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Karas Lab
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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.
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...
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 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...
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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
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...
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
July 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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
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
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...
April 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌻🌺
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 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...
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Newest preprint from our lab. Congratulations to all authors!
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM