@Harrison_Steel

Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, Monash Scholar

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Joined September 2015
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Ian Hogarth@soundboyJul 17
1/ Some thoughts on the rumour of yet another government department reorg...
Dom Hallas
@Dom_HallasJul 17
Jonny is great and would do a great job at DBT. But changes to DSIT (which I’ve been getting calls about) would be a mistake. A mega department would mean British tech competing with British steel for attention. And waste 6 months reorg-ing when time is of the essence. Not good.
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Olivier Borkowski@O_BorkowskiJun 10
Generative design of synthetic gene circuits for functional and evolutionary properties doi.org/10.1038/s41540-026-0…
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Scott Stacey@ScottBStacey1May 27
Very excited to share that our preprint on synthetic bacterial sponge RNAs is now out. This paper is for you if you’re interested in RNA synthetic biology, quantitative gene circuit characterisation, resource competition, or post-transcriptional regulation. (1/11)
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Kirill Sechkar@KSechkarMay 26
Our preprint on sponge RNAs is finally out! This is an immense body of work led by @ScottBStacey1 showcasing many possible (amazing) applications of this newest tool for bacterial RNA circuits (link in next tweet) 1/10
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Olivier Borkowski@O_BorkowskiMay 8
Generative design of synthetic gene circuits for functional and evolutionary properties doi.org/10.1038/s41540-026-0…
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The Observer
@ObserverUKFeb 28
The new maestros: virtuosic scientists are using new technologies to transform medicine Science is usually considered to be the antithesis of art – clean and precise, not the result of instinct and craft. But trailblazers are breaking new ground, writes James Tapper bit.ly/3OBMJjf

The maestros using new technologies to transform science

Science is usually considered to be the antithesis of art – clean and precise, not the result of instinct and craft. But trailblazers are breaking new ground

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The Observer
@ObserverUKFeb 28
“I like machines where you can kind of tweak, fiddle, change and optimise,” Robinson says. “It's like tuning. We did tune for hours" The new maestros: virtuosic scientists are using new technologies to transform medicine, writes James Tapper bit.ly/3OBMJjf

The maestros using new technologies to transform science

Science is usually considered to be the antithesis of art – clean and precise, not the result of instinct and craft. But trailblazers are breaking new ground

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Harrison Steel@Harrison_SteelJan 21
Engineering Quantum Effects in Biology: Our paper is out today, and we think this will be the start of a new challenge in Bioengineering. If you want to start working in this area, get in touch! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Quantum spin resonance in engineered proteins for multimodal sensing

Nature - A recently developed class of magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins are engineered to alter the properties of their response to magnetic fields and radio frequencies, enabling multimodal...

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Amazing work by Harrison and Gabi. They showed that MagLov proteins respond to radio frequencies, easing the way to precise remote control of biology!
Harrison Steel@Harrison_SteelJan 21
Engineering Quantum Effects in Biology: Our paper is out today, and we think this will be the start of a new challenge in Bioengineering. If you want to start working in this area, get in touch! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Quantum spin resonance in engineered proteins for multimodal sensing

Nature - A recently developed class of magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins are engineered to alter the properties of their response to magnetic fields and radio frequencies, enabling multimodal...

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Richard Fuisz
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nature
@NatureJan 21
Researchers have engineered magnetically controlled fluorescent proteins that can be remotely dimmed and brightened in cells and living animals go.nature.com/3Nx8f8b

‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells

Nature - The discovery that some fluorescent proteins are sensitive to magnets could lead to the development of switchable drugs and biosensors.

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Engineering Quantum Effects in Biology: Our paper is out today, and we think this will be the start of a new challenge in Bioengineering. If you want to start working in this area, get in touch! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Quantum spin resonance in engineered proteins for multimodal sensing

Nature - A recently developed class of magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins are engineered to alter the properties of their response to magnetic fields and radio frequencies, enabling multimodal...

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Magnetically sensitive proteins could lead to new imaging tools and remote-controlled drugs

New study shows how engineered proteins can be tracked with an MRI-like approach

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‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells

Nature - The discovery that some fluorescent proteins are sensitive to magnets could lead to the development of switchable drugs and biosensors.

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@GabrielAbrahams @AndrewGYork @Maria_Ingaramo
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Generative design of synthetic gene circuits for functional and evolutionary properties biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_synbio

Generative design of synthetic gene circuits for functional and evolutionary properties

In the past decades, a wide suite of design tools for biological systems have been developed, but using these to create biotechnologies that achieve reliable and predictable behaviour remains...

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Thomas Gorochowski@chofski1 Sep 2025
Come and join us at a free complementary Japan-UK Engineering Biology meeting after the main ESSL conference (essl2025.org/). A few spaces left to some see some of the up and coming superstars of #synbio in the UK!
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Ola Kalisz@OlaKalisz82 Jul 2025
Antiviral therapy design is myopic 🦠🙈 optimised only for the current strain. That's why you need a different Flu vaccine every year! Our #ICML2025 paper ADIOS proposes "shaper therapies" that steer viral evolution in our favour & remain effective. Work done @FLAIR_Ox 🧵👇
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We are hiring a Postdoc to work on a collaborative "Living Manufacturing" project alongside Martyn Dade Robertson, Meng Zhang, and @ProfTomEllis. We're developing novel hardware and wetware to create a novel bioprinting platform! tinyurl.com/2udp3seh
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Kirill Sechkar@KSechkar4 Apr 2025
NEW PREPRINT! Do you think we can do better when characterising resource competition properties of gene circuit modules? If no, think again; if yes, you’re in for a pitch how exactly we can do that – automated culturing, cybergenetic control and all! 1/ doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.01.6…
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