Official account of the Biosciences Area of @BerkeleyLab Solving challenges in energy, environment, health, and biomanufacturing. Re-post ≠ Endorsementhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.govhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3ml523nortk2dCongratulations to #BioBSE's Gary Karpen on this honor! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml523nortk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3ml2mkrtln22dLearn how the BioCircular Valley initiative is catalyzing waste reduction by converting byproducts from food and agriculture activities into new economic opportunities. 👀 ABPDU Program Manager James Gardner at 0:03! https://youtu.be/Da__T61Y8lU?si=7BeyZPMpqpOnXt0a04 May 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2mkrtln22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mk6wkopdos2tAt Berkeley Lab, OPAL team members are developing foundation models for microbial engineering and integrating these models with automated laboratory tools to accelerate experimentation. We are proud to be a partner in OPAL, working to bring the future of biological discovery to fruition! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6wkopdos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mjhxsevexz2fWhether leading her team or supporting the work of the Women’s Support and Empowerment Council (WSEC) at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, research scientist and WSEC vice-chair Lydia Rachbauer balances trust, innovation, and leadership. View highlights from a recent interview below. 👇 #BioBSE | @jbei.lbl.gov14 Apr 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhxsevexz2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mj6al2zive2gSadiki Showers, a material handler with the @jbei.lbl.gov , weaves his past experiences as a music promoter in the early days of hip hop into his current role. Learn more about the people #BehindtheBreakthroughs. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2026/04/08/sadiki-showers-hip-hop-handler/10 Apr 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6al2zive2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3michdvtsbm2aCongratulations to #BioBSE's Abby Dernburg and Blake Simmons, who have been elected into the 2025 class of the @aaas.org ! Read more: https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2026/03/27/two-scientists-named-aaas-fellows/30 Mar 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3michdvtsbm2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mhtiorxzq62lWe love our new reindeer moss wall in #BioEPIC @berkeleylab.lbl.gov . The design was sourced from a competition of BioEPIC staff and reflects the soil-microbe-plant interaction research performed in the building. (Created by: Planted Design) @eesaberkeleylab.bsky.social24 Mar 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtiorxzq62lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mheddyn66s2yResearchers identified a compound that selectively disrupts a hard-to-target tumor growth pathway and used beamline 5.0.2 at the Advanced Light Source to characterize the chemical interactions critical to its potency. Read more: https://als.lbl.gov/disrupting-cancers-broken-molecular-switch/18 Mar 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheddyn66s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mh7263tffe26Congratulations to Chris Petzold and Katy Christiansen on taking on new roles. Chris will lead the Biodesign Department as Interim Head and assume the role of Chief Information Officer for the @jbei.lbl.gov . Katy will serve as the lead principal investigator of the Agile BioFoundry.16 Mar 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7263tffe26https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mguycihd3e2iThe Rosetta Stone and structural biology have more in common than you may think. Learn how our researchers are collaborating to create AI tools to crack the code of protein structures. go.lbl.gov/AQuaRef12 Mar 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguycihd3e2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mggfewwdhs23A strategy developed @jbei.lbl.gov streamlines the process of converting lignin, a complex plant polymer, into starting materials for biomanufacturing processes. Read more about this research: https://www.jbei.org/breaking-through-the-lignin-problem/06 Mar 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggfewwdhs23https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mgduysyp2s23The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) is developing a biological digital twin to model the scaled production of lipids for jet fuel from engineered microbes.  Watch to learn what digital twins are and how they can help accelerate science: https://youtu.be/UKs89F-RTaM?si=TZtIMjb1iBTefJGQ05 Mar 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgduysyp2s23https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mgaynr3ims2pCongratulations to Jennifer Doudna on being elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors for engineers in the U.S.! She is being recognized for her highly impactful work developing gene editing methods based on CRISPR-Cas9. Read more: go.lbl.gov/doudna-nae04 Mar 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaynr3ims2phttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mg6wrmep3s2pKanupriya Pande's group in #BioMBIB has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow to work on the development of computational methods and software for protein structure determination. Learn more and apply: https://jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/computational-imaging-postdoctoral-fellow-cryo-em-737503 Mar 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6wrmep3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mfrvp3jgps24Researchers in @eesaberkeleylab.bsky.social