Cyclist. Scientist. Synthetic biology in plants. Carboxysomes and chloroplasts. Ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
He/him
Group leader: Biological CO₂ Capture Lab
Awabakal and Worimi country ⬛🟡🟥
University of Newcastle, Australia.
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/ben-long
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Already winning.
Overexpression of Rubisco Activase Improves Photosynthesis and Plant Growth in Rice Under Fluctuating Light Under Future High CO2 Conditions.
From @utokyo-yamori.bsky.social lab!
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For those with LinkedIn access, a brief tribute to my amazing PhD supervisor John W. Anderson who passed last month.
Functional and structural insights into cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms: from compartmentalization to regulation - Zimmer - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
From @selimlab.bsky.social lab
From fundamental understanding to engineering of carboxysomes for biotechnological applications: Plant Communications www.cell.com/plant-commun...
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #PostDoc
2026 ASPS Award recognising excellence across plant science research, education & outreach:
JG Wood Lecture: Barry Pogson , Peter Goldacre Award: Renee Marchin Prokopavicius
Jan Anderson Award: Vanessa Melino, Education & Outreach Claudia Keitel
For details: www.asps.org.au/phytogen
#AusPlantSci
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We now present our latest work, now out in @nature.com! A creative new CRISPR-based approach can selectively destroy cells carrying undruggable mutations in cancer.
Work led by @jingkunzeng.bsky.social
In collaboration with Alan Ashworth, Yang Liu and Ryan Jackson.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carboxysomes are protein-based microcompartments that enhance CO2 fixation by concentrating
CO2 around Rubisco through coordinated shell architecture, cargo encapsulation, and
selective permeability. ...
🌱🧬W3 Professorship in Plant Biotechnology at the University of Freiburg
The position holder will lead a research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for biotechnological & societally relevant applications #plantscience #plantscijobs
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Life on Earth depends on photosynthetic CO2 fixation via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle to form organic carbon. This process evolved first in cyanobacteria and was later conveyed to eukaryotes, givi...
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I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my amazing PhD supervisor, John W. Anderson, last month.
John was an outstanding plant biochemist whose contributions are exemplified by his 1980 commen...
🌲 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Future Forests Excellence Cluster at Uni Freiburg to uncover the molecular basis of stress resilience in forest trees. Work with Douglas fir & sessile oak using epigenomics, RNA-seq, and more. 3-year position, TV-L 13. Apply now! 🧬🌿
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The future position holder will lead an internationally recognized research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for
