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29 November, 2023

Invited talk at Bielefeld University

Prof. Kyle Lauersen gave an invited talk at his alma mater Bielefeld University.

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23 November, 2023

Sustainable Biotechnology Symposium at HHU

Prof. Kyle Lauersen attended the Sustainable Biotechnology Symposium hosted by Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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22 November, 2023

Invited talk at University of the Basque Country

Prof. Kyle Lauersen gave an invited talk to members of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country

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18 October, 2023

SSB Lab visitor: Dr. Adrian Nievergelt

This week, the SSB group hosted Dr. Adrian Nievergelt from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Dresden, Germany) at KAUST.

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17 August, 2023

News article: Algal biotechnologists at KAUST are generating sustainable animal feeds in Saudi Arabia

A project led by Prof. Lauersen and Dr. Claudio Fuentes-Grünewald that involves the cultivation of the microalga C. merolae for animal feed, is featured in KAUST NEWS.

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23 June, 2023

Invited Talk at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Prof. Lauersen was invited to give a student lecture and Departmental Seminar at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples, Italy. His visit was organized by Dr. Sabrina Carella and PhD student Gabriele de Falco.

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21 June, 2023

Razan Yahya wins Biotechnology Notes Prize

PhD candidate Razan Yahya was awarded the Biotechnology Notes Prize at the Metabolic Engineering 15 Conference in Singapore.

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21 June, 2023

Malak Abdallah presents her PhD work in Singapore

PhD candidate Malak Abdallah presented her PhD research at the Metabolic Engineering 15 Conference in Singapore.

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20 June, 2023

Dr. Sebastian Overmans attends international AlgalBBB conference on Hawaii's Big Island

SSB group's postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sebastian Overmans gives a conference talk at this year's AlgalBBB meeting in Hawaii.

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19 June, 2023

PhD student Mauricio Lopez-Portillo Masson travels to Hawaii

SSB student Mauricio Lopez-Portillo Masson attended the AlgalBBB conference in Hawaii to present his latest research results.

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18 June, 2023

Dr. Gordon Wellman represents SSB group at two conferences

Dr. Gordon Wellman traveled to Princeton University and Singapore to present his latest research.

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18 June, 2023

Melany Villegas-Valencia attends SEED and Metabolic Engineering conferences

SSB group's PhD student Melany Villegas-Valencia presented a scientific poster at the Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED) Conference in Los Angeles.

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17 June, 2023

Sergio Gutiérrez presents his research at conferences

PhD candidate Sergio Gutiérrez presented his work at three international conferences in the USA and Singapore this summer.

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16 June, 2023

Conference posters by Dr. Barbara Bastos de Freitas

SSB postdoc Dr. Barbara Bastos de Freitas recently presented her research at the Chlamy2023 and AlgalBBB conferences.

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15 June, 2023

Metabolic Engineering 15 Conference

Several SSB group members, including Melany Villegas, Razan Yahya, Malak Abdallah, Sergio Gutiérrez, and Dr. Gordon Wellman attended this year's Metabolic Engineering Conference in Singapore.

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14 June, 2023

AlgalBBB Conference

SSB group's PhD student Mauricio Lopez-Portillo Masson, Dr. Barbara Bastos de Freitas, Dr. Sebastian Overmans, and Prof. Kyle Lauersen attended this year's International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels & Bioproducts (AlgalBBB) in Hawaii together with their close collaborators Dr. Mark Seger and Prof. Peter Lammers from AzCATI.

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09 June, 2023

Chlamy2023 Conference

PhD student Sergio Gutierrez and Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Barbara Bastos de Freitas and Dr. Gordon Wellman attended the International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas at Princeton University.

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02 June, 2023

2023 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED) Conference

SSB group PhD students Melany Villegas and Sergio Gutierrez presented their work at the 2023 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED) Conference in Los Angeles.

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30 May, 2023

Podcast: Joyful Microbe - Algae in Nature and Biotechnology

Prof. Kyle Lauersen joins Justine Dees as part of her podcast series Joyful Microbe in an episode entitled "Algae in Nature and Biotechnology".

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20 May, 2023

Special issue: Algal Research

Call for papers on the topic "Metabolic engineering/synthetic biology of eukaryotic microalgae for better light-driven biosynthesis and production" in the journal Algal Research.

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