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Co-founder / CSO at Bactobio Mostly science with some food and travel.

London, UK
Joined April 2011
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Evolution has spent billions of years optimising bacterial chemistry. Almost none of it has been accessible to medicinal chemists, or to AI. Delighted that @bactobio been awarded a multi-year programme with @JGI to build the dataset to change that! tinyurl.com/bactobioJGI
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Read here about how @bactobio are fighting the Antimicrobial Resistance crisis!
Mark Wilkinson (LMH, 2010) and Daniel Hansen (Harris Manchester, 2008) are tackling antimicrobial resistance through biotech start-up Bactobio. Using AI and microbiology, the team is discovering new compounds from soil bacteria to address a major global health threat. ⬇️
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🎉 Celebrating 4 years of #innovation at Bactobio! We're tackling big challenges in #pharma and #agriculture with cutting-edge tech. 🌱💊 🚀 Dive into our journey and explore how we're fighting #AMR and ensuring food security. 🔗tinyurl.com/39xshk7u
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From Ideation to Impact - Examples of the Innovation Journey In this session, we heard from: 👉@bactobio 👉@InnovisLtd 👉@AgriSoundTech 👉@AEH_Innovative 👉@GerminalUKAgri 👉@SeaweedGen 👉@GRIMMEGroup Thank you all! ➡️agritechcentres.com/ #acceleratingagritech
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📢 #Job Opportunities at Bactobio📢 1️⃣Finance Manager📊 2️⃣Software Engineering Lead💻 3️⃣Natural Product Chemist🧪 4️⃣Mass Spectrometry Data Scientist📈 🔎Join us & be part of groundbreaking #biotech #research bacto.bio/careers #chemistry #datascience #hiring #Careers
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Bucket list ✅ yesterday at the end of the Camino De Santiago!
Couple of ice cold Mahou in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. £1.50 each ❤️
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Bactobio is hiring! Great opportunity to join the Compound Discovery team - Natural Product Chemist and Technician positions available!
Are you looking for a new challenge and to be a part of a mission with a global challenge? Bactobio is looking for an ambitious natural product chemist and technician to join our growing compound discovery team. Find out more using the link below: bacto.bio/careers
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I'm delighted to announce our latest funding round! We've raised £6 Million to boost our automation and data-driven science to help discover novel antimicrobials! businesswire.com/news/home/2…£6-Million-To-Discover-Novel-Antimicrobials #biotechnology #startup #amr #science #Funding
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See below for a funded #PhD with @CraigMacLean9 and us at @bactobio - get in contact if interested! #biotechnology #PhDposition #research #AMR
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Bright tips for bright minds! Thanks @StarlabUKLtd for coming to visit and see the @bactobio team in action.
What does a day at @bactobio look like? 🤔 Imagine bright minds coming together to create a safer, greener world.  Imagine working to boost food production and support the transition to sustainable industry. We do what we do, so you can change the world. #sustainablescience
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An excellent opportunity to share the work we do here at Bactobio with Indro Mukerjee, the CEO of @innovateuk. Funding from Innovate UK has been vital in accelerating our growth. Thank you @CHAPAgriTech for the opportunity and @Rothamsted for hosting.
Thanks for the interview @imperialcollege! See below to read all about our work at @bactobio and how @innovateuk has helped fund our research. #research #biotechnology #startup #london #entrepreneur
You need lab skills AND computing smarts to unlock bacteria. Talented young scientists trained at @ImperialCollege in @ImperialSci and @impchemistry have both and are getting it done at startup @bactobio #AI #microbiology #antibiotics hubs.ly/Q01cf8TQ0
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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: tinyurl.com/2s3bzy8f Congratulations to the other nominees too!
Bactobio bolters braved the rain and wind for a thrilling day in the park, chasing the sun. Photo credit: @RunThroughUK
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We are #hiring! Fellow microbiologists: We want YOU to come join us in our mission to harness the metabolic potential of unexplored microbes. Sounds exciting? Take a look at our available microbiologist roles and get in touch with us to find out more. tinyurl.com/yckp5j8f
This International Women's Day, Bactobio celebrates all our fantastic woman colleagues driving the company forward from lab to boardroom. Together we can #breakthebias. Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all!🔬👩🏼‍🔬🦸🏽‍♀️#IWD22 #WomenInSTEM #womenempowerment
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Bactobio is hiring! If you're a keen microbiologist or natural products scientist looking for an exciting new challenge in a fast-growing London biotech, we want to hear from you! Check out our careers page to learn more: tinyurl.com/yckp5j8f @joshuamburns @AndrePulschen
Novel bio-fungicide project has its sights on Septoria control @CHAPAgriTech @bactobio_ nlaf.uk/Library/pl/ZWVhNzBlY…
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#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek starts today! #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) can affect everyone, everywhere, at any age. 👀 Watch & listen to our expert explaining why you should care about it! Spread awareness, stop resistance👉bit.ly/3njQQ3g
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Arable farmers could have a range of novel bio-fungicides to help in the fight against wheat disease Septoria, thanks to the launch of a @DefraGovUK & @UKRI_News funded project that’s being conducted by us & @baccuico ▶️ow.ly/IC5K50GLezV @innovateuk #agritech #agriculture