demonstrated that a synthetic microbial community, or SynCom, comprised of microbes found in the soil surrounding a plant's roots (rhizosphere) boosted plants' ability to recover from drought stress. Read more: go.lbl.gov/syncom26 Feb 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrvp3jgps24https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mfpu5oko6224As biomanufacturing processes increase in scale, productivity often declines. A collaboration among the Agile BioFoundry, the ABPDU, and Enduro validated technology that sustains large-scale bioproduction over long periods of time, providing insight into the problem. Read more: go.lbl.gov/enduro25 Feb 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpu5oko6224https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mfkokwry4c24A custom small-batch reactor "allows researchers to explore broader chemical spaces, generate decision-ready data earlier in the research pipeline, and make more informed scale-up choices," says JBEI postdoc Vallari Chourasia, lead author of a study that demonstrated it's power. go.lbl.gov/EsPS23 Feb 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkokwry4c24https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mfcsutuzt22zCongratulations to @jgi.doe.gov & @microbiomedata.org's @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social on her election as a Fellow of the @asm.org's American Academy of Microbiology! Read more: go.lbl.gov/Eloe-Fadrosh_AAM20 Feb 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcsutuzt22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mf625kxbhs2zStanford researchers used AI to design a new T-cell receptor mimic and confirmed its precision for fighting cancer using protein x-ray crystallography at the Advanced Light Source's beamline 8.2.1. Read more: go.lbl.gov/TCR-mimic18 Feb 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf625kxbhs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3merodrlqyk27The Laboratory Directed Research and Development program @berkeleylab.lbl.gov produces cutting-edge research for @departmentofenergy.bsky.social and the nation. Read about the Biosciences Area–led projects and multi-Area collaborations receiving funding this cycle: go.lbl.gov/bsafy26ldrds13 Feb 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3merodrlqyk27https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3meod6blpl222Moving and inspirational words from #BioBSE secondary appointee Corinne Scown about why she does what she does. Thank you for sharing your story! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3meod6blpl222https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3me2yk7leu22nICYMI: @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social's Seung-Wuk Lee, a faculty scientist in #BioBSE, pioneered a sustainable biomining approach using genetically engineered viruses to extract rare earth elements. Read more: go.lbl.gov/biomining04 Feb 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2yk7leu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mdxwmx5ilc2h#BioBSE researchers Edward Baidoo and Deepika Awasthi are involved in a new collaboration with @carbonbridge.bsky.social that aims to transform almond oil from California’s North San Joaquin Valley into an affordable biosurfactant. Learn more: go.lbl.gov/carbonbridge03 Feb 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxwmx5ilc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mdvswzawis27Delighted to be partnering with Argonne, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories on OPAL! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvswzawis27https://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mdojxl4fm22uTwo routes were taken to optimize production of isoprenol, a synthetic aviation fuel precursor. #BioBSE researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute used AI, automation, and biosensors to design microbial “mini-factories.” @berkeleylab.lbl.gov go.lbl.gov/speeding-to-syn-jet-fuel https://go.lbl.gov/speeding-to-syn-jet-fuel31 Jan 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdojxl4fm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mdgomz7du22nA global study showed that EcoFABs can deliver consistent results across labs on three continents, supported by open protocols, tools, and datasets. The reliable, large-scale data generated are ideal for training AI, which could accelerate discoveries in agriculture. go.lbl.gov/ecofab-ring-trial27 Jan 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgomz7du22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3md4qq4p4qk2gBioCircular Valley is a project co–led by BEAM Circular, Berkeley Lab, and University of California partners to connect food and agricultural waste with the innovators who can turn these sidestreams into high-value #biobased products. Watch a video about a recent workshop: go.lbl.gov/BioCirV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc50KqoC2L423 Jan 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4qq4p4qk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3md22gkirqc2n"We need a scientific method for the use of AI in biology," says microbiologist and lead for biosecurity @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Harshi Mukundan. Listen to an interview where she and collaborator Carrie Manore of Los Alamos National Lab discuss the opportunities and risks: go.lbl.gov/AI-standards22 Jan 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3md22gkirqc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/biosci.lbl.gov/post/3mcvbye5cck2nCheck out this cool study 👇 led by @cs.lbl.gov that involved #BioEGSB's Trent Northen, Peter Andeer, and the TWINS Ecosystem project team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:n7esvmqlm4j5iclhlgedipxg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvbye5cck2n