Karas Lab
@karaslab.bsky.social
Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Antifungal. Antimicrobials. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion. Western University, Canada.
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...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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...
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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...
It's a special day in our lab tomorrow. Join us at 10 am at westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/93599383349
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's a special day in our lab tomorrow. Join us at 10 am at westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/93599383349
Are you eligible for the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program and interested in joining Karas lab?
If yes, please send your CV to [email protected]
Details & eligibility: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
If yes, please send your CV to [email protected]
Details & eligibility: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Are you eligible for the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program and interested in joining Karas lab?
If yes, please send your CV to [email protected]
Details & eligibility: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
If yes, please send your CV to [email protected]
Details & eligibility: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
Another bid day in K-lab. Congrats Jack Huang on successfully defending Master thesis and getting into Medical School at University of Toronto! 🎉
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another bid day in K-lab. Congrats Jack Huang on successfully defending Master thesis and getting into Medical School at University of Toronto! 🎉
Excited to share that our lab is part of the @ARIA_uk Programmable Plants initiative! @ @westernu.bsky.social @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
The nine teams we're funding in Synthetic Plants are paving the way for more productive, resilient, and sustainable plants. 🌱
Discover how they'll deliver growth in agriculture for the UK + beyond: link.aria.org.uk/sp-c-bs
Discover how they'll deliver growth in agriculture for the UK + beyond: link.aria.org.uk/sp-c-bs
June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Excited to share that our lab is part of the @ARIA_uk Programmable Plants initiative! @ @westernu.bsky.social @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
Fantastic Synthetic Biology postdoc opportunity!
#SyntheticBiology postdoctoral position in our group in University of Florida's Horticultural Sciences department. Work is directed evolution to improve enzymes that underlie important crop traits ⬇️
April 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fantastic Synthetic Biology postdoc opportunity!
April 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Check out this Symbiogenesis Seminar Series, an online event focused on symbiogenesis.
April 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Check out this Symbiogenesis Seminar Series, an online event focused on symbiogenesis.
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...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
April 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌻🌺
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌻🌺
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Karas Lab
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....
Genetic engineering in diatoms: advances and prospects
doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
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...
doi.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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....
Genetic engineering in diatoms: advances and prospects
doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
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...
2 Postdoctoral Fellows
1 PhD Student
Additional information is posted here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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...
2 Postdoctoral Fellows
1 PhD Student
Additional information is posted here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Karas Lab
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!
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.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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!
Newest preprint from our lab. Congratulations to all authors!
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Newest preprint from our lab. Congratulations to all authors!