Open Plastic

Optimizing a Microbial Platform to Break Down and Valorize Waste Plastic

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Postdoctoral Fellowship available in the Identification, Characterization, and Optimization of Enzymes that Degrade Plastics. For details, visit https://t.co/E45uaGF6yQ

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Congratulations, George, on receiving the 2025 Ontario Early Researcher Award! @ontariogenomics @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @GraemeWHowe @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensuVPR
https://t.co/HZvSJlNuqC

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

See the Agenda
OpenPlastic is organizing its 3rd 3-day in-person Symposium (April 23-25, 2025) in Kingston, ON. The event focused on enzyme discovery, optimization, characterization, LCA/TEA. @ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @QueensuVPR

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Congratulations Dr. James McLellan for achieving the NSERC CREATE Grant (1.6M)
https://t.co/MvpxFQGOQq
@ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @GraemeWHowe @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @QueensuVPR @queensuresearch

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Check out my blog post https://t.co/jkS4lIp8UJ
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[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Check out my blog post https://t.co/jkS4lIp8UJ
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[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic is having its 2nd Symposium (April 22-24, 2024) in Kingston, ON. The event focuses on enzyme discovery and optimization, process characterization and optimization, and LCA/TEA.@ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @QueensuVPR

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Open Plastic researcher, Dr. Jithin Sunny, secured the first-place prize at the Queen’s Postdoctoral Fellows Three Minute Research event. Congratulations, Jithin, on your remarkable achievement! @ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @QueensUBio @QueensuVPR@queensuresearch

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Open Plastic researchers presenting research results at the CSM conference-2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. @ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @QueensuVPR

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

Open Plastic researchers presenting research results at the CSM conference-2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. @ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @QueensuVPR

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic is hosting a 3-day Symposium (https://t.co/jCZeqaJOS7) emphasizing enzyme discovery and optimization, process characterization and optimization, and LCA/TEA. @ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @JesseGreener @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @ElizabethEdwar8

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

@QueensUBio Congratulations Paul!

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic Project Co-Leader Dr. Jim McLellan Recognized for Excellence in Teaching Leadership. Congratulations Dr. McLellan! @ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem
https://t.co/7CRNHYsnhc

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic Co-Investigator Dr. Karine Auclair is appointed as a Board of Directors of Carbios. Congratulations! https://t.co/O8MJTuqkRS
@ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem @McGillChemistry

[Ontario Genomics @ontariogenomics]

Scientists @ucsc claim to have solved a long-standing #genomics mystery involving introns, non-coding regions of #DNA found within genes of eukaryotic organisms.

Read more in @PNASNews
https://t.co/HYDiIdhZwW

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic co-sponsored Chemical Career Fair 2022. Students lined up to learn about career opportunities with @OpenPlastic and our industry partners! Thanks @CICKingston for organizing this event. @ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic is co-sponsoring the Chemical Career Fair! Join us 12-4pm at Kingston City Hall, today (Friday Nov 18) to learn about career opportunities with @OpenPlastic and our industry partners!@ontariogenomics @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem

[CIC Kingston Section @CICKingston]

Our #CICKingstonCareerFair22 Platinum Sponsor @OpenPlastic is hiring! Open Plastic is a Genome Canada funded program that endeavours to accelerate Canada’s efforts to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030🧬

#zerowaste #ChemTwitter #careerfair  🔗 https://t.co/8aS7l483jj

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic on solving plastics problems with insects microbes @ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @GraemeWHowe @JesseGreener @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem
https://t.co/CYcULvt7uJ

[Open Plastic @OpenPlastic]

OpenPlastic on solving plastics problems with insects microbes https://t.co/1sKAKU9bKu
@ontariogenomics @biosyscompute @George_diCenzo @ZechelLab @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @pj_mclellan @GraemeWHowe @JesseGreener @queensu @QuCHEE @QueensUBio @QueensChem

[Laurence Yang @biosyscompute]

#hiring graduate students and a Postdoc in TEA/LCA for plastic bio-upcycling. Join the Open Plastic consortium: >20 academic labs & >7 industry/municipal partners supported by $7.9M Genome Canada grant + NSERC Alliance to tackle plastic waste. Apply here: https://t.co/ZYRJzDFrK4