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Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Antifungal. Antimicrobials. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion. Western University, Canada.

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Direct Genome Transfer from Acholeplasma laidlawii to Yeast Cloning bacterial genomes in yeast or other hosts is a crucial step in workflows for creating highly engineered strains. The genome of Acholeplasma laidlawii can be cloned in yeast if a toxic gene is ...

correct link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

20.10.2025 16:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Newest preprint from K-lab: Direct Genome Transfer from Acholeplasma laidlawii to Yeast. Congrats to Daniel Nucifora Tanveer Saini @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Thank you for sponsoring this research @NSERC_CRSNG #synbio #GenomeTransfer #SynCell
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

20.10.2025 13:26 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Newest preprint from K-lab. Congrats to @ejlwalker.bsky.social and all authors. @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Thank you for sponsoring this research @aria-research.bsky.social @NSERC_CRSNG www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

17.10.2025 21:43 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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It's a special day in our lab tomorrow. Join us at 10 am at westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/93599383349

01.10.2025 00:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are you eligible for the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program and interested in joining Karas lab?
If yes, please send your CV to bkaras@uwo.ca
Details & eligibility: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...

28.08.2025 21:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.07.2025 22:02 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Another bid day in K-lab. Congrats Jack Huang on successfully defending Master thesis and getting into Medical School at University of Toronto! 🎉

09.06.2025 22:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Excited to share that our lab is part of the @ARIA_uk Programmable Plants initiative! @ @westernu.bsky.social @schulichmeddent.bsky.social

02.06.2025 12:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic Synthetic Biology postdoc opportunity!

22.04.2025 01:03 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@westernu.bsky.social

21.04.2025 20:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Check out this Symbiogenesis Seminar Series, an online event focused on symbiogenesis.

20.04.2025 15:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our newest preprint. Congrats to Emma Walker and all authors in collaboration @thomasmock.bsky.social 🔹 Fast electroporation & PEG methods 🔹Delivery of large episomes 🔹 DNA-free Cas9 editing 🔹 In vivo DNA assembly. #SynBio #Diatoms #CRISPR
doi.org/10.1101/2024...

12.04.2025 14:08 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌻🌺

20.03.2025 23:41 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@westernu.bsky.social

20.03.2025 12:57 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Genetic engineering in diatoms: advances and prospects Diatoms are not only responsible for a significant proportion of global annual primary production, but they are also the most diverse group of algae. Our review discusses the latest developments in d...

Our new review just out @theplantjournal.bsky.social led by Yixuan Li and in collaboration with @karaslab.bsky.social

Genetic engineering in diatoms: advances and prospects

doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

17.03.2025 17:24 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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I am looking for a few team members to join our lab at Western University for an exciting new project focused on creating enhanced plant chloroplast genomes. I am looking to hire:

2 Postdoctoral Fellows

1 PhD Student

Additional information is posted here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

16.03.2025 16:09 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!

14.03.2025 23:06 👍 162 🔁 53 💬 2 📌 3

Newest preprint from our lab. Congratulations to all authors!

15.03.2025 15:33 👍 75 🔁 36 💬 0 📌 0