Rafael Montenegro

PhD in Cell-Free Synthetic Biology at Imperial College @ Karen Polizzi Lab. Biotechnology Engineer and MSc. in Systems and Synthetic Biology

[Rafael Montenegro @RafaMM19]

@london_synbio

[Rafael Montenegro @RafaMM19]

🧬 London SynBio Network is back!

Join us on 15 October at UCL for our first meetup of the 2026/27 season! 🎉

🤖 Cybergenetics — Armin M Zand
💧 Microfluidics — Vicente Trelles Fernandez
🍻 Talks, drinks & networking!

Register: https://t.co/yZJMOfbL0t

[Adrián Pinto Tomás @AdrianPintoT]

Nuestro primer trabajo enfocado exclusivamente en abejitas Mariolas fue seleccionado como el artículo del mes en las revistas especializadas de la Sociedad Británica de Microbiología. Muchas gracias a la UCR @Ciencia_UCR, Cenibiot y la OET @tropicalstudies #EnEstoUsamosElFEES

[Max Chavarria @MaxChavarriaV]

Rescuing Ancient Art from Microbes https://t.co/Pz6tCFbTmd vía @sciam

[Víctor de Lorenzo @vdlorenzo_CNB]

My former PhD student @MaxChavarriaV, now at Costa Rica's National Center for Biotechnological Innovation, discovers >20 species of fungi that damage historical lithographs. Story in 👇 https://t.co/1v8P0a6l2w

[Pablo Iván Nikel @pabnik.bsky.social @PabloINik]

Re-purposing proteases with #SynBio! In this collaboration with @Gonnyita and @vdlorenzo_CNB we engineered a #cell #factory for #polymer production uncoupled from growth. The #tool is portable and can be adapted to other targets, too!
https://t.co/AuI3tTOB5P

[Wyss Institute @wyssinstitute]

"The BioBits kits enable us to expose young kids, older kids, and even adults to the wonders of synthetic biology and, as a result, are poised to transform science education and society." -Jim Collins https://t.co/32Pp29u7B4

[Víctor de Lorenzo @vdlorenzo_CNB]

The imbroglio of the physiological Cra effector clarified at last https://t.co/k9ZpzgwAHc Our comment to https://t.co/9KnFPXd1Pn of @MSB_RuG. Thanks @JohnHelmann & Jim Imlay for letting us recap the story behind the case

[Rafael Montenegro @RafaMM19]

@vdlorenzo_CNB @EssexSynBio @PaulFreemont @JefBoeke @DrGios It was a real pleasure to meet you and to know more about your P. putida projects!

[Rafael Montenegro @RafaMM19]

Essex Synthetic Biology Summer School at the University of Essex. Amazing talks by world leaders in SynBio. Besides, Golden Gate Assembly labs sessions. #ESBS2018 #SynBio @EssexSynBio @vdlorenzo_CNB @PaulFreemont @JefBoeke @DrGios

[Wyss Institute @wyssinstitute]

Breakthrough discoveries cannot change the world if they do not leave the lab. We are collaborating with @NovartisScience on our cancer vaccine technology. https://t.co/JNSkOz7C5D

[SynBioBeta @SynBioBeta]

How #GMOs can save civilization (and probably already have) https://t.co/pDfOdWG92l @mbeisen @SenatorPhD #biotech #biotechnology #agriculture #synbio #foodsecurity #plantbased #foodtech #futureoffood #futurefood #cellularagriculture #cleanmeat #culturedmeat