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<font face="trebuchet ms" style="color:#000000">The Ellis Lab is actively involved in advancing foundational synthetic biology and applying synthetic biology to a variety of different research areas. Our research is interdisciplinary, with members coming from biology, chemistry, maths and engineering backgrounds. The laboratory is part of [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/syntheticbiology CSynBI, The Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation] and [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering The Department of Bioengineering] at [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ Imperial College, London]. The major focuses of the lab are studying the construction of regulatory networks and understanding how to build a designer genome from parts.
<font face="trebuchet ms" style="color:#000000">The Ellis Lab is actively involved in advancing foundational synthetic biology and applying synthetic biology to a variety of different research areas. Our research is interdisciplinary, with members coming from biology, chemistry, maths and engineering backgrounds. The laboratory is part of the [http://www.synbiuk.org UK Flowers Consortium] for synthetic biology infrastructure and is based in [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/syntheticbiology CSynBI, The Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation] and [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering The Department of Bioengineering] at [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ Imperial College, London]. The major focuses of the lab are studying the construction of regulatory networks and understanding how to build a designer genome from parts.


'''Follow Tom Ellis on Twitter at [http://twitter.com/#!/drtomellis @drtomellis]'''
'''Follow Tom Ellis on Twitter at [http://twitter.com/#!/drtomellis @drtomellis]'''
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<b>----- 2013: We are hiring at PostDoc level. Metabolic engineering and yeast experience needed -----</b>
<b>----- But, due to space constraints we are sadly NOT taking on any new PhD students this year -----</b>




