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Asst. Prof. @ King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) | Adj. Prof. ASU AzCATI | Bioengineering | Sustainable & Synthetic Biotechnology | Algae

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@Kylelauersen
Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Our algae cultures are hotter than your cultures.
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So pretty. The DAB-KSA team have a beautiful culture here.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
For the first time in my career, over 400 citations in a year. Algal biotech is a niche field and citations are low, so this feels like a win to wind down 2022! Thank you to all co-authors and collaborators, we're stronger together!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
So excited for @KaustRPP @MEWA_KSA launch of the algae testing facility @KaustResearch @KAUST_News . This space will allow the benchmarking of strains outdoors to scale to meet the circular bio economy needs of food security and waste reuse. Congrats Claudio and team!
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@ChenxinLi2 Sometimes you have to show what writing should be. Not everyone starts with an ability to write logically and well. Myself included. When my MSc came back to me, entire pages were red lined and my supervisor would cut with scissors the parts to move around.
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2 years
Sustainable & Synthetic Biotechnology Algae. AI-generated by
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2 years
Our lab’s first research paper has been accepted! More details in the following days when it is online. Super good news to start the day!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Love these #algem #bioreactors . as algae grow, pH rises due to #CO2 consumption. So they respond by injecting more CO2, making the pH drop a little, the algae consume it, and they inject a little more. Optimal growth, minimal waste! @algenuity @aspiceruk @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
New Paper 🚨! @ACSSynBio Thomas Baier ( @CeBiTec @unibielefeld @olaf_kruse lab) shows #carotenoid channeling to #astaxanthin in #chlamydomonas 🦠with 3 o.e. genes! A most #colorful collaboration! with @BallottariM @F_Perozeni & others! @KaustResearch #PlsRT
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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New #preprint ! #PleaseRT . We engineer #greenalgae to produce high titers of volatile isoprene with three genes. A promising route to carbon reuse for commodity products. Razan Yahya, @GordonWellman , @s_overmans #SSBlab #algalbiotech @KaustResearch
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1 year
22 copies! Time to give them out to students. #algae ❤️
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1 year
Preprint🚨! @ASU_AzCATI & @KaustResearch teams (with @Barbara_C_F et al), we make #astaxanthin 🔴 in #cyanidioschyzon ! 1st ever 🥇 red algal carotenoid metabolic engineering! A cyan-colored red alga, made red with green algal transgenes. @SSEBEatASU
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Kyle J. Lauersen
3 years
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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2 years
Sharing this video again because I think it’s awesome. Look at these #algem photo bioreactors doing their thing @algenuity the work of @Barbara_C_F @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Super proud of our three poster participants in #KROW this week! Excellent work being done by excellent students! @KaustResearch
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So proud of these young scientists. The Sustainable & Synthetic Biotechnology lab at KAUST has had a great year. Looking forward to the next with this awesome team.
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Hey! You wanna see 300 g of Chlamydomonas 🦠 biomass? Freeze 🥶 dried and ready for testing. In partnership with A4F Portugal, we’re learning whether we can scale engineered Chlamy. More to come soon;) @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Beautiful Algems with engineered #Chlamydomonas (green or orange) doing their thing on the weekend. @algenuity @KaustResearch @GordonWellman #algal #Biotechnology
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
New group photo. Sustainable & Synthetic Biotechnology group welcomes two new MS students #BioE #KAUST
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Kyle J. Lauersen
9 months
4 years ago today. I schlepp’d my possessions to move to @KAUST_News . So grateful to my team and all the support the institution (& its humans) have given us to pursue algal 🦠 biotech 🧬. @KaustResearch @kaust_corelabs @GordonWellman @razanzyahya @Malakabd93
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Small display of algae produced products and biomass in the SSBLab today. @KaustResearch @KAUSTinnovation
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Our lab’s first research paper accepted! @FrontMicrobiol @KaustResearch . Big congratulations to lead author @Malakabd93 and co-authors @GordonWellman & @s_overmans . Sincere thanks to the reviewers who had great comments. #algae #biotechnology #chlamydomonas
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Kyle J. Lauersen
3 years
Even without the gas set up yet we can already start modelling 12 month's KSA weather on #Chlamydomonas growth with our beautiful Algems! @algenuity @aspiceruk @HorsingJig @KAUST_News Thanks to @kaust_corelabs for the weather data and @s_overmans for making it work!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
LGEM tubular photo bioreactor in action. ⁦ @ASU_AzCATI #algae #biotechnology the wave action let’s you cultivate cell wall deficient strains in these tubular systems.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Happy to say I have accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board at the journal Planta. Feel free to suggest me to handle all papers relating to primary endosymbiotic algal 🦠 biotechnology 🧬 and metabolism submissions.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Thanks for the tip @ATinyGreenCell , cute new bench top incubator for keeping cells happy.
