Georg Fritz

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🫡Long live the freedom of speech, thought & science!

New paper from our lab: Tunable and Orthogonal ECF and Anti-σ Threshold Gates for Temporal Control of Heterologous Gene Expression | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

🚫🪱 Can worms eat away our PVC problem? Not quite. Our new study shows mealworms & superworms chew on plasticized #PVC but gain nothing—no biodegradation, just toxicity.

Brilliant work by Zahra & Sinu! @ProfRobAtkin @Fritz_Lab @uwanews @SMS_UWA

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Work by Zahra Tahroudi shows that mealworms do not chemically degrade expanded polystyrene - they simply starve on EPS if confounding cannibalism among the worms is prevented! No change in polymer size. Are they just expert munchers creating microplastics? tinyurl.com/58x4kh9s

📢Deadline extended until 30 June:

2-year Postdoc position (with possibility to extend) to study the mechanisms of ultra-rapid growth in Vibrio natriegens 🦠! Apply now by following instructions in the ad below 👇

Also: Western Australia is beautiful 😉