Emma Jane Walker

1/ 🌟 We've added more results to our preprint‼️ TLDR: diatom in vivo assembly, RNP delivery via electroporation, and a new PEG transformation method... (1/10) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

5 days left now to apply for the postdoc opportunity in my lab at Imperial in London 🇬🇧 - there’s a chance that we can hire 2 people into the team on this synthetic biology and materials theme. Application link is here - imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

Huge new work from Japan - radically engineered E.coli genome now half the size of the usual genome. 🧬 🦠 Impressive work… minimising genomes is on the march!

1/ Here's an angle to LySE I couldn't show fully in my @NatureMicrobiol paper: Combining my passion for DIY bio & directed evolution, LySE is extremely low-cost. The workflow is just mixing phage lysates and cells. All you need is a pipette & incubator. No epPCR or bioreactors!

This is the culmination of >10 years of work by generations of students and postdocs. Many false starts. And we know that others have tried too. Structural insights into the activate-and-release mechanism of NLR activation. And we can engineer it too! Kudos Team 🙏🔥

Excited to share our latest paper, out today @CellCellPress. We found that large pieces of the human genome can transfer between cells upon direct contact, endowing recipient cells with heritable phenotypic changes. (1/7) cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

おかげさまで、gbdrawのGitHub starsが100個になりました。ありがとうございます

Excited to share our discovery of a new programmable RNA-guided DNA-targeting system hiding inside bacteriophages that predates CRISPR. We call it VIPR (Viral Interference Programmable Repeat), and it uses an entirely new logic to find its targets. Thread + link below.

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. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

The smallest bacterial genome, further blurring the bacteria-organelle boundary! Convergent extreme reductive evolution in ancient planthopper symbioses nature.com/articles/s4146…

Excited that our latest diatom engineering research @SchulichMedDent was highlighted by CTV News London! Congrats @ejlwalker and all authors. ctvnews.ca/london/article…

Publication 📰 of @Malakabd93 's PhD final chapter. Investigating terpene synthase subcellular localization in Chlamydomonas🦠. Squalene k.d. does not affect plastid yields & @CellDEG bioreactor high density cultivation. W/ @s_overmans & @GordonWellman sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Most of biology is locked behind a single problem no one talks about — DNA delivery. You can’t edit a genome if you can’t get DNA into the cell. We @CultivariumFRX built a self-driving DNA delivery workcell to change that.

I’ll be starting a lab as an Assistant Professor @CornellEng @Cornell_CBE in 2026! We’ll combine synthetic biology and materials science to engineer microbes into living materials & therapies. Recruiting PhD students & postdocs - please get in touch! 🔗harimotolab.com

Newest preprint from K-lab: Direct Genome Transfer from Acholeplasma laidlawii to Yeast. Congrats to @Daniel_Nucifora Tanveer Saini @SchulichMedDent Thank you for sponsoring this research @NSERC_CRSNG #synbio #GenomeTransfer #SynCell doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

Newest preprint from K-lab: Resolving replication incompatibility between chloroplast and conjugative plasmids in E. coli. Congrats @ejlwalker and all authors. @SchulichMedDent Thank you for sponsoring this research @ARIA_research @NSERC_CRSNG biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The @UNC_Biology Biology Department is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307414

REMINDER 📢 Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program application deadline is: 🗓️ October 17 Instructions ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdesuwvn #CIHR #SSHRC 👀

🚨 We’re hiring! Oxford Biology is recruiting 3 new Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology Join us as we move into our new building with world-class research & teaching facilities. Vacancies 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

🗞️ #NSERC RESEARCH STORY Dr. Catie Ivy @usask is leading a research project that will examine the physiological effects of wildfire smoke intake on songbirds. ▶️ tinyurl.com/38pwjdjx #NSERCsupport

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