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2 years
We just upped our game thanks to support from @KaustResearch We now have 20 independent @algenuity photo bioreactors for benchmarking strain performance. So excited to get going supporting algal biotechnology in the region. 🦠 thanks LEM team for your help!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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New Paper Alert! 🚨 @KaustResearch & @ASU_AzCATI use green algal 🦠carotenoid 🧬 to turn an extremophile 🌋 red alga 🔴red! We bring ketocarotenoid biosynthesis into Cyanidioschyzon merolae by expression of Chlamydomonas genes 🧬. #PlsRtwt
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The best way to wind down the year....details soon. With @Barbara_C_F @s_overmans @EnvMicroSafety @KaustResearch @KAUST_RTP
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
This paper was purr reviewed. Stay tuned for our new @green_rsc paper! Proofs being checked now. Awesome collaboration between 3 @KaustResearch teams. @s_overmans @SzekelyGroup @SaikalyPascal @aronkbeke @ignaczgerg @xujiajie008 . #sciencecats #CatsOfTwitter
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Both exciting and terrifying.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
8 months
Isn’t this majestic? Hard work from @Barbara_C_F @KaustResearch over 70 local KSA microalgae strains and growing. This kind of collection is a basic pillar to support sustainable goals in the #KSA .
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Congratulations to SSB lab’s newest MS. Fatimah passed her defense on engineering volatile isoprene production from C. merolae. 🦠 @KaustResearch thank you committee @SaikalyPascal and @SzekelyGroup for your time. Amazing supervisors Melany @Barbara_C_F @razanzyahya @s_overmans
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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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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Kyle J. Lauersen
8 months
Manuscripts before submission and after Reviewer 3.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
11 months
Thanks to the flexibility of the organizers, I was able to give my talk for #Chlamy2023 remotely. Highly appreciated! @SLemaire75 thanks for chairing the session. Thank you @JonikasLab and volunteers for the meeting organization!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
3 years
Happy #firstdayofclasses #KAUST students! I wish you a successful #semester ! ⁦ @KAUST_News #bioe #bioscience and all other study programs.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
So very happy to have these beautiful pieces arrive today from @joana_gcc ! What great illustrations of Cyanidioschyzon merolae and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii! Thanks for carrying them over @Barbara_C_F 🦠😎
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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The semester has started and everyone is experimenting as hard as they can. Check out all these things happening in our lab today. Algae biotechnology 🦠 of all kinds. With @GordonWellman @Malakabd93 @razanzyahya @s_overmans @Barbara_C_F @SaGutierrezz @MLPMasson @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Our local #KSA #algae culture collection is growing. Hard work by Dr @Barbara_C_F and students as part of @KaustResearch #CircularCarbonInitiative . #biotechnology
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Kyle J. Lauersen
8 months
Our classroom has a great view. Post your research/classroom window below. @KaustResearch @AcademicChatter
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Kyle J. Lauersen
5 years
Happy to announce that in August I will join the #faculty at #KAUST as an Assistant Professor on the shores of the Red Sea to start my research group focussed on #sustainable and #synthetic #biotechnology !