== Latest News ==
== Monthly News ==
* Dec 2012: Tom Ellis will be speaking to [http://www.kent.ac.uk/bio/kfg/index.html Kent Fungal Group] on Dec 10th
* Jun 2014: Our paper on DNA Assembly Methods and Standards is out in [http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nrm4014.html Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology]
* Nov 2012: Tom Ellis will be speaking at [http://tcss.soc.srcf.net/ Trinity College Science Society] in Cambridge on Nov 13th
* May 2015: Check out the recap of our recent [http://synbio.plos.org/2015/04/30/tom-ellis-chat-recap/ PLoS SynBio webchat]
* Oct 2012: Welcoming Ollie Wright to the lab, and welcoming back Tim and George for PhDs
* Apr 2015: Francesca & Rhys' paper on measuring burden and optimising constructs design is online at [http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmeth.3339.html Nature Methods]
* Sep 2012: Tom Ellis will be speaking on 19th Sept at [http://www.crick.ac.uk/news/events/2012/09/19/systems-and-synthetic-biology-workshop the CRICK Systems and Synthetic Biology Event] in London.
[[Image:CoverArt_Burden.GIF|320px|right|Ceroni et al. Nature Methods]]
* Aug 2012: We're all glued to the Olympics. The Triathlon comes right by us. Work?
* Mar 2015: Our work on engineered yeast was presented to BBSRC CEO Jackie Hunter & UK Chief Scientist Mark Wolpert and will be presented at [http://www.byg2015.ls.manchester.ac.uk/ BYG2015 on March 26]
* Jul 2012: Our article on yeast fractal growth is in the [http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/templates/asset-relay.cfm?frmAssetFileID=1279 Leverhulme Trust Newsletter]
* Feb 2015: Both Arturo and Elena passed their PhD vivas. Well done guys!
* Jun 2012: Our [http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/b-synthetic-biology-b-defined-by-interdisciplinarity/4112/ GEN Magazine] interview on synthetic biology is out. Several of us will also be at the [http://engeneious.chem.ox.ac.uk/ enGENEious] meeting in Oxford on 25-26 June
* Jan 2015: Francesca presents on 26th at [http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2015/686/info.php3?wsid=686&venue=Oort Lorentz Centre workshop on Integrative Cell Models]
* May 2012: Ben Reeve will be exhibiting our synbio work at the [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/festival Imperial Festival] on Fri-Sat 11-12 May.
* Dec 2014: Ben Reeve is presenting Aqualose at [http://www.biofabricate.co/ Biofabricate] in New York
* Apr 2012: The Ellis Lab sign-up to make Synthetic Yeast Chromosome XI at the [http://syntheticyeast.org/ 1st Sc2.0 International Meeting].
* Nov 2014: Our awesome [http://2014.igem.org/Team:Imperial iGEM team Aqualose] is 2nd best in the world. '''Congratulations!'''
* Mar 2012: Our paper on promoter libraries and orthogonal TAL-effector-based regulation is published in [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033279 PLoS One]. Official press release is [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_20-3-2012-11-18-31 here].
* Oct 2014: Welcoming 3 lab new members: Charlie Gilbert, Will Shaw and Robert Chen.
[[Image:YSRNreview.jpg|right|FEBS Letters Review]]
* Sep 2014: Ben Reeve's book chapter on [http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-43619-6_1 Synthetic Biology & Bioluminescence] is out
* Feb 2012: Our review [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014579312000865 Construction of synthetic regulatory networks in yeast] is published by FEBS Letters
* Aug 2014: Dejana's paper on the Sc2.0 synthetic yeast project is in [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201400086/abstract Bioessays]
* Jan 2012: Ben Reeve awarded 'Bioengineer of the year' at the Department Christmas Dinner
* Jul 2014: Francesca and Tom are both speakers at the [http://www.synbioconference.org/ SEED2014 Conference] in L.A. on 15th July.
* Dec 2011: Awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for Rapid Protease Detection using Synthetic Biology.
* Jun 2014: Ollie's GeneGuard Plasmid System paper is published in [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb500234s ACS Synthetic Biology].
* Nov 2011: Tom Ellis will be speaking on 2nd Nov at [http://www.17ibc.org 17th IBC 2011 Conference] in Beijing, China.
* May 2014: Tom has been awarded a prestigious [http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/engineeringfellowship/ EPSRC Engineering Fellowship] from 2015 to 2020.
* Oct 2011: Welcoming PhD candidate Ben Reeve to the group.
* Apr 2014: The [http://pubs.acs.org/toc/asbcd6/3/3 SB6.0 Issue of ACS Synthetic Biology] is now out, edited by Tom and Yizhi Cai.
* Sep 2011: Tom Ellis will be speaking on 2nd Sep at IEEE's [http://embc2011.embs.org EMBC 2011 Conference] in Boston, USA.
* Mar 2014: Arturo's paper on R2o DNA Designer Software is out in [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb4001323 ACS Synthetic Biology]
* Aug 2011: Check out the [http://2011.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College_London Imperial iGEM team 2011], working to make roots grow better where they're needed.
* Feb 2014: Read about how our Sc2.0 project is a landmark in [http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/research-technologies/2014/140130-f-genomics-a-new-dawn.aspx UK genomics research].
* Jul 2011: Fabio Chizzolini has successfully defended his MSc Thesis at Padova University, getting 100% cum laudae.
* Jan 2014: Arturo and Tom will both be speaking at the [http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/synthetic_biology/overview.htmlSEB Symposium on Synthetic Biology] on Jan 10th.
