Daniel Dunkelmann
dunkelmann.bsky.social
Daniel Dunkelmann
@dunkelmann.bsky.social
synthetic biologist
The Dunkelmann lab has just started at @mpipz.bsky.social (dunkelmannlab.com). We're building an interdisciplinary team in plant synthetic biology, come join us as a postdoc!

Computational Biologist: lnkd.in/e4ZRcNux
Molecular Plant Biologist: lnkd.in/eDNVqZtz
Synthetic Biologist: lnkd.in/exnNrstA
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June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Huge congrats to @dunkelmann.bsky.social‬‬ who secured £9.1 million funding for project SyncSol to develop a universal chloroplast genome for plants of the nightshade family. If successful, SyncSol could revolutionize plant breeding.‬ 🌱🧬

More: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2796756/news_publication_24809749
June 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Happy to be part of @aria-research.bsky.social Synthetic Plants.

SyncSol Team @dunkelmann.bsky.social
The nine teams we're funding in Synthetic Plants are paving the way for more productive, resilient, and sustainable plants. 🌱

Discover how they'll deliver growth in agriculture for the UK + beyond: link.aria.org.uk/sp-c-bs
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Semi-automated workflow for high-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. Summary of our efforts to accelerate plant transgenics with the @earlhaminst.bsky.social Biofoundry. Now published in @theplantjournal.bsky.social. #PlantScience #Synbio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Semi‐automated workflow for high‐throughput Agrobacterium‐mediated plant transformation
A simplified and optimized pipeline for Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of plants. Useful for obtaining stable transgenic lines of the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, or for ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
The Van Deventer Lab’s first manuscript describing chemically expanded antibody discovery is now published! The genetically encoded “Clickable CDR-H3 Library” can become many, chemically diverse antibody libraries, enabling new drug discovery opportunities (1/n).

pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Design, Construction, and Validation of a Yeast-Displayed Chemically Expanded Antibody Library
In vitro display technologies, exemplified by phage and yeast display, have emerged as powerful platforms for antibody discovery and engineering. However, the identification of antibodies that disrupt...
pubs.acs.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am looking for a Postdoctoral Computational Biologist to join our team at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social . We develop methods in synthetic genomics in chloroplasts, integrating computational, molecular, synthetic, and plant biology. More details: tinyurl.com/bdhzw3b7%E2%... thanks for sharing!
Computational Biologist
jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
I am looking for a few team members to join our lab at Western University for an exciting new project focused on creating enhanced plant chloroplast genomes. I am looking to hire:

2 Postdoctoral Fellows

1 PhD Student

Additional information is posted here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon]

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Our group has an open PhD position in this call! Interested in viruses and stem cell immunity? Apply 🍀 don’t hesitate to drop @incavirus.bsky.social or me a message if you have any questions 😊
February 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
Super excited to get this work out just before Xmas! It's been so much fun working with Martin on this in the Chin Lab.

Read how we chimerify tRNAs to make active and orthogonal tRNA/synthetase pairs with Chi-T.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

(The ncAA star crowns the Christmas treeRNA)
December 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Reposted by Daniel Dunkelmann
𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵🌟𝗧𝗣𝗝 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
Group Leader at the University of Essex and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Her work focuses on boosting photosynthesis & water use efficiency in rice for climate-smart agriculture. A journey spanning 🇮🇳, 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧 fuels her cutting-edge research
December 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM