Deep desulfurization is key for cleaner fuels. Our latest review highlights how synthetic biology is bringing biodesulfurization closer to real-world application as a greener complement to conventional refining. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Beyond GMOs: How Laboratory-Trained Bacteria Could Transform Environmental Remediation - workshop summary On 3 February 2026, researchers, regulators and policy specialists gathered in Brussels to examine a rapidly evolving question at the intersection of biotechnology and environmental governance: how sh...

The times they are a-changin'… The result of the first debate at this side of the pond on the need to revisit old ideas and regulations re engineering & release of microorganisms as agents of environmental bioremediation 👉🏻 www.nympheproject.eu/post/beyond-...

The disputed identity of Pseudomonas putida KT2440: when taxonomists rename your favorite microbe | mBio Names matter; they are not mere labels. They operate as anchors of memory, social coordinates, and references of collective identity. When a name becomes established through long-term use and broad ad...

How do you react when your favorite microbe is renamed by taxonomists who are completely outside your field—and who ignore the community that actually works with it? Here is our clear answer re the case of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 👉🏻 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Time to leverage SynBio for tacking environmental pollution. But releasing bioengineered microorganisms still raises alarms. A new narrative is badly needed: bacteria for bioremediation are not alien intrusions but laboratory-trained extensions of life’s creativity link.springer.com/10.1038/s443...

Pre-Xmas lunch for celebratimg with the Lab folk all we have achieved in 2025. The best of this job is being surrounded by such talented people 😍

We all start by cloning something into a plasmid. But the vector you choose matters more than you think. A Commentary from the battleground with my colleague & curator of the @sevaplasmids.bsky.social collection, Esteban Martínez enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Time to rethink prevailing views re regulations on GE & SynBio microbes for env bioremediation in an era of climate change. We must move from a mindset of control & domination to one of stewardship & negotiation. Indigenous perspectives can help in bridging the artificial–natural divide. Stay tuned!

Engineered bacteria can degrade five wastewater pollutants at the same time Five gene clusters have been introduced into a single rapidly growing bacterial strain.

🚨 News on bioremediation! A study published in Nature reveals how by genetically modifying the bacterium Vibrio natriegens, it simultaneously degrades five toxic contaminants in industrial wastewater and saline soils. Read the full article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The scientific & ethical legacy of the late Ioannis Economidis—a champion of Env Biotech & SynBio at the @ec.europa.eu
—is captured in this article, based on his last lecture. A testament to an exceptional mind & a remarkable human being enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Biosecurity Really: A Strategy for Victory Current trends make clear that biosecurity will become much more challenging over the next several years. We must act strategically to secure biology—before it becomes a general-purpose technology. Dr...

The recently published report on Biosecurity by Drew Endy et al in the context of contemporary & future Biotech & SynBio is worth every word. Check it out 👉🏻 www.hoover.org/research/bio...

#MicroSky: CLEAN ENVIRONMENT! Glekas et al built a Pseudomonas putida strain with an optimized dsz operon to strip sulfur from fuels. The new strain, DS006, shows high efficiency in removing DBT—paving the way for cleaner & greener energy. doi.org/10.1111/1751...

Happy to participate in such interesting experience! Welcome to bluesky!

You made us feel valued, supported, and confident that with the right guidance we can achieve anything. A special thank-you to my instructor, Daniel Volke, for sharing his expertise and techniques with our team and for celebrating even our smallest wins. 100% recommended! Lifetime experience

Grateful to the organizers @vdlorenzo.bsky.social @pabnik.bsky.social, instructors, and host @cshlaboratory.bsky.social of the CSH-Asia workshop. It was an incredible experience for young scientists diving into synthetic biology and the metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas. (1/n)

Boosting Dibenzothiophene Biodesulfurization Through Implantation of a Refactored DBT Pathway in a Tailored Pseudomonas putida Chassis This study engineered a Pseudomonas putida strain to efficiently remove sulfur from dibenzothiophene (DBT) by reordering and optimising the dsz operon from Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8, enhancing ca...

Bio-desulfurization of fossil fuels has been a classic env biotech challenge for decades, but the field became stagnant for a while … until @pglekas.bsky.social et al leveraged SynBio tools to develop superior whole-cell catalysts enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 😱

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Next in Lab's conference agenda: FEMS @femsmicro.org! @vdlorenzo.bsky.social and myself are running a session on bacterial computation. Talks by @yschaerli.bsky.social, @manishmicrobe.bsky.social, Sangram Bagh & organisers. Very looking forward to it! #biocomputation #synbio

Deadline for applications extended to July 22 🔔! An unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge science in a highly interactive format 👇

Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.

We are offering a #PhD candidate position (Spanish FPI) to work with us at the @cnb-csic.bsky.social in Madrid. The project you would be part of: establish a #biofoundry at our institution, to optimize #synbio experiments from #design to #test. If interested, get in touch!

Today by 12 h @cnb-csic.bsky.social our Tomás Aparicio will share his latest insights & genetic tools on how to accelerate evolution without stress in individual bacteria and communities—what we call *hit-and-run mutagenesis* 🤩 thereby revisiting the discussion of what is a GMO 😱

Thanks for the amazing talk @aemonten.bsky.social!

Is there life in the bioscience research landscape other than being a PI? Find out with @aemonten.bsky.social, who will give a talk in the @cnb-csic.bsky.social this Fri on his experiences as Executive Editor CSH Protocols & Head of the Integrity in Publishing Group of the CSHL Press

The Secretary of Education just went full OP-ed in a letter to Harvard. Foreign chaos, remedial math, and Bill Ackman as fiscal Yoda. Somewhere in there was a point about grants? When academia meets political fanfic....

Dear Pseudomonas aficionados: Please check this hands-on Cold Spring Harbor Asia Course on the sexiest science and technology of our favourite bug. All info in the QR code 👇

“No existe el cambio climático. Siempre ha llovido en Europa durante febrero y marzo.”

Ya, pero:

A call for action by Ken Timmis — Academic institutions worldwide must welcome de-funded US researchers · Read the statement here 👇
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Keep an eye out for the Special Sessions of the European Academy of Microbiology this July at FEMS2025 fems-microbiology.org/eam-sessions... ! Do not miss the one on bacterial computation, featuring top experts @angelgm.bsky.social, Manish Kushwaha, Yolanda Schaerli, and Sangram Bagh!

James Harrison, whose rare blood helped save millions of babies, dies at 88 By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.

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