* Jun 2011: Tom Ellis, Arturo Casini and Ben Blount will all be at [http://sb5.biobricks.org/ SB5.0], Stanford Uni, June 15th to 17th
* Dec 2013: Tom Ellis will be the guest speaker at the Henrietta Barnett School on Dec 17th.
* May 2011: Our review on DNA Assembly has been featured in [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7347/full/473403a.html Nature] and [http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v8/n6/full/nmeth.1610.html Nature Methods]
* Nov 2013: Tom, Francesca and Ollie will all be attending [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/news/synbioworkshop Towards Next Generation Synthetic Biology] in Warwick
* Apr 2011: We have created a GFP variant expressing stably in a Thermophile for promoter characterisation in high-temperature organisms. [http://openwetware.org/images/6/62/IMG_0048.jpg It REALLY glows.]
* Oct 2013: Arturo's paper on modular overlap DNA assembly is published in [http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/10/22/nar.gkt915.full Nucleic Acids Research]
* Mar 2011: Talks of our research are being used in an interactive artwork: [http://lablife.posterous.com/#!/the-aesthetics-of-perplexity Public Misunderstandings of Science] currently at Lab Life at The Lighthouse, Brighton.
* Sep 2013: Rhys's model that captures translation burden is now up on [http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.7798 ArXiv QBio]
* Feb 2011: [http://vimeo.com/19759432 E.Chromi project] with James King and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, nominated for UK Design Museum's 2010 [http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2011/brit-insurance-designs-of-the-year Design Of The Year].
* Aug 2013: Our paper on Spinach RNA aptamer for characterising gene expression is now out in [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb400089c ACS Synthetic Biology]
* Jan 2011: Critical Review of DNA ASSEMBLY methods published online at [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/IB/C0IB00070A Integrative Biology]. PDF is available [http://openwetware.org/images/2/2e/EllisAssembly.pdf here.]
* Jul 2013: We are looking forward to '''welcoming the synthetic biology world''' to Imperial for the [http://sb6.biobricks.org/ SB6.0 Conference] and the [http://syntheticyeast.eventbrite.com/ 2nd annual synthetic yeast genome meeting].
* Dec 2010: Speaking at the [http://www.genopole.fr/Home,4153.html International Conference on Synthetic Biology] at Genopole, Evry, France - Dec 15th and 16th.
* Jun 2013: Our [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/06/07/1305423110 PNAS paper] from our collaboration with Xiao Wang's lab at ASU is published
* Nov 2010: Talking at Imperial College's [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/syntheticbiology/about/autumnsymposium Autumn Symposium on Systems and Synthetic Biology] on 11th November and at [http://www.sckcen.be/en/Events/TD_BIOINFO TD Bioinformatics] at SCK.CEN in Mol, Belgium on 19th November
* May 2013: Tom Ellis will be speaking at the [http://www.garnetcommunity.org.uk/news/13-01-18/plant-synthetic-biology-workshop GARNET Synthetic Biology workshop] on May 22nd. 
* Oct 2010: Welcoming Ben Blount and PhD candidates Rhys Algar, Arturo Casini and Elena Martinez-Klimova to the group
* Apr 2013: Ollie's review on [http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/early/2013/03/20/mic.0.066308-0.abstract Building-in Biosafety for Synthetic Biology] is published online in Microbiology.
* Sep 2010: Attending [http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BIOS/events/forthcoming_events.htm Synthetic Biology and Open Source: Normative Cultures of Biology] at BIOS @ LSE, London
* Mar 2013: Ben Blount and Tom Ellis will be speaking at the [http://www.britishyeastgroup.org British Yeast Group Meeting], Nottingham, Mar 20th.
* Aug 2010: Helping [http://2010.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College_London Imperial's 2010 iGEM team - Parasight]
* Feb 2013: Welcoming Joshua Smit, Joachim de Jonge and Thomas Hargest to the Ellis Lab
* Jul 2010: Writing a review on gene-to-genome DNA assembly methods
* Jan 2013: Welcoming Dr Francesca Ceroni to our group.
* Jun 2010: Attended the [http://cctbio.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/IWBDA:International_Workshop_on_Bio_Design_Automation 2nd International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation] at DAC in Anaheim, California
* May 2010: Talking at [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/programs/naturelive/man-made_nature.html Nature Live!] on Thurs 27th 7pm at the Natural History Museum, London


'''For older news please see [[Ellis:Archive]]'''
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The Ellis Lab is actively involved in advancing foundational synthetic biology and applying synthetic biology to a variety of different research areas. Our research is interdisciplinary, with members coming from biology, chemistry, maths and engineering backgrounds. The laboratory is part of the UK Flowers Consortium for synthetic biology infrastructure and is based in CSynBI, The Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and The Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College, London. The major focuses of the lab are studying the construction of regulatory networks and understanding how to build a designer genome from parts.

Follow Tom Ellis on Twitter at @drtomellis


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