Georgie Sorensen
@georgiehs.bsky.social
Synthetic biologist
PhD candidate at Biocompute Lab in Bristol
Biosafety and biosecurity enthusiast
SBOL Editor
She/her
PhD candidate at Biocompute Lab in Bristol
Biosafety and biosecurity enthusiast
SBOL Editor
She/her
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Tbf this is much more likely to happen if you‘re trans. The facism is real but we shouldn‘t leave out that part.
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tbf this is much more likely to happen if you‘re trans. The facism is real but we shouldn‘t leave out that part.
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Doctor beth upton is a brave woman and the absolute best of us.
I also want to express my love for Dr Beth Upton. That woman truly has more courage than any of us.
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Doctor beth upton is a brave woman and the absolute best of us.
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The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.
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just for anyone who lost track;
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
just for anyone who lost track;
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
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We have two job openings for computational strain design in our group! Please retweet 🧪
PhD student and postdoc!
Both positions are directly with our group leader, Steffen Klamt.
The positions are to be filled in Magdeburg, Germany.
I highly recommend applying!
PhD student and postdoc!
Both positions are directly with our group leader, Steffen Klamt.
The positions are to be filled in Magdeburg, Germany.
I highly recommend applying!
Doctoral (PhD) and postdoctoral position (m/f/d) in Computational Biology / Biomathematics / Biosystems Engineering
jobs.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have two job openings for computational strain design in our group! Please retweet 🧪
PhD student and postdoc!
Both positions are directly with our group leader, Steffen Klamt.
The positions are to be filled in Magdeburg, Germany.
I highly recommend applying!
PhD student and postdoc!
Both positions are directly with our group leader, Steffen Klamt.
The positions are to be filled in Magdeburg, Germany.
I highly recommend applying!
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Obviously people of all genders do the things listed here, but I learned years ago that if a trans woman takes pride and joy in this kind of work as a stay at home mom, transphobes will say she's a misogynist who fetishizes femininity.
The reality of being a woman!
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Obviously people of all genders do the things listed here, but I learned years ago that if a trans woman takes pride and joy in this kind of work as a stay at home mom, transphobes will say she's a misogynist who fetishizes femininity.
I wonder who the remaining 16% are...
My transgender partner was physically assaulted leading to acute hospitalisation as part of a hate crime incident last year. How could an environment allowing that to happen ever be considered 'safe'
My transgender partner was physically assaulted leading to acute hospitalisation as part of a hate crime incident last year. How could an environment allowing that to happen ever be considered 'safe'
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wonder who the remaining 16% are...
My transgender partner was physically assaulted leading to acute hospitalisation as part of a hate crime incident last year. How could an environment allowing that to happen ever be considered 'safe'
My transgender partner was physically assaulted leading to acute hospitalisation as part of a hate crime incident last year. How could an environment allowing that to happen ever be considered 'safe'
The road to hell is paved with "legitimate concerns"
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refusing to say that he thinks Reform MP Sarah Pochin saying she doesn't like seeing black people on TV was racist.
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The road to hell is paved with "legitimate concerns"
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A new review paper from our lab courtesy of @jazzsynbio.bsky.social is published in Trends in Biotechnology
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A new review paper from our lab courtesy of @jazzsynbio.bsky.social is published in Trends in Biotechnology
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
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SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our democracies rely on the idea that we all share the same reality, but the increasing disinformation in the mainstream media is a serious threat to the very concept of objective truth. In trying to gain clicks by being first on their news stories, legacy media are neglecting their responsibilities
The media is completely failing us in this moment.
September 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our democracies rely on the idea that we all share the same reality, but the increasing disinformation in the mainstream media is a serious threat to the very concept of objective truth. In trying to gain clicks by being first on their news stories, legacy media are neglecting their responsibilities
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September 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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New FDA guidance too?
September 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New FDA guidance too?
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The UK Government of Keir Starmer is so dedicated to transphobia they're prepared to burn their political capital with their own MPs in order to force through a transphobic EHRC chair rejected as unfit due to inexperience on race matters.
So the government really are just targeting trans people now.
The board rejected her appointment because of her obvious bias against trans people & connection to anti-trans organisations.
This makes a mockery of the whole idea of the EHRC.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The board rejected her appointment because of her obvious bias against trans people & connection to anti-trans organisations.
This makes a mockery of the whole idea of the EHRC.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair
Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
www.gov.uk
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The UK Government of Keir Starmer is so dedicated to transphobia they're prepared to burn their political capital with their own MPs in order to force through a transphobic EHRC chair rejected as unfit due to inexperience on race matters.
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Although I've now taken a back seat, it is great to see the growing adoption of SBOL Visual in the synthetic and engineering biology literature and even more awesome to see so many current and visiting students to my lab on the author list😍 Roll on 2035! arxiv.org/abs/2507.04601
July 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Although I've now taken a back seat, it is great to see the growing adoption of SBOL Visual in the synthetic and engineering biology literature and even more awesome to see so many current and visiting students to my lab on the author list😍 Roll on 2035! arxiv.org/abs/2507.04601
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What to agument your favourite protein with new functionalities? 🛠️ We've got a #biodesign workflow to help with that! In work led by @georgiehs.bsky.social we present SIMPLIFE that blends biophyscial and #ML models to extend biology in useful ways. #synbio doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What to agument your favourite protein with new functionalities? 🛠️ We've got a #biodesign workflow to help with that! In work led by @georgiehs.bsky.social we present SIMPLIFE that blends biophyscial and #ML models to extend biology in useful ways. #synbio doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
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90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.
May 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.
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Here is our paper on generating a Monkeypox vaccine candidate
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Bernie Moss lab. Plug-and-display VLPs give a high level of protection, beating the standard Vaccinia-based vaccine. #mpox #vaccines #synbio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Bernie Moss lab. Plug-and-display VLPs give a high level of protection, beating the standard Vaccinia-based vaccine. #mpox #vaccines #synbio
a cartoon drawing of a virus with a face on a yellow background
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a virus with a face on a yellow background
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Here is our paper on generating a Monkeypox vaccine candidate
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Bernie Moss lab. Plug-and-display VLPs give a high level of protection, beating the standard Vaccinia-based vaccine. #mpox #vaccines #synbio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Bernie Moss lab. Plug-and-display VLPs give a high level of protection, beating the standard Vaccinia-based vaccine. #mpox #vaccines #synbio
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Recombinases your thing? In the latest from my lab, Veronica Greco shows how @nanopore sequencing + automated liquid handling provides the perfect platform for characterising these systems at scale! Awesome collaboration with @jennbrophy.bsky.social @sarah-guiziou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
May 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Recombinases your thing? In the latest from my lab, Veronica Greco shows how @nanopore sequencing + automated liquid handling provides the perfect platform for characterising these systems at scale! Awesome collaboration with @jennbrophy.bsky.social @sarah-guiziou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Proper scary stuff, the hospital next door is on fire and the maternity ward has been evacuated
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy that my university building was able to provide a space for the maternity ward to seek refuge in
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy that my university building was able to provide a space for the maternity ward to seek refuge in
St Michael's maternity hospital evacuated as large fire burns
Pregnant mothers and babies are being evacuated onto the road outside of St Michael's Hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Proper scary stuff, the hospital next door is on fire and the maternity ward has been evacuated
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy that my university building was able to provide a space for the maternity ward to seek refuge in
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy that my university building was able to provide a space for the maternity ward to seek refuge in
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Sign up for our EngBio Forum on 7 May with talks from Irina Borodina,Technical University Denmark and Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social both leading experts in the field of sustainable bioproduction. Register and details here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
April 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sign up for our EngBio Forum on 7 May with talks from Irina Borodina,Technical University Denmark and Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social both leading experts in the field of sustainable bioproduction. Register and details here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
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The first version of this post had a broken link and I deleted it. Please spread again this corrected version. Thanks😊.
🚨We have a fully funded open PhD position in bacterial synthetic biology available in our lab (www.yschaerli.com) in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5
April 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The first version of this post had a broken link and I deleted it. Please spread again this corrected version. Thanks😊.
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Phenotyping motile microorganisms is always a challenge. In the latest from the lab led by Andrea Giusti, we show how our #DOME platform can speed up the processes, enabling data-centric inference of digital twins and routes to multicellular control! 🦠💨🔦 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Phenotyping motile microorganisms is always a challenge. In the latest from the lab led by Andrea Giusti, we show how our #DOME platform can speed up the processes, enabling data-centric inference of digital twins and routes to multicellular control! 🦠💨🔦 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Reflecting on the two days of #sbuk24 talks on the very slow journey home, I think my favourite was Scott Stacey from Harrison Steel's group.
Lovely demonstration of complexity built from simple biology that needs modelling to fully understand an unexpected result
Lovely demonstration of complexity built from simple biology that needs modelling to fully understand an unexpected result
November 28, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Reflecting on the two days of #sbuk24 talks on the very slow journey home, I think my favourite was Scott Stacey from Harrison Steel's group.
Lovely demonstration of complexity built from simple biology that needs modelling to fully understand an unexpected result
Lovely demonstration of complexity built from simple biology that needs modelling to fully understand an unexpected result