔵 Register with the link below!

LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · Apr 16

Join us Apr. 24th, 6pm @ Imperial Royal School of Mines

🦠 Microbial consortia for plastic upcycling
Javier Molpeceres (CIB-CSIC)

🧑‍🔬‍🔬 OpenCloning: a credible Open Source alternative to SnapGene and Benchling that supports automation
Dr. Manuel Lera Ramirez (UCL)

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London SynBio Network 8

London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 24th of April

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Apr 1

Just got your sequencing results from Full Circle Labs? 🧬✅ Use #OpenCloning to easily align your Nanopore (or Sanger) data with your constructs and verify your sequences in seconds!

🔬 Free & Open Source
🛠️ Supports most cloning methods

🔗 opencloning.org

#SyntheticBiology #MolecularBiology

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Mar 14

🤗 Happy Friday!

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Mar 14

📣 Don’t miss some great speakers at the next LSN event!

🔵 Register with the link below!

LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join us on Mar. 27th 18:00 for the next LSN event!

🌇 Why build a startup to improve reproducibility in science?
Harry Rickerby

🧬 Pikobodies: What does it take to bioengineer NLR immune receptor-nanobody fusions
Dr. Jiorgos Kourelis

➡️ Register at: events.humanitix.com/london-synbi...

London SynBio Network 7

London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 27th of March

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💙

Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Feb 4

🔵Last year, Talitha Van Beek shadowed our team, exploring startup life, nanopore sequencing, and our sustainability efforts.

Her journey with us began in iGEM (Team BEACON), designing bacteria for e-waste recycling, earning a gold medal at the iGEM Jamboree🏅

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Working at FCL: a visiting student's perspective

Just before the winter break at Full Circle Labs, we had Talitha Van Beek shadow our team for a few days. Talitha is a keen undergraduate student studying Biochemistry at the University of Warwick wh...

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Jan 21

Yes of course! 🤗

📣 We are now testing and circulating some of our reusable QR code sample bags at @uclqsion.bsky.social

Let us know what you think!
#fullcircleeconomy

‘How to’ link: tinyurl.com/34p9wk4z

Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Jan 13

📣 Don’t miss the first London SynBio network event of the year!

🔵 Link below!

LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · Jan 10

Join us Jan. 23, 17:45 for the first 2025 LSN event!
🧬 Designing de novo tRNAs for Genetic Code Expansion
Amir Guppy
🧪 Harnessing synbio tools for solving crucial biotech questions
Dr. Anastasiya Kishkevich

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London SynBio Network 6

London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 12th of December

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Jan 6

📣 Back to work at Imperial College London? We’ve got you covered! 📣

Start the new year right with this quick video (linked below) of our sequencers showing how to use QR code sample bags.

♻️ Thanks for supporting the circular economy!

🧬 Happy Sequencing!

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Full Circle Labs on LinkedIn: 📣 How to use our QR code sample bags at Imperial College London 📣 We…

📣 How to use our QR code sample bags at Imperial College London 📣 We hope everyone had a happy new year! We all know there's a (slight 😅) learning curve…

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 25

🔵 From our circle to yours, happy holidays and we look forward to what the new year may bring 🔵

How sweet is this?! Thank you @clare-r.bsky.social 🤗

Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 24

🥰 Happy Holidays! 🎁

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AlphaFold Unofficial @alphafold.bsky.social · Dec 17

🎶 Hark! The folded proteins sing,
Stable chains and everything.
Joyful folds in ribboned form,
Structures bright, precise, and warm.* 🎶

Life depends on such designs,
Aligned through microscopic lines.
Peace on Earth and molecules bring,
Hark! The folded proteins sing. 🎶

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Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social · Dec 11

Imperial has been ranked 2nd in the UK for sustainability! 🎉

We’ve also been ranked as one of the top 10 universities globally.

Find out more about the work Imperial has done to transform its campuses and practices to meet sustainability commitments 🌱

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/259097/...

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AlphaFold Unofficial @alphafold.bsky.social · Dec 12

AlphaFold is one of the youngest innovations to make it to the Nobel Prize. Of its launch in 2021, it has predicted nearly all known protein structures, created a database of 200+ million structures, and is used by 2 million+ researchers across 190 countries.

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‘AlphaFold is Just 4 Years Old—Very Young to be a Nobel Prize Material’

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind, and John M. Jumper for their contributions to protein structure prediction through t...

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 10

🏆Congrats to the 2024 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry!

Baker’s Rosetta designs proteins with specific functions; Hassabis & Jumper’s AlphaFold predicts protein structures. Paired with Full Circle Labs' DNA sequencing, these tools bridge the gap between design and function accelerating protein design.

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LondonSynbioNetwork @londonsynbio.bsky.social · Dec 6

Join us Dec. 12, 17:45 for the final LSN event of 2024! 🧬

⏭️ Directed evolution of molecular chaperones towards aggregation-prone proteins
ComeStellio

🏥 Engaging cancer patients on their attitudes towards microbiome engineering
@kimberleyaowen.bsky.social

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London SynBio Network 5

London SynBio afterwork talks and networking event on Thursday 12th of December

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 6

🔔 New QR code sample bags at Imperial!

📱 Scan, sign in, order, and the BagID automatically links to the order number — you don't need to write it down anymore.

📥 Pack samples as usual and drop them in your nearby dropbox.

💙 We want to here your feedback in the comments

#circulareconomy #reuse

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hello there! 🙃 #sequencing

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Full Circle Labs @fclabs.bsky.social · Dec 4

Great to see all the young companies at SynbiTECH. So many are focusing on sustainability! Come and talk to us about how we can support your efforts with our sequencing services.

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