photosynthesis | pigment biosynthesis | synthetic biology @livuniISMIB @LivUni
Liverpool, UK
Joined November 2018
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Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Always astounds me when prepping for my fall course on microbial physiology that this one little segment, about 100kb, or 2% of the E. coli genome, just about encompasses the whole course. The Dcw operon alone, the whole third row, that is... good Lord! Amazing.🤯
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
For 20 yrs textbook view: linear electron flow can't make enough ATP for CO₂ fixation, so plants use cyclic electron transfer (CET) to top it up. Today in @NaturePlants, we measured ATP directly inside living chloroplasts — and that story doesn't hold. rdcu.be/fAlGv🧵
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
We have an exciting position in protein design. I can discuss informally if you are interested.
imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-j…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Funded #PhD studentship opportunity on optical spectroscopy and structural techniques to study #photosynthesis and #solar energy capture in purple bacteria!🌞🦠Apply by 7 Jan 2026
@HitchcockLab @BrionyYorke
Please share with UG students (Oct 2026 start)
tinyurl.com/YB-Adams-2026
ALT https://tinyurl.com/YB-Adams-2026
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Some archaea—an ancient group of microorganisms—have an entirely novel genetic code, according to a new study in Science. Their genetic code reassigns a DNA “stop” signal to incorporate the rare amino acid pyrrolysine into their proteins.
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. scim.ag/49xnYx3
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
FPI fellowship available in our group!!
🙌 We are hiring a PhD candidate!
Join @cyano_light team at the University of Córdoba (Spain)for the project: Cyano-Photo-Relax (FPI fellowship).
👇 More information about the position is outlined below.
💬 Do not hesitate to contact me for any questions about it!
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
🚨 We’re hiring a #Postdoc (2 yrs) in #SyntheticBiology at RPTU 🇩🇪! Join SONATE – synthetic organelles to produce therapeutic #Tolyporphins (skin cancer therapy). 🧪
Apply by 15.08.2025
📍 RPTU + 🇪🇸 Córdoba
📄 Send CV + 2 refs
#Biotech #AcademicJobs #BMCs
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
🎓 New PhD Position Available!
We’re excited to announce a new opportunity to join our team as a PhD student.
👇 Check out all the details in our post below.
🚀 Apply now!
Please RT!
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Funded position available to join my new team at @UniTurku Finland to do a PhD exploring how circadian clocks regulate extracellular electron transfer in photosynthetic cells. Application open until end of summer, start by end of year. Please share/apply ats.talentadore.com/apply/va…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Excited to share that our preprint on the #evolution of far-red light #photoacclimation (FaRLiP) in #cyanobacteria has been published in Current Biology.
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Happy to have this deep dive into polysaccharide family 33 out:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
We define features driving substrate specificity, catalytic mechanism, and evolutionary links with multiple lyases and epimerises #glycotime @PNASNews
Massive congratulations to the new Dr @nicky_rudling on your @NLD_BBSRCDTP PhD. We’re so lucky that you’re staying with the group @LivUniISMIB as a postdoc! Many thanks to Prof. Tom Bibby for venturing so far north to examine
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
I have a PhD available via the YBDTP scheme looking at host glycan cross-feeding in the human gut microbiota. What networks does this underpin? What metabolites are produnced? and how would this ultimately impact the host (humans) #glycotime:
From findaphd.com📷
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
AAP lab looks for a motivated PhD student to investigate stress physiology of marine phototrophic bacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae using a combination of RNA and Transposon insertion sequencing.
alga.cz/en/c-670-career.html
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Just moved online, thx to the team guided by @fraaije1 and @MatteviLab: Dehydrogenase versus Oxidase Function: The Interplay between Substrate Binding and Flavin Microenvironment | @ACSCatalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
New preprint 🥳 on cyclic electron transfer in chlamydomonas 🌱🦠☀️ biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Dusty ice exposed at the surface of Mars could provide the conditions necessary for the presence of photosynthetic life, according to a modelling study published in @CommsEarth. go.nature.com/4h5kBi5
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Our paper on a new #AMG #tetrapyrrole is finally out. Spearheaded by @SheilaRoitman @Helen_Phage nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Dan Canniffe☀️🧬🦠🧫🔬🌱 retweeted
Obituary information for Dr. Donald A. Bryant kochfuneralhome.com/obituari…