John Heap @johntheap
Professor | Research | Engineering Biology | GlycoCell Eng Bio Hub | Biotech | Sustainability | Startups | Founder | University of Nottingham heaplab.org UK Joined May 2012-
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Funded PhD position: Looking for an enthusiastic student to tackle an exciting project on engineering novel methods for ribosome control with me and @RNA_julie Happy to chat to anyone interested. Deadline 6 Jan. findaphd.com/phds/project/b… @leedsomics @AstburyCentre
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We're hiring! This is an exciting opportunity for 3 postdocs to join the GlycoCell UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub, engineering bacteria & yeast to produce vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics! Apply by 1st May: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… @UoNLifeSci @UoN_BDI #engbio #synbio
Many congrats @RhiannonLP2 on passing her PhD viva yesterday! Great work with extra challenges of a pandemic, lab move and juggling multiple academic identities! Thanks external examiner @RobFagan & internal examiner Karen Polizzi @imperialcollege @IC_CSynBio @UoNLifeSci @UoN_BDI
Excited to be among @LanzaTech's friends and supporters celebrating with them today as they start trading on Nasdaq #LNZA. Key moment in an amazing journey, and a big deal in carbon capture and transformation. Huge congrats! #Cleantech #Sustainability
John Heap retweeted
Excited to share that I will join @QM_SBBS in Jan 2023. On this note, I will have two cell-free PhD positions with the first live: 4-year iCASE @LIDo_DTP on Streptomyces cell-free systems with Dr Sarah Barry @kclchemistry and @SyngentaUK 👇👇👇 lido-dtp.ac.uk/apply/apply-ic… 1/2
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Today we are proud to announce that we have successfully engineered specialized biocatalysts to directly produce ethylene — the most widely used petrochemical in the world — from CO2 in a continuous process. globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
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