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Anne S. Meyer
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Synthetic biologist, microbiologist, and iGEMer at the University of Rochester
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Just wrapped up the 2025 iGEM Jamboree in Paris, and my team won a gold medal and four nominations for their project to create sustainable materials on Mars! @urochester.bsky.social @igemhq.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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abbondanzieri.bsky.social
Excited to share a new preprint from a team of researchers I am part of (funded by an NIH grant). The paper helps us understand a question I have been interested in for a while: why are bacteria so resilient?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our multidisiplinary work on how genome-wide DNA bridging by H-NS reshapes the stationary phase bacterial nucleoid and affects the transcriptional landscape. With Xindan Wang and @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
Lauren, Lindsay, Xiaofeng et al. coupled live-cell super-resolution microscopy with ChIPseq and Hi-C in starved E. coli to learn that the abundant protein Dps compacts DNA while only minimally affecting other nucleoid properties. XindanWang Lab & @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dps binds and protects DNA in starved Escherichia coli with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics and organisation
Dps is the most abundant nucleoid-associated protein in starved Escherichia coli with ∼180, 000 copies per cell. Dps binds DNA and oxidises iron, facilitating survival in harsh environments. Dps-DNA c...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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kroman.bsky.social
Our new Science Advances paper is out! 🎉 The Plesa Lab's first, it builds on DropSynth technology as a proof of concept for large-scale synthetic gene libraries, showcasing a synthetic metagenomics approach to studying antibiotic resistance at scale. 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Exploring antibiotic resistance in diverse homologs of the dihydrofolate reductase protein family through broad mutational scanning
DropSynth technology enables scalable and cost-effective exploration of antibiotic resistance across the DHFR protein family.
www.science.org
August 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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igemcommunity.bsky.social
For the first time in nearly a decade, the SB#.0 Conference Series convenes this October at the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree!

SB 8.0 will highlight and discuss key developments in synthetic biology with the people shaping the field!

See the confirmed speaker roster:
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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calin.bsky.social
Huge congrats to Dr. Andrew Holston on a successful PhD defense!! Andrew has been working on the large-scale characterization and engineering of chimeric receptor histidine kinases. He’s looking for roles in biotech/academia, let’s connect if you’re hiring! -> @hkalltheway.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Holston PhD defense
May 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
meyerroc.bsky.social
Busy day on Capitol Hill today meeting with nine of the New York House Representatives to advocate for NSF funding! Thanks to the CNSF for organizing and to @urochester.bsky.social for supporting my trip.
May 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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igemcommunity.bsky.social
For the first time since 2017, SB.X is back!

Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris.

jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
May 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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urochester.bsky.social
A researcher is a problem solver 🧪

A team of 10 undergraduate students has pioneered a new 3D-bioprinting technology that efficiently replicates useful chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by our changing climate.

#EverBetter #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4iZo2Xr
student in a white lab coat and blue latex gloves holds a pipette near a flame.
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...
Opinion | Science Suffers With Trump’s Funding Freeze
America’s scientific enterprise demands reliable stewardship, not destabilizing political intervention.
www.wsj.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
meyerroc.bsky.social
Science News Explores published this fun article about our engineered bacteria that focus light like tiny lenses! This kind of research can be the starting point to develop new technologies, which is why the current freezes on NIH and NSF funding are so damaging.
www.snexplores.org/article/glas...
Living lenses? Glass-coated microbes might take better photos
Bacteria with a gene from sea sponges can coat themselves in glass. Working as tiny, bendable lenses, they could lead to thinner cameras or sensors.
www.snexplores.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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dnacurtain.bsky.social
I am a professor at Columbia University. All of the student NIH training grants have been canceled and now there are reports that ALL funding will be frozen. Why are Universities not banding together and speaking out publicly and forcibly about governmental attacks on biomedical research?
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
The horrifying actions of ICE, kidnapping immigrants & international students & holding them without charges or trial, have now come home to UNC. aculty Chair Beth Moracco told us yesterday at least 6 UNC students had visas revoked. It's time to act for all of us, or know we remained silent 1/2
Dear Colleagues: I have been out of town attending a conference and was dismayed to learn from news reports that the visas of six of our international students have been terminated by the federal government. At this time, I do not have information about why these students were targeted, though similar actions are occurring at universities across the country, including Duke and NC State. Since last night, I have heard from many faculty members who are distressed and angry, not only because this has happened, but also because we had to learn about it from media reports. At this point, we have not received any communication from university administration. I have written to Chancellor Roberts and Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson to request as much information as possible, and that it be provided to us promptly. However, information is not our only need. As a faculty, we also urgently need to speak up in support of our international students and colleagues, who are an integral part of our vibrant academic environment at UNC. They enrich our classrooms, our research, and campus community life with their perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We also must speak up for our values as an academic community, especially academic freedom and free expression, the cornerstones of a thriving institution of higher education. These values ensure that universities remain spaces where ideas can be explored, debated, and tested. They empower both faculty and students to engage with complex and evolving issues, fostering the environment of intellectual growth and critical thinking that we all cherish. While I do not know why our students' visas were revoked, I know that students at other campuses appear to have been targeted for their speech. UNC has a long history of students and other campus community members expressing their views, and the peaceful expression of viewpoints should never be a ground for removing a person from our community. Indeed, freedom of speech and assembly are enshrined in our country’s Constitution. I will share any information I receive from the administration with you. In the upcoming days, as we learn more, members of faculty governance will be considering potential actions we can take to support these six students as well the hundreds of international students, scholars, staff, and faculty here at UNC who may be affected by these and similar actions taken by the federal government. We will likely be reaching out to many of you for your perspectives and guidance. In addition, the April 25 Faculty Council meeting is a joint meeting with the General Faculty during which we can further discuss and propose action. Thank you for the deep concern and care for our students that I see reflected in your anguished emails, texts and calls. In these terrible times, such collective compassion is uplifting—and essential. In solidarity, Beth Kathryn E. (Beth) Moracco, PhD, MPH Chair of the Faculty
April 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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martinenserink.bsky.social
This hasn't gotten much attention—but new National Science Foundation grants have dropped by almost half since Trump took office, an analysis by @davidimiller.bsky.social shows. www.science.org/content/arti...

(Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards
www.science.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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igemcommunity.bsky.social
Building Bangladesh’s synthetic biology future starts with passionate iGEMers like Showmick Paul, Usrat Nubah, and Abrar Hasan. For them, iGEM is more than a competition, it’s a gateway to a global network and a vision to unlock Bangladesh’s synbio future.

blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
Cultivating Bangladesh’s Synthetic Biology Ecosystem Through iGEM — iGEM Blog
Building Bangladesh’s synthetic biology future starts with passionate iGEMers like Showmick Paul, Usrat Nubah and Abrar Hasan. Read how iGEM is opening doors, inspiring young scientists and shaping th...
blog.igem.org
March 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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ajlopatkin.bsky.social
New review out in @NatureRevMicro on the complex rltnshp btween metabolism & AMR! A true labor of love from previous postbac Mehrose, grad students Varun & Zirui, and collaborator @drrobsmith.bsky.social (plus figures I'll likely use for many talks to come 😊) rdcu.be/eaES2
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance
Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Ahmad et al. examine how antibiotics influence bacterial metabolism and how metabolism, in turn, affects drug efficacy and the emergence and evolution...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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In @molecularmicro.bsky.social: two special issues on Prokaryotic Chromosome Organization. Many excellent contributions, including a vision article: 'Future directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field', outcome of BioPhyChrom 2023 @biophychrom.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Future Directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field
In September 2023, the Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes meeting ran at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. As part of the workshop, those in attendance developed a series of ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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astrokatie.com
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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🚨Registration is now open for The Biology & Physics of Chromosomes VII, 16-19 September in beautiful York.

www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
Great lineup of speakers! Join us!

@graingerlab.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Check out a preprint from our lab! We've uncovered all possible speed imager sequences for DNA-PAINT. You can now do 10-plex imaging in just a few hours with simple Exchange-PAINT. 🚀📸 #DNApaint #SuperResolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
High-speed 10-plex DNA-PAINT with a larger sequence repertoire
DNA-Points Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography (DNA-PAINT) enables multiplexed super-resolution imaging of biological samples. We expand the repertoire of speed-optimized DNA sequences fo...
www.biorxiv.org
January 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
meyerroc.bsky.social
Visiting a classroom with Skype a Scientist is always a fun experience. How else would I be able to ponder questions like - are frogs solids or liquids? Or - what kind of potions do you use in your lab?
skypeascientist.bsky.social Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · Dec 30
Scientists!

We are trying to get 1000 of us into the volunteer database by Jan 1.

You'll be volunteering to speak with classrooms over video chat about your work, and answer their questions! You can volunteer for up to 5 sessions per semester.

Sign up here! www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
a graphic that says Scientists we need you, then an old school rotary phone that has a speech bubble saying "talk with classrooms across the globe" and a bulleted list Volunteer for 1-5 Q&As per semester Get matched with the right teacher for you via email 35+ categories of scientist, from squid to space It’s free for teachers" and then "sign up at skypeascientist.com"
December 31, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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pnas.org
Researchers engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to express an enzyme derived from sea sponges, which polymerizes bioglass from silica, allowing the bacteria to self-assemble lenses that focus light into narrow, intense beams. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Maximum intensity projections for silicate in-expressing cells scattering light captured by a custom-built microscope capable of illuminating the bacteria at incident angles ranging from −90˚ to 90˚.
December 19, 2024 at 9:27 PM