Karas Lab

Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion.

[Thomas Mock @Th_Mock]

Excited to share our new preprint co-led with Hwan Su Yoon and Hocheol Kim.

The genomic basis of evolutionary stasis in the 500-million-year-old red #seaweed genus Ahnfeltia. A living fossil in coastal oceans. It also appears to be an ocean cactus...

https://t.co/6ZbHJu94yT

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

The @SchulichMedDent at @WesternU invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Mass Spectrometry ‘Omics for Novel Therapeutics.

https://t.co/Iu92bX6zt8

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@WesternU

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Huge day in K-lab! @Daniel_Nucifora successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Acholeplasma laidlawii as a New Platform for Creating Synthetic Cells.” Congratulations, Dr. Nucifora!

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

This work builds on our earlier efforts on Acholeplasma and synthetic genomes. Both published in @ACSSynBio First one was published in the very first issue: https://t.co/VTVJMDS6em and one more recently: https://t.co/Y2SdHbRLmY

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Newest paper from our lab lead by @Daniel_Nucifora. We show that the entire genome of A. laidlawii can be transferred directly into yeast by cell fusion. Cloning whole genomes in yeast is a key step toward building and engineering synthetic cells.
https://t.co/P1f4EtYYOg

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Thank you @NSERC_CRSNG for sponsoring this work @SchulichMedDent

[Tom Ellis @ProfTomEllis]

Awesome new synthetic biology paper in Nature today led by Bolin An (SIAT) and Zijay Tang (Harvard/MIT) on cell fate gene circuits that specialise cell progeny to different tasks and control their population ratios.
This is the most #synbio paper ever!
https://t.co/Az4B2PavhG

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Reminder that next seminar is today at 1:30 pm ET

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Foggy morning ⁦@WesternU⁩

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Excited that our latest diatom engineering research @SchulichMedDent was highlighted by CTV News London! Congrats @ejlwalker and all authors.
https://t.co/Bp5WfRTKux

[Thomas Mock @Th_Mock]

Just out @NatureComms Our new paper led by
@KarasLab with our help (Thalassiosira pseudonana).

Breaking the cell wall for efficient DNA delivery to #diatoms

@NorwichResearch @uniofeastanglia @UEAResearch

https://t.co/hy9LvDHhQZ

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Seminar on the fascinating coral-algae endosymbiosis, by the experts Professor Virginia Weis and Dr Maria Ruggeri from Oregon State University starts in 10 minutes.
Zoom link: https://t.co/skHEtgKHJS

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

I’m excited to share that our department @westernuBiochem @SchulichMedDent is hiring Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Metabolomics for Novel Therapeutics
https://t.co/usqXgzIKtU

[Kyle J. Lauersen @Kylelauersen]

Thanks to KAUST Discovery for this great write-up on our work. Algae and the Chocolate Factory!

@MLPMasson @ASU_AzCATI Prof. Peter Lammers, @Barbara_C_F @MikeD_Fox @KAUSTCoreLabs @MarsGlobal

https://t.co/0qzoRdo7zY

Beautiful image by @HenoHwang

[Western University @WesternU]

#WesternU welcomes The Canada Impact + Chairs program launched by Minister Joly yesterday. This program will help attract the best and brightest to support innovation, knowledge translation and new discoveries that drive social and economic growth.

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

K-lab dream team

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New Preprint from the Karas Lab: Conjugation-Based CRISPR Antifungals (COBRA). Congrats @VidaNasrollahi
Thank you to our Sponsors @WesternU Western Innovation Fund, @NSERC_CRSNG, Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative @westernuBiochem
https://t.co/9ZtbwDSty6

[Canadian Journal of Microbiology @CanJMicrobio]

NEW! We are now inviting #Perspective papers! Share your commentary, discuss emerging topics, and propose new ideas that can inspire future research.

Learn more ▶️https://t.co/jBWKVbx6YU

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