Tom Loan, PhD

Research scientist and metabolic engineer ANU. Interested in biological chemistry and synthetic biology. Made in NZ.

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@ATinyGreenCell Cool people don't acquire tens of millions of dollars and then spend their time trying to get even more money - no cool billionaires is a structural.

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@ATinyGreenCell I've had an interesting time trying to go the other way: https://t.co/65bDwaDC3I - Feels like a chick-egg situation, lots of stuff would be much easier/useful if it was more widespread but probably won't be adopted unless it's widespread. Start anywhere I guess?

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@jrkelly A lot of these expensive reagents are enzymes that could be produced in house, similar to the way a lot of labs make their own competent cells to save $.

[ACS Synthetic Bio @ACSSynBio]

Our #WeekendReading suggestion for you!

β-Dicarbonyls Facilitate Engineered Microbial Bromoform Biosynthesis ➡️ https://t.co/0PJAEe09nA

Published #OpenAccess, by Loan et al.

Check it out 🤩

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@claudiaevickers Likewise! Truly wouldn't haven't gotten off the starting blocks without your help

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

Some of my postdoc work is finally published! To celebrate here's a fun time lapse of the haloperoxidase assay we used. This takes ~5 mins in real time. Paper: β-Dicarbonyls Facilitate Engineered Microbial Bromoform Biosynthesis https://t.co/P3OOpos9CP

[Sebastian S. Cocioba🪄🌷 @ATinyGreenCell]

Here's another open co-founder position we're looking to fill. I'm looking for a plant biologist with a strong understanding of the gene regulation of flowering and its myriad signals; role is to develop novel speed breeding tech. Please RT. 💚
https://t.co/KBJfPLrF4w

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

There's still time to apply for this awesome #postdoc with myself, @CJcosign and @portyrob. Come explore the engineering of microbial consortia and push the boundaries of #MicrobialEngineering #SyntheticBiology. #ScienceCareers #STEMjobs https://t.co/wtwPEx2O1T

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

Got some experience with metabolic engineering? Interested in working with more than one microbe? Come work with me the the CSIRO team in the Advanced Engineering Biology Future Science Platform!
https://t.co/wtwPEx2O1T
Please RT

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@ATinyGreenCell I've knocked the catalases out of a couple of yeasts before (S. cerevisiae and Y. lipolytica). Hard to see a difference in growth - the cat negative mutants seemed resistant to redox stress though. I suspect other detox pathways cover for the missing catalase.

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@ATinyGreenCell I meant to link this when I first saw the video: https://t.co/qtk8a1E3tO
Turns out you can add a little bit of detergent, trap the bubbles, and the height of the bubble column is quantitative for catalase activity.

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@claudiaevickers The Syntraits group at Black Mountain has one

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@popangeld ...Thanks, now I can never un-see this.

[Christoph Nitsche @NitscheLab]

We have a fully funded #PhDposition in chemical biology available! Join our team @ANUChemistry and let peptides shine as next-generation pharmaceuticals. Details about how to get in touch and apply can be found below. Please RT!
https://t.co/qaZ7HhhSIZ

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@PiiaBartos @MeganOutram91, Your talk this morning:

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@ANUbiomolecular @rick1mil @MatthiasJost3 well well well, looks look we don't need try this ourselves after all

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@pete_himself I like to take a moment to imagine the future we need to work for. Half emissions in the next 8 years means a lot needs to change. Where will I fit into it? How will things change where I am? What can I do to move in that direction?

[Tom Loan, PhD @TomLoan2]

@MeganOutram91 @CSIRO @JSperschneider @Figueroa_MM Woo! I'll be on leave for your first week, but soon we can finally catch up for that coffee

[Louise Thatcher @ThatcherLouise]

Want to apply your SynBio skills to microbial strain improvement and accelerate the domestication and improved efficacy of non-model biocontrol microbes. Apply here, CSIRO Postdoc https://t.co/UFd4EoEgCC @AUSSOCMIC @Plant_Pathogens @AndyTruman4 @Mead_O