Hi all! My name is Bartek (he/him) and I am a master's student (MPhil), co-supervised by Prof. Christopher Howe (biochemistry) and Dr. Jenny Zhang (chemistry), interested in understanding the photo-electrochemistry of cyanobacteria. I completed my undergraduate bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in part II in Biochemistry but also with some background in physical sciences from my first year. My current research involves synthetic biology approaches to engineer mixed species biofilms, to study microbial interactions and for use in biophotoelectrochemical systems. Moving forwards, my work will investigate the role of cyanobacteria membrane structure in extracellular electron transfer, specifically focusing on the role of peptidoglycan. Through this, we hope to gain further insight into plastid evolution, and learn new ways to engineer extracellular electron transfer, and move closer to understanding the mechanisms of endogenous mediation in cyanobacteria.