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Drew Thomson

@drewthomson.bsky.social

Northumbria PhD student, SynBio lover

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PhD Scholarship project: Engineering biology approaches to mammalian cells at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD Scholarship project: Engineering biology approaches to mammalian cells at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD positions available in our group! Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

06.10.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these โฌ‡๏ธ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...

16.12.2024 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 548    ๐Ÿ” 192    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Couldn't be more correct!

11.12.2024 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Academics publishing an article before the internet: "Done. Time to smoke a cigarette."

Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."

06.12.2024 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

New paper with novel biological quantum effects measured for the first time - and developed for applications in Synthetic Biology!

28.11.2024 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never heard (pun not intended)of this turn of phrase before. Very validating to know we all go through this even if it does suck

27.11.2024 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Time to update your threat model

19.11.2024 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I crack up every time I look at this

17.11.2024 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 960    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

14.11.2024 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5395    ๐Ÿ” 1589    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
This diagram illustrates that under oxidative stress, the oxidized form of glutathione binds the key enzyme of methionine biosynthesis, leading to its degradation.

This diagram illustrates that under oxidative stress, the oxidized form of glutathione binds the key enzyme of methionine biosynthesis, leading to its degradation.

A new study by Hacham et al. suggests a novel regulatory feedback loop involving glutathione, methionine, & cysteine, providing insight into the interrelationship between plant growth, stress response, and nutritional value.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience

29.10.2024 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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En route to #SBUK23 in Bristol. One of the best #synbio conferences in the world. Lots of posters by group members will post as soon as they are up!

06.11.2023 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next in Lab's conference agenda: #SBUK2023! Go talk to Ana (poster #7) to hear about the LAP Repository (laprepo.com) for #automation protocols & Matty (poster #28) to hear about Genetta (biocomputation-cbgp.github.io/genetta) for design analysis #synbio

03.11.2023 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#HiSciSky First post woop woop!!! PhD student at Northumbria University, UK looking to make connections with other Synthetic Biology related academics

05.11.2023 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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