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Come see our student posters at #KROW @KAUST_News @KaustResearch #BioE #BESE #algae #synbio #chlamydomonas ! Super proud of Razan and Malak! #SSB (and their supervisors @GordonWellman @s_overmans )
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Just found out @BioRadLifeSci has discontinued production of their pulsed field gel electrophoresis machine. As the only one on the market (that I know) this seems like a huge hit for the SynBio-artificial chromosome community. @ATinyGreenCell your chance to shine.
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I just ordered 22 of these to distribute to our students! That’s how much I like this book 😎🦠 @johnhbothwell
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Kyle J. Lauersen
3 years
Little big thing, I just passed #1000 #citations ! In the narrow field of #applied #algal #biotech & #synbio citations are not so frequent, so I’m very happy about this. #chlamydomonas @unibielefeld ⁩ ⁦ @KaustResearch
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2 years
Ending the week with a paper acceptance! More details to come soon 😎💪
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1 year
Preprint! Pilot scale Cyandisioschyzon merolae🦠cultivation during Saudi summer @KaustResearch & its adaptation to Red Sea salinity. Promising alga for CNP reuse in hot-desert environments. @Barbara_C_F @rahul_kapoore @KAUSTinnovation @MEWA_KSA
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1 year
The ice cream truck comes by our office twice a week. Best perk of the job. 🍦 @KaustResearch
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1 year
So excited to read these! Just arrived and happy to say at least one paper of mine is cited in here somewhere. 😎🦠🎉
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2 years
Yay, membership approved! @RoyalSocBio
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Thanks for showing us your amazing work today @JoseAvilap89 ! Looking forward to seeing what we can do together with the #DABKSA @MEWA_KSA algae team! With @Barbara_C_F
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
This photo is 3 years old today. That’s the day I moved from #bielefeld to @KAUST_News in 2019 to start to #SSBlab . 100% would do it all again!
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Wish us luck!
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2 years
Happy new (Gregorian) year to all. Wishing you all success in your research and fulfilling scientific adventures! #KAUST 🎊🎉
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Our first test using the @CellDEG high density microalgae cultivator. Chlamydomonas, Galdieria and Cyanidioschyzon, fingers crossed! #SSBlab @KaustResearch
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In a niche field like ours 🦠 🧬, citations are not high. But it’s still a cool feeling when you beat your previous year’s citations a couple months before the end of the year 📖🎓😎
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
In a little while I’ll be picking up our new 6-month visiting student ⁦ @tk_ozawa ⁩ ! Time to tour ⁦ @KaustResearch ⁩ and see the #SSBlab . Super excited for some Botryococcus work to start here 🦠🧪🔬
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Second batch of BioE300 students in the SSB lab today. With their TAs @razanzyahya @GordonWellman and @tk_ozawa was there too;) 🦠🧪 today it was plasmid preps 🧬, tomorrow, the world? 🌍
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
I can’t be the only one super impressed with the glassblowing @KAUSTCoreLabs @kaust_corelabs , super impressive! 💪
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Ever seen #chlamydomonas #biochar ? Thanks to @KCCkaust we can start to see what kinds of uses we have for leftover engineered algal biomass after product extraction
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1 year
How many replicates does it take to make a solid experiment with strong stats? Ask @razanzyahya ! Chlamydomonas headspace analysis benchmarking her new isoprene pathway transformants (and controls)
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2 years
These glass chambers allow us to control culture temperature with a water jacket connected to a chiller. We’ll grow Cyandioschyzon merolae at 40 degrees.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Oh snap, out @algenuity Algems just got a massive upgrade! We will now have 18 parallel reactors to model algal growth performance. Can’t wait to see these all working together. Thanks for the support @KaustResearch ! #algae #biotechnology
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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The SSB lab has a new PhD candidate! Today @razanzyahya did a stellar job presenting her PhD proposal (like a viva) to her committee @Rosado_AS & @SaikalyPascal on track to complete her PhD next year. Thanks again to the committee for the time (especially Pascal (3/4 this week))
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Congrats again to @razanzyahya @GordonWellman and @s_overmans , our work on isoprene production from Chlamydomonas is our now in its pretty #OpenAccess form
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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In KAUST Discovery Issue 14, a nice piece on our paper with @SzekelyGroup @SaikalyPascal lead author @s_overmans on milking isoprenoids from microalgal culture. With @aronkbeke
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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I have another open #PostDoc #position to work on combined #wastewater #treatment and #bioplastic production with #algae starting 1-Feb 2020. Preference given to those with #genetic #engineering #experience . PM me for details. #pleaseRT and #share . #KAUST #biotechnology #synbio
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Look at these beautiful raceways of local Tetraselmis growing at @KaustResearch @KAUSTinnovation originally isolated by @Barbara_C_F and now producing on the shores of the Red Sea. Good job @rahul_kapoore and DAB-KSA team.
