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Karas Lab

@karaslab.bsky.social
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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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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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...
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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...
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It's a special day in our lab tomorrow. Join us at 10 am at westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/93599383349
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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...
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Another bid day in K-lab. Congrats Jack Huang on successfully defending Master thesis and getting into Medical School at University of Toronto! 🎉
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Excited to share that our lab is part of the @ARIA_uk Programmable Plants initiative! @ @westernu.bsky.social @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Fantastic Synthetic Biology postdoc opportunity!
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@westernu.bsky.social
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Check out this Symbiogenesis Seminar Series, an online event focused on symbiogenesis.
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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...
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌻🌺
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
@westernu.bsky.social
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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....
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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...
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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!
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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.
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Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Newest preprint from our lab. Congratulations to all authors!
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