Assistant Professor, McGill University, #Biotechnology, #SyntheticBiology, #MetabolicEngineering, #Terpenoids, #Yeast. Tweets - my own

Montréal, Québec
Joined June 2017
I'm delighted to share that our review on bioengineering yeast for preventing age-related diseases has been published, and I'm especially proud of my talented students for their contribution to this work.
Online now: Bioengineered yeast for preventing age-related diseases dlvr.it/TF1qDF
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Great talk from @mehran_plantsci on accumulation of alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus for the Arthur C. Neish Young Investigator Award at @psnaofficial 2024.
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Congratulations to iGEM McGill on winning the Undergrad Grand Prize and the Vilnius Lithuania team on winning the First Runner Up Prize #iGEM2023
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I am beyond proud of our McGill iGEM team, who won the Grand Prize, Best Therapeutics Project, Best Part Collection and Best Presentation Special Prizes in the undergrad category of #iGEM2023 competition. Well done all! Together, we can do it! @McGill_Eng @BioengMcGill
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Do you have a PhD, fluorescence microscopy expertise and want to work as a facility manager in a center interfacing single cell and tissue biology, biophysics and machine learning ? Please apply for our NNF center for 4D cellular dynamics. Please RT candidate.hr-manager.net/App…
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Codruta Ignea retweeted
VACANCY - Applications are open for 3x five-year Postdoctoral Scientist positions in the group of Professor @AnneOsbourn1 OBE FRS NAS okt.to/yN8v9F okt.to/ETIvm5 okt.to/znUTdt Closing date - 11 October 2023 Contract - Five years, full-time
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Very honored to present my latest work on new-to-nature terpenoids at the #ME15 in Singapore. Thanks to @MatthewWChang for organizing this amazying event, @PabloINik and @JuliusFredens for co-chairing my session and discussion panel and @jaykeasling for the nice interaction.
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Last weekend, we hosted the first of our SynBio Collective workshops!🥼 We aim to allow McGill students to discover synthetic biology research outside of their classes. Thank you to @McGill_Eng, @McGillSBMS, @THebertMcGill, and @LisaMunter2 for making this initiative possible!
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One more step towards expanding the terpenoid kingdom. Our paper on synthesis of C16 terpenoids is finally out in @NatureComms and it can be found here rdcu.be/cUS4J. Many thanks to everyone involved.
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Our latest research has just been published today in the journal Nature. We engineered yeast to produce the cancer therapeutic vinblastine. You can find the work here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…. It is the longest biosynthetic pathway ever refactored into yeast.
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This has been a great team work ! warm congratulations @RenBohr . we acknowledge funding from @VILLUMFONDEN , @Carlsbergfondet and @novonordiskfond funding for @NNFCPR
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I’m a virologist & investor... & I’m hearing people say it’s impossible to make covid vaccine b/c we haven’t been able to make one to any coronaviruses. Not true. We have veterinary vaccines for dog & cow strains. Human one’s not been investment worthy, until now. here’s why...
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Hey twitter followers, I’d like to introduce to @MicrobiomDigest aka Elizabeth Bik. She’s a warrior for academic publishing integrity. But she’s seldom recognized despite her critical work. You should all follow her!
These papers took more than four years from reporting to retraction.
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It's official! Six new #synbio scientists from across Europe have joined our steering committee, and we are more than happy to welcome them in our team! Together, we will work hard to bring the European #synbiocommunity together 💪 Check their profiles on: eusynbios.org/steeringcommit…
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A Postdoctoral position in #syntheticbiology #synbio #metabolicengineering is available in the Hanson lab ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Previous experience with plants preferred but *not* required. Applications from microbiologists, chem engineers, biological chemists etc are welcome! Please RT!
[ASAP] Extrachromosomal Genetic Engineering of the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Enables the Heterologous Production of Monoterpenoids dlvr.it/RQNF8R
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A nice collaborative work at @KU_PLEN to decipher biosynthetic steps in #celastrol biosynthesis. Check out our new publication here: rdcu.be/b0TPa
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