Emma Jane Walker
@ejlwalker
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5th year PhD in Biochemistry at UWO 🤠🌱 creating synthetic biology tools for P. tricornutum in the Karas lab 🧪 (she/her)
London, Ontario
Joined May 2020
1/ 🌟 We've added more results to our preprint‼️ TLDR: diatom in vivo assembly, RNP delivery via electroporation, and a new PEG transformation method... (1/10)
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Publication 📰 of @Malakabd93 's PhD final chapter. Investigating terpene synthase subcellular localization in Chlamydomonas🦠. Squalene k.d. does not affect plastid yields & @CellDEG bioreactor high density cultivation. W/ @s_overmans & @GordonWellman
https://t.co/qASDBdzOby
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Most of biology is locked behind a single problem no one talks about — DNA delivery. You can’t edit a genome if you can’t get DNA into the cell. We @CultivariumFRX built a self-driving DNA delivery workcell to change that.
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I’ll be starting a lab as an Assistant Professor @CornellEng @Cornell_CBE in 2026! We’ll combine synthetic biology and materials science to engineer microbes into living materials & therapies. Recruiting PhD students & postdocs - please get in touch! 🔗 https://t.co/XpDxeNzI0W
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Newest preprint from K-lab: Direct Genome Transfer from Acholeplasma laidlawii to Yeast. Congrats to @Daniel_Nucifora Tanveer Saini @SchulichMedDent Thank you for sponsoring this research @NSERC_CRSNG #synbio #GenomeTransfer #SynCell
https://t.co/jOV17jR2nh
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Newest preprint from K-lab: Resolving replication incompatibility between chloroplast and conjugative plasmids in E. coli. Congrats @ejlwalker and all authors. @SchulichMedDent Thank you for sponsoring this research @ARIA_research @NSERC_CRSNG
https://t.co/60LzdDoXed
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The @UNC_Biology Biology Department is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: https://t.co/whqt9UyO04
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REMINDER 📢 Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program application deadline is: 🗓️ October 17 Instructions ▶️ https://t.co/dDzZMlI4qR
#CIHR #SSHRC 👀
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🚨 We’re hiring! Oxford Biology is recruiting 3 new Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology Join us as we move into our new building with world-class research & teaching facilities. Vacancies 👉 https://t.co/FEI1YO6ghz
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Come back from summer holiday and looking for a new challenge? My lab has one more postdoc position, to work on the assembly of large synthetic chromosomes, in collaboration with @ProfTomEllis and @ceronifranci. Closing in a week, please re-post:
jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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🗞️ #NSERC RESEARCH STORY Dr. Catie Ivy @usask is leading a research project that will examine the physiological effects of wildfire smoke intake on songbirds. ▶️ https://t.co/EVgkVharfQ
#NSERCsupport
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📢 Support Our Science has submitted recommendations to the federal pre-budget consultations. Canada must invest in the next generation of researchers to secure our future in innovation, health, and economic resilience. 📄 Full recs:
drive.google.com
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🚨 First preprint of the week is out! After 4 years of fieldwork and nearly 200,000 leafhoppers processed in the lab, we’re thrilled to share: “Uncovering diversity and climatic drivers of leafhopper–parasitoid dynamics in Canada” 🌱 👏 Huge congrats to Jordanne Jacques for
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. https://t.co/yWjsq8ld8A
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Shocking development: @Carney plans to cut Science funding by 15%, which would eliminate most of the planned investments the govt just made last year and set Canada further back: https://t.co/Do0xs87Sb3
@melaniejoly @FP_Champagne #SupportOurScience
science.org
Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear
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New paper from our lab on synthetic genome work in yeast is out - Iterative SCRaMbLE for Engineering Synthetic Genome Modules and Chromosomes. Exciting project led by Jane (Xinyu) Lu in our group, now online @NatureComms
https://t.co/0LuGwgAWlA
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🚨 Registration is now open for #ESSL2025! 📍17–18 Sept | Manchester, UK A global conference on synthetic & systems life, with talks on engineering biology, ethics, and emerging technologies. 🔗 https://t.co/T6fecMQLSp Please act fast as we only have 70 tickets!
🔬 Save the Date: Engineering & Safeguarding Synthetic Life 📍 Manchester, UK | 🗓 17–18 September 2025 We are excited to announce a two-day international conference that brings together world-leading experts to explore the technical and societal dimensions of synthetic life.
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Our paper describing the role of chalcone isomerase-like (CHIL) on the biosynthesis of flavanones and isoflavones is out now: https://t.co/QSly2qtpCL
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Just wrapped up an amazing time at @ProteinSociety 2025! Grateful for the chance to share my FlashTalk and poster on E2 conjugating enzymes.⚡🧬 Huge thanks to the organizers and all the brilliant scientists I got to connect with. @theshawlab @westernuBiochem
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Excited to share that our lab is part of the @ARIA_uk Programmable Plants initiative! @WesternU @SchulichMedDent @westernuBiochem
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: https://t.co/NlFGpF0aio
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