Gordon Wellman
@GordonWellman
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Itinerant Scientist π¦πΊ - currently postdoc @ KAUST πΈπ¦ SSB Lab - Biotech, botany and automation - building better πΏ for a changing planet π
Joined September 2011
Excited to kick off another year teaching the practical component of BioE300: Introduction to Genetic Engineering of Algae! Proud to still wear my badge from ACPFG's "Get Into Genes" program. Here's to another amazing semester! π±π§« π¦ β¨
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Ah, turns out to be unrelated. Our bot needed a device reset. Wasn't clear from the logs π
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Sent off plasmids for sequencing to @plasmidsaurus last Thursday. Data back today! So quick! Even after travelling ~11,100 km(~7000 mi/freedom units) π€―π€―
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Much more comfortable being behind the camera with BioE300 students in the SSB lab today π
PhD students/TAs @razanzyahya & Malak taking them & @tk_ozawa through #Chlamy transformations π§«
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My first mini-review has been published today on Frontiers! https://t.co/Ja8ggQXb4r
frontiersin.org
Carotenoids are well-known isoprenoid pigments naturally produced by plants, algae, photosynthetic bacteria as well as by several heterotrophic microorganism...
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Stay humble my friends, you're never too experienced to perform retrophoresis π
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Check out my favourite (robotic) labmate for Chlamydomonas engineering!
I will be giving a seminar highlighting our recent work using the colony picking robots from @SingerInst for engineering Chlamydomonas. Hope to see you there 28th September! https://t.co/HSRMpmjStd
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Great team, great lab! Selfishly, I want to borrow the AKTA specialist π
I still have Postdoctoral position open! Everyone who has experience working with AKTA and other separation methods is welcome to apply. Only serious applications please ππ #KAUST
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PhDs can be challenging and public discourse tends to focus on the negatives. To bring back some balance and positive momentum, this group of students sought to highlight the positive elements of the PhD experience. #AcademicChatter #PhDChat
https://t.co/JatTc7cnIe
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Postdoctoral position open in my lab! Experience with ATKA and other separation methods - required! Project on stress biology involving protein-protein, protein-metabolite interactions ππ₯βοΈβοΈ @kaustcda
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I participated in the #Saudi_Census_2022! #Ψ£ΩΨ§_Ψ΄Ψ§Ψ±ΩΨͺ
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βProducing something is easy, but to produce something in a sustainable way, in terms of energy efficient, water efficient, chemical efficient and also sustainableβthat is the challenge.β β Professor Wei Zhang from @Flinders University
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Interested in #cyanobacteria? Donβt miss the opportunity to hear the talk of Prof. Ilka Axmann who currently works with synthetic metabolic pathways at the @HHU_de. Join the iGEM Phototroph kick-off event 26/6 17:00 CET: https://t.co/gJSLCpCoB9
#igemphototrophs #iGEM2021
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Engineering #Chlamydomonas is a numbers game due to non-homologous end joining in the nuclear genome. Here, the process from transformation, recovery, robotic assisted selection (#PIXL), screening and phenotyping, by @GordonWellman #SSB @KAUST_News. Shelves by @kaust_corelabs
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What a great morning! We officially opened the Sustainable & Synthetic Biotechnology Research Group at #KAUST. @KAUST_News @KaustRPP @HorsingJig @s_overmans @SaGutierrezz @GordonWellman. Including lab tour to our senior leadership. Thanks to #BESE division for the event support!
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Tomorrow! Our official lab opening event in Building 2! @KAUST_News @KAUST_News @KaustRPP @s_overmans @SaGutierrezz @HorsingJig @GordonWellman. Thanks #SSBBteam for all the work to get ready. Looking forward to giving lab tours!
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