Karas Lab
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Karas Lab
@KarasLab
Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion.
London, Ontario Beigetreten Kasım 2017
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Excited that our latest diatom engineering research @SchulichMedDent was highlighted by CTV News London! Congrats @ejlwalker and all authors.
ctvnews.ca/london/article…
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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
nature.com/articles/s4146…

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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: stanford.zoom.us/j/99189904989?…

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I’m excited to share that our department @westernuBiochem @SchulichMedDent is hiring Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Metabolomics for Novel Therapeutics
uwo.ca/facultyrelatio…

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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
discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/262…
Beautiful image by @HenoHwang

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#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.
TIPS_SPIIE@TIPS_SPIIE
📢Today, the #GC launched new programs to attract international researchers to Canada. ✅ Canada Impact+ Research Chairs ✅ Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders Get all the details here: canada.ca/en/impact-plus… @SSHRC_CRSH @NSERC_CRSNG @CIHR_IRSC @InnovationCA @ISED_CA
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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
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

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NEW! We are now inviting #Perspective papers! Share your commentary, discuss emerging topics, and propose new ideas that can inspire future research.
Learn more ▶️ow.ly/5MWw50WFlVL
#Microbiology #AcademicWriting #CanadianScience

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Symbiogenesis seminar by Andreas Guerrero and Carlos Lax in 20 minutes, at 10.30am PT, with the title "From Host Defense to Symbiotic Partnership: Molecular and Ecological Perspectives"
Zoom link: stanford.zoom.us/j/99189904989?…
Join the mailing list: forms.gle/HYHzCByabH6TpS…
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A story by Jeffrey Renaud on future farming and crop improvement that features some of the work we do in the Karas Lab. Grateful for our sponsors @aria_research @WesternU, students, collaborators and the wider community who make this possible.
magazine.westernu.ca/farming-the-fu…
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🚨Alert. All domestic students can apply for NSERC Master’s Scholarship
nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudi…
We are exploring the frontiers of synthetic biology, building synthetic plants, engineered diatoms, and novel organelles, as well as developing next-generation antifungals

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Symbiogenesis seminar starting now. #mitochondria
stanford.zoom.us/j/99189904989?…
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