Chief Editor for Biotechnology at Nature Communications. This is gonna be mostly science, sometimes other stuff. All views my own. he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lslcatrkqk2kPrime editor with rational design and AI-driven optimization for reverse editing window and enhanced fidelity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60495-w27 Jun 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslcatrkqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lqfbn5tczs2uQuite a lot of science today, let's dive right in30 May 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfbn5tczs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lo6uxxqwzs2fIt's a sunny friday in London on the eve of a three day weekend. Let's have some science02 May 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6uxxqwzs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3llgwwfudxc22The sun is out in London, I've got a new episode of The Wheel of Time to watch tonight, and you know what I think I might treat myself to a pizza. This is the Way (of having a good Friday). But first, Friday science time!28 Mar 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgwwfudxc22https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lkutnqzhoc2nTime for some Friday Science!21 Mar 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkutnqzhoc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3ljsatmjooc2dDid someone say FRIDAY SCIENCE?07 Mar 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsatmjooc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3ljakopighc24Time for some Friday Synbio!28 Feb 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljakopighc24https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lioxaktay22kTime for a Friday update! This week I'm listening to: Abracadabra - Lady Gaga And reading: The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Now onto the science...21 Feb 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioxaktay22khttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lhtcflwlw22zTime for a synbio round up!10 Feb 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtcflwlw22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lhjfhwgt222w20 days into Duolingo's Japanese course and the only way it recognizes what I say is for me to speak slowly and dramatically like I'm the villain in an anime.06 Feb 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjfhwgt222whttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lgpq2wn7b22hLet's start the week with some synbio!27 Jan 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgpq2wn7b22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lg6gaii36225So what cool synbio has been published in @naturecomms.bsky.social in the last week? Let's have a look!(oh lookie, the journal is now on BlueSky!)20 Jan 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6gaii36225https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lfey5ox65k2eWelcome (a bit belatedly) to 2025! Let's see what synbio has been published at Nature Comms so far this year10 Jan 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfey5ox65k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lczfzboekk22Kate Galloway from MIT for best use of memes and props in an academic talk #ngsb2411 Dec 2024 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczfzboekk22https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lcurzecc2k23Hello from Ghent, where I will be attending Next-Generation Synthetic Biology this week. Looking forward to some great science (and some Belgian delicacies as well)09 Dec 2024 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcurzecc2k23https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lc3gj6rnv226Time for a Friday Roundup! (i've missed these 😀) This week I've been Watching: Arcane - League of Legends Reading - A City on Mars (by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith) Listening: From Zero (Linkin Park) Plus I have some science for y'all29 Nov 2024 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3gj6rnv226https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lbwi46p7l22qGonna grab a cup of green tea and follow all the live updates from #SBUK24. This definitely feels like the old days of Twitter and I'm loving it.27 Nov 2024 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwi46p7l22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lbtq5dxghk2gThe new Linkin Park album is very much powering my day today https://media.tenor.com/3QSC1O9nuAIAAAAC/the-simpsons-otto.gif?hh=373&ww=49826 Nov 2024 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtq5dxghk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lbcme64og426I'll be attending Next-Generation Synthetic Biology in Ghent next month, who can I hope to bump into there? https://www.vibconferences.be/events/next-generation-synthetic-biology-5th-edition19 Nov 2024 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcme64og426https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lbcjro5amm26Let's get this started with some recent #synbio papers. Starting off with one I was the editor for: Control of spatio-temporal patterning via cell growth in a multicellular synthetic gene circuit https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53078-819 Nov 2024 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcjro5amm26https://bsky.app/profile/rosscloney.bsky.social/post/3lbcevcp2au26Opening post let's set up the vibe of this place:19 Nov 2024 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:soekgc4ihpqcvb2n3oncsprc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcevcp2au26