Hele Francis

Science and stuff

[ConstructiveBio @BioConstructiv]

We're excited to welcome Dr Paul Wallace as our new Chief Business Officer and Rahul Dhanda as Non-Executive Director to our Board of Directors.

Link to full PR here: https://t.co/cqRw6nuNRW

#Appointments #CBO #NED #GenomeSynthesis

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@RachPreller @ViewFromTheQ Moving now, maybe there's hope??

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@ViewFromTheQ - 2780ish and miles away - moving very slowly. Pretty frustrating but still hoping to get in midway through afternoon

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@RachPreller @ViewFromTheQ Rumours are slow security, might speed up now show court ticket holders should be in?

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@ViewFromTheQ movement!! Just jumped 200m out of nowhere

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@RachPreller @ViewFromTheQ Fingers crossed!!

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@GordonMcGregor @devlin_judith @ViewFromTheQ Through the gates 05:29

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@keowndixon @ViewFromTheQ Through the gate at 05:29

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

@Wimbledon Really need more communication here @Wimbledon - completely mixed signals all over - "ground at capacity" signs up but we can see on tv it isn't. Handling of this really ruining the beauty of the tournament for us

[Bactobio @bactobio]

📣 New week, a new role 📣

We are looking for a Head of Business Development to help us shape Bactobio through our next phase of growth.

Click here for more info about the role: https://t.co/uBNBjgBtXu

[Bactobio @bactobio]

Today we're proud to announce our latest £6Mn raise to help us discover novel antimicrobials.

Funds will support our mission to help turn our captured biodiversity into commercial products.

▶️Read more here: https://t.co/pa0X5vADHy

#biotech #fundraise #announcement

[Bactobio @bactobio]

#AMR is a growing health threat, with no new classes of antibiotics discovered in >30 years.

Bactobio is pioneering innovative tools to discover new antibiotics to help treat incurable infections.

How do we do this?

Click here to learn more: https://t.co/nqTnYtyOXu

#WAAW

[Bactobio @bactobio]

🎉EXCITING PROJECT NEWS🎉
We are thrilled to announce we have been awarded a prestigious @innovateuk Smart grant.
This project will expand our capability to screen our microbial library against A. fumigatus, a fungal pathogen.
Click here to learn more: https://t.co/EknSc2nfAT

[Bactobio @bactobio]

📣We have an exciting announcement!📣

Bactobio + Professor Craig Maclean = iCASE Doctoral Training PhD

The project will assess the risks of resistance to novel antimicrobials targeting Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.

Click for more info:
https://t.co/8MeTmKyIn9

[Bactobio @bactobio]

NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY

Bactobio has grown to 27 employees since 2020. We're #hiring a People Operations Lead to guide our people strategy as we continue to expand.

Want to help shape the vision for a scaling biotech? Get in touch!
#biotech #london #people
https://t.co/GkWZhdyK2u

[Bactobio @bactobio]

📣Bactobio is hiring!
We are looking for ambitious scientists to join our growing compound discovery and microbial generation team to help us on our mission to unlock the chemical potential within nature's greatest bioresource

Learn more at: https://t.co/QluDAa5b6W
#HiringAlert

[Mira Kassouf @MiraKassouf]

#Superenhancers function in an orientation dependent manner,challenging #enhancerbiology paradigm.
@Hele_Fran @josephblayney @MariaC_Su @CazzHarrold @jrmmhughes @DownesDamien @MariekeOudelaar @NatureGenet @Hannah_K_Long @jojdavies @generegulation @MRC_WIMM
https://t.co/Dtd8ZLW3VY

[Hele Francis @Hele_Fran]

Latest pre-print from my PhD work is out! Huge congrats and thanks to @josephblayney @MiraKassouf @JefBoeke for making it happen. Great to use new tech to add clarity on how super-enhancers function in their native context #generegulation #superenhancer #preprint

[josephblayney @josephblayney]

Very excited to share our new pre-print!: Super-enhancers require a combination of classical enhancers and novel facilitator elements to drive high levels of gene expression https://t.co/01PPmH9GXM ...short thread below (1/6)

[Bactobio @bactobio]

Thank you @imperialcollege for highlighting how and why we do the work we are passionate about here at Bactobio.
Have a read about it all in this article. #innovation #Entrepreneurship #startups #Biotechnology

[Bactobio @bactobio]

Some fantastic news to kick off a brand new week!
We've been nominated for the Best Biotech Start-up Business of the Year by @biosummit22

To learn more about the award, head on over to our new blog post.
Link: https://t.co/zgMRp2KGON

Congratulations to the other nominees too!