Synthetic Biology IRC Newsletter

Welcome to the August 2020 issue of the Synthetic Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre Newsletter - a round-up of news, events and notices from across the initiative.

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News & Updates

Mycelium Textile and Incubator Practical Guide

Biomaker team MICOTEXTIL release their guide to producing textiles from fungi, plus an open source incubator design.

Imaging ONE WORLD Webinars

Catch up with this term's microscopy 'how-to' webinars, covering topics from sample preparation to computational analysis.

EPSRC Synthetic Biology Fellowships

The EPSRC has announced its new fellowship priorities, including a post-doctoral research fellowship in Synthetic Biology..

Online Events

All SynBio IRC Events, including Cafe Synthetique, Cell-Free Lunches and the SynBio Forum have been suspended for the foreseeable future. We apologise for any inconvenience, but hope to continue serving our community via online initiatives and synthetic biology news.

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Cambridge Synthetic Biology Meetup Group

Online Events

Biomaker COVID19 Initiatives
In response the current global pandemic, Biomaker has launched a number of new initiatives focussing on online training materials and low-cost device design. Activities include: a beginners handbook, video tutorials and a low-cost incubator for diagnostics.

World Bioeconomy Forum
10th September
Sessions include: regulators and climate change, global leaders and financial world, bioproducts around us and looking to the future. Registration standard: £250, academics and NGOs: £150, students: £50

More info >>

Postdocs to Innovators Online Courses
Course start: 5th October
Register by: 25th September
p2i are offering two free online courses for University of Cambridge postdocs interested in learning to think entrepreneurially in academia, industry and in ventures.

More info >>

Seminars and Talks

App-based contact tracing: epidemiological rationale and current perspectives

17th August
Dr Luca Ferretti will discuss how contact-tracing apps have been used to tackle COVID-19, including the the limitations and challenges of existing implementations.

More info >>

Genome Futures
27th August
Part of the Genome Lates series. Dr Alex Lathbridge will talk to early career researchers, and scientists from the Wellcome Genome Campus about their work and the contribution it will make to the future landscape of genomics and biodata.

More info >>

EnterpriseWOMEN: How to tell stories that sell
9th September
Dr Ghina Halabi, space scientist and storyteller, offers a dynamic workshop to help you find your story and communicate with confidence and authenticity

More info >>

Jobs & Opportunities

Jobs
Global Future Council Fellows - Open to Synthetic Biology Postdocs [apply by 14th August]
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biosensors - University of Edinburgh [apply by 19th August]
Research Associate/Fellow - University of Nottingham [apply by 19th August]
Senior Research Associate in Synthetic Biology - Newcastle University [apply by 27th August]
Research Associate in Synthetic Biology - Imperial College London [apply by 30th August]
Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy [apply by 30th August]
Research Assistant/Associate in Plant SynBio - University of Cambridge [apply by 31st August]
Research Associate in Cyanobacterial Cell Biology - University of York [apply by 31st August]
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships in Synthetic Biology [apply throughout the year]
more >>

Funding
Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) Call for Proposals [apply by 3rd September]
Access to High Performance Computing Services [apply by 4th September]
Global Challenges Research Fund Networking Grants [apply by 10th September]
Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO) Health Research [apply by 28th September]
more >>

PhD Positions, Internships and Entrepreneurship
IFST Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Fellowship [apply by 31st August]
Young Innovators Awards Open for 18-30s [apply by 2nd September]
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation [apply by 14th September]
Designing sustainable plastic solutions [apply by 16th September]
IFST Travel Bursaries [apply throughout the year]
more >>

If you have an opportunity to advertise to the Cambridge SynBio community, please contact the SRI Coordinator at synbio@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Image Credits
Mycelium Textile and Incubator Practical Guide: Danae Catalán Latournerie
Imaging ONE WORLD Webinars: NIH NICHD
Biomaker COVID-19 Initiatives: Stephanie Norwood

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