Razan Yahya successfully defended her thesis to her PhD committee today.

SSB lab member Malak Abdallah successfully defended her PhD thesis today.

Professor Lauersen won this year's KAUST Distinguished Teaching Award for his contribution to the Bioengineering program.

SSB Lab invited Prof. Ira “Ike” Levine to KAUST last week.

Prof. Lauersen presented the joint project “Demonstration facility for sustainable high-value proteins from low-value waste”.

Prof. Lauersen, Melany Villegas Valencia, and Mauricio Masson attended the 13th International CeBiTec Research Conference, in Bielefeld, Germany, September 16th – 18th, 2024.

Last week, following the successful kickoff of the KAUST Center of Excellence in Sustainable Food Security project 5934, the team held a productive second meeting at Saudi Radwa Food Co. Ltd facilities.

Today, Prof. Lauersen visited the Biozone (Center for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering) at the University of Toronto.

Prof. Lauersen visits Prof. Bogumil Karas at the University of Western Ontario.

KAUST Center of Excellence in Sustainable Food Security project “Demonstration facility for sustainable high-value proteins from low-value waste” had its kickoff meeting today at KAUST.

SSB member Dr. Gordon Wellman travelled to Dresden for a 2-week research stay at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

SSB group member Sergio Gutiérrez successfully defended his PhD thesis today.

Professor Kyle Lauersen was recently assigned to the Editorial Board of the journal "Blue Biotechnology".

Prof. Lauersen presented the work of his group as part of the SynBYSS seminar initiative.

The group's recent article about microalgal-based production of fragrant oud compounds was showcased in the newspaper Arab News.

The research article by Gutiérrez et al. was selected as back cover by the journal Green Chemistry.

SSB Lab Professor Kyle Lauersen has joined the Early Career Board of the journal ACS Synthetic Biology.

Professor Kyle Lauersen was recently assigned to the Editorial Board of the journal "New Biotechnology".

The recent work of SSB Lab postdocs Dr. Barbara Freitas and Dr. Sebastian Overmans was featured in an article in the KAUST INSIGHT magazine.

Members of the SSB Lab visited the chocolate factory operated by Mars Inc. in nearby KAEC.