Clifford Morrison

Biomolecular engineer with a green thumb. Postdoc at UC Riverside studying biotech with plants and microorganisms. Opinions are mine, 🏳️‍🌈, he/him

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

My newest paper is out this morning in PLOS ONE! https://t.co/8NJM26sufL #bioelectrochemistry #proteinengineering #synbio

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

@AustinJohnPlays thank you

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

@AustinJohnPlays I found an Igglybuff that wasn’t getting blown around in a rainstorm. I went to check on it, and sure enough ✨. Maybe they can’t get blown around? This may be a way to hunt them. Throw down a fairy shiny/encounter sandwich in a storm and see which ones stay put.

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

I’m happy to announce the publication of a new work that I gave support to and was offered authorship. The team worked very hard on this, and I’m proud of the outcome. I’m looking forward to this bringing forth great things! https://t.co/LtNoIRMg55

[WheeldonLab @LabWheeldon]

Looking to design CRISPR guides for Yarrowia, check out DeepGuide. Great work from Adithya Ramesh, Dipankar Baisya, and Cory Schwartz in a Wheeldon-Lonardi lab collaboration at UCR.

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

Thank you, @UofCalifornia system, for using @Accellion’s file transfer appliance and making all of our sensitive information vulnerable. Got an alert this morning about my SS number being found on the dark web. #accellionhack

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

The slow decline of #Mendeley into “unusable” territory by removal of the app and invited groups by @mendeley_com is just further evidence of the chokehold that @ElsevierConnect and related businesses have on scientific content. Very disappointed and will be changing platforms.🖕🏻

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

☀️🌿🔋💪🏼

[SynBioBeta @SynBioBeta]

"Artificial photosynthesis is ten times more efficient than natural photosynthesis. In 2021 we will begin to explore practical ways to scale up the technology." https://t.co/Lo0Pq4xwYD #renewableenergy #sustainableenergy

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

Inspiration 💪🏼

[SynBioBeta @SynBioBeta]

Genetically engineered trees could help fight #climatechange — here's how https://t.co/Nm0sqRqswo @prevost_manuel

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

I refuse to believe that #statistics is a valid field. Everything either happens or it doesn’t. 50%. You now have a statistics degree

[blue @theproteindance]

I can smell this tweet

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

I love the Methylobacterium spp. that I work with. They make awesome, pink colonies and can grow exclusively on methanol. And I isolated half of these guys from plants in my own garden! #SynBio

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

+1 for microbial interventions in plants by using endophytes!

[SynBioBeta @SynBioBeta]

Microbial interventions are an easier alternative to engineer higher organisms https://t.co/RykAZ4tDiO
#synbio

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

“We are experiencing a higher than normal call volume.” means nothing to me anymore.

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

What’s going on in SoCal today? There’s a swarm of 90+ earthquakes, all magnitude 2.0 or higher, around the Salton Sea in the past 3 hours!

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

A quote by Andrew Smith — “People fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer.”

[Moeez Ahmed Khan @KhanMak12]

@CliffordBioChem Hmmm. I agree with the point about H2O. Makes me think that perhaps rather than revamping our image to account for people’s misconceptions we should try and educate them about our field. (Eg, once they know dihydrogen monoxide is just water they’ll stop being scared of it).

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

Personally, I’ve seen “bioengineering” used more synonymously with “biomedical engineering.” I don’t think it can be adequately synonymous with top-down/bottom-up synbio. “Dihydrogen monoxide” also sounds suspicious to laypeople until the term is explained.

[Moeez Ahmed Khan @KhanMak12]

Hello #synbio twitter. I'd like to initiate a conversation. Is the term "synthetic" biologist too suspicious in the public eye? Should we call ourselves bioengineers instead, to sound more "acceptable"? Are the two terms entirely interchangeable?
@SynBioBeta @iGEM

[Clifford Morrison @BioChemEnvi]

@jctran8 I’m here to listen if you wanna talk about it :)