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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Aug 20

Goodness - get well soon!

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Jose Jimenez @jjimenez.bsky.social · Jun 19

Delighted to share good news after a long embargo! We'll be part of C-Loop an EPSRC Bio-manufacturing Hub focusing on making value out of waste!! Looking forward to this project led by Stephen Wallace at Edinburgh #circulareconomy @imperiallifesci.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/new-res...

New research hubs to cut carbon and reshape UK manufacturing

From green steel and recycled plastics to turning waste into new materials and using AI to boost productivity, four hubs will tackle UK manufacturing challenges.

www.ukri.org

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Apr 25

Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology www.gov.uk/government/n...

Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology

New report outlines the transformative potential of Engineering Biology to tackle modern-day challenges.

www.gov.uk

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Apr 8

Reposting this from last month, cos it’s the same bullshit from the same company that is flooding your media with wolfshit.

Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford

At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford

www.theguardian.com

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Apr 4

I’m sorry to have rushed off. Was great doing the viva with you - I really enjoyed it.

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Mar 8

Spoiler alert:
In a few days we will announce around 30 PhD positions for the Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering, one of them in my lab at @bokuvienna.bsky.social on synthetic single carbon pathways in yeast. Stay tuned!

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Feb 23

Just a suggestion - Can we celebrate women in STEM in the middle of the day please and not at evening events? And not always in London? And with a few more weeks’ notice? Thx

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Feb 18

How little we understand about the #biodiversity of the deep oceans. Which we cannot afford to trash, as we have trashed the rest of the planet: #NoDeepSeaMining

phys.org/news/2025-02...

Deep-sea organisms shape ocean floor at 7.5 km depth

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores fro...

phys.org

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Feb 12

I have resigned my Fellowship of the #RoyalSociety due to their Council's inability to act proportionately on #ElonMusk.

See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...

Andrew Millar (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image · Content warning: #ElonMusk #RoyalSociety

fediscience.org

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Jan 14

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Jan 14

Beautiful image for engineering biology of microbes and metals interacting

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · Jan 12

The deadline for applications for #MicrobioJ Editors is in one week. If you are interested in getting involved, please find more information and details on how to apply:

<i>Microbiology</i> Editors: Call for expressions of interest

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microb.io

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Jan 12

The big thaw begins…

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Dec 5

What a fab day! - loved seeing former colleague, the amazing @dave-thesmith.bsky.social, in his element lecturing about AI in teaching. Followed by @mjcapeness.bsky.social being awarded sustainability prize in the #CSEStaffAwards and then this turned up too #RSCPrizes

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Dec 5

Congrats to the winner of the sustainability category at the college of science and engineering awards - our very own @mjcapeness.bsky.social

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Nov 19

Me too please!

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Nov 2

Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org

Microbiology Society

Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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Gavin D. J. Harper @gavindjharper.bsky.social · Nov 15

This is rather nice...
It feels a bit like moving house.

It has all the same things that the old house had, but feels a little bit different at first...

It's already starting to feel like home now a few friends have visited.

And this place hasn't got that awful crabby landlord...

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Nov 13

Me too please

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Nov 12

Looking forward to using some of this investment to move our research closer to commercialisation www.ukri.org/news/ukri-in...

UKRI invests £5.8m to drive growth in engineering biology sector

Funds allocated to seed corn and proof of concept initiatives through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund.

www.ukri.org

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Lilly Cummins @lillycummins.bsky.social · Nov 12

🚨 Today is the last day to submit abstracts for the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool 🚨

microbiologysociety.org/event/annual...

Annual Conference 2025

microbiologysociety.org

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Nov 11

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech

Team at University of Edinburgh using microbes to recycle lithium, cobalt and other expensive minerals

www.theguardian.com

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Oct 20

Super helpful to have this list - thank you.

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Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thanks! I forgot to tag 🤦‍♀️

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