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It’s raining! Happens so infrequently here it’s kind of exciting ☔️🌧 #KAUST @KAUST_News
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Best part of new lab security cameras…checking on @algenuity bioreactors doing their thing overnight. @Barbara_C_F has some cultures brewing. 🦠🧪👩🏻‍🔬 @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Just arrived! What an awesome book! @johnhbothwell
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Cooking up some engineered #chalmydomonas in an @CellDEG membrane photo bioreactor. With @GordonWellman @KaustResearch . This system gives us on average 6x more cells than flask cultures with gassing.
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
The @KAUST_News #beacon was looking great last night!
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1 year
Meanwhile, at KAUST
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Kyle J. Lauersen
8 months
How do you cultivate your algae? Here Chlamydomonas is grown at 300 rpm shaking in the @CellDEG 45 system. We moved this unit to the floor because shaking was too aggressive for a table. By @Malakabd93 & @GordonWellman
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1 year
This little fella arrived. @SigmaXiSociety 😎🎉
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Being a tourist at home #🇨🇦
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Kyle J. Lauersen
9 months
Hope everyone at #TERPNET has a great conference this week! Check out @ASU_AzCATI Prof. Peter Lammers who will be showing off our #Cyanidioschyzon engineering for #astaxanthin production! A @KaustResearch @ASU collab! (He’s the fella in the hoodie)
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Apparently, 7 years ago I thought it was a good idea to start tweeting about #algae . Here’s to seven more years;) #MyTwitterAnniversary @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Did you know that Incushaker Minis can also have grey lids? After some help from the manufacturer @BenchmarkSci replaced and now we have better light spectrum reaching our algae. @ATinyGreenCell in case you want to grow Nanno or other algae again 🦠❤️🔥 @KaustResearch
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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Article out about our work @KaustResearch today in Leaders-MENA “the official magazine of the Saudi Airlines”. I’m grateful for the press coverage, I did not know this was being written 😎:
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Kyle J. Lauersen
2 years
Welcoming @claudiaevickers to @KaustResearch today! Claudia will give a #bioengineering seminar tomorrow in Building 9!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Best email to get between flights!
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Kyle J. Lauersen
1 year
Love this city #albalad #jeddah
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Kyle J. Lauersen
10 months
When @SzekelyGroup asks to get some stock video of you in your lab @Barbara_C_F and I are happy to comply. But I borrowed @s_overmans ’ lab coat. Shh 🤫 don’t tell him 😏
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Kyle J. Lauersen
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Our @algenuity bioreactor upgrade. @KaustResearch now holds the title of having the most Algenuity photo bioreactors of any lab in the world 🌍 can’t wait to see what we can do with them 💪🦠🧪
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Hard work by Diedrich (non-tweeter) & the DAB-KSA @KAUSTinnovation (BeaconDev) @MEWA_KSA team. He grew Cyanidioschyzon merolae to 1000 L, harvested and made freeze-dried biomass with @Barbara_C_F ! Final yields to come soon, but great to have the biomass!!
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2 years
Cyanidioschyzon merolae is having a lazy day. These cultures can sit at room temp for 3 months before being refreshed.
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Green algal cultivations going well for @Barbara_C_F this week! Spotted in the SSBlab @KaustResearch
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2 years
An unusual view this morning over the Red Sea.
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5 months
This is what 1.75 kg of Chlamydomonas looks like. Just received from A4F in Portugal, ready to be turned into #biochar and other neat things with @cgrande55 ’s lab. @KCCkaust and circular carbon initiative.
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