Research group @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd studying genetic engineering, epigenetics & exploring genome editing tools and strategies in both plants and algae
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Feb 23
🚨 New Paper Out!
Discover how short non-homologous oligos can improve CRISPR knockouts.
Excellent work down by an excellent team!
#CRISPR #GeneEditing #GenomeEngineering #SciComm
@_applechew @CPonceLilly
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4 Dec 2025
Today, we are celebrating the excellent work done by Plant Scientist in Edinburgh in IMPS Plant Science day at @EdinburghUni! Really excited with everything that is going on!!
Our very own postdoc, Marie Dannay, also got the chance to present her work from the past 6 months!
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3 Dec 2025
We are recruiting a new PhD student to join our lab at @EdinburghUni!
If you're interested in building new gene/genome engineering tools and advancing metabolic engineering in microalgae, we'd love to hear from you.
🔗findaphd.com/phds/project/en…
#SynBio #Microalgae #Biotech
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4 Sep 2025
Had an awesome time at the Chlamydomonas meeting (#CHLAMY2025) in Münster! 🌱🧪
Our Postdoc Marie and PhD student Cristina did an amazing job presenting their projects!
Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who made it such a fun and inspiring meeting! 🚀✨
#Chlamydomonas
3 Sep 2025
Just wrapped up my first Chlamydomonas meeting (#CHLAMY2025)! 🌱
Honored to present in the Novel Methodologies session on deciphering CRISPR-Cas9 repair mechanisms to improve precision genome editing in Chlamydomonas.
Inspired by the science & this amazing community! 🚀
#CRISPR
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24 Aug 2025
Excellent friday at work celebrating a succesful lab move and the end of the summer!
Also celebrating our intern’s end of the internship!
It was great to have you around Roman! All the best on your last year of undergrad🔬
@EdinburghUni @InstMolPlantSci
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25 Jul 2025
Thanks for this excellent three days of workshop! Full of incredible talks and experiments! We covered all the theoretical, technical and practical aspects for CRISPR-mediated editing and hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
Thanks to all that made it possible!
#algae
21 Jul 2025
Kicking off the workshop today! Excited for 3 days packed with science, learning, and great discussions 🔬🥼 #CRISPRWorkshop #chlamydomonas
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21 Jul 2025
Kicking off the workshop today! Excited for 3 days packed with science, learning, and great discussions 🔬🥼 #CRISPRWorkshop #chlamydomonas
16 May 2025
🚨 Applications open!
Join our hands-on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing in Chlamydomonas workshop 🧬
📅 July 21–23, 2025
📍 Edinburgh, UK
✅ Travel stay covered
🔗 Apply by May 25: form.jotform.com/25135192963…
🧪 Learn, network, create a mutant strain!
Only 6–8 spots—don’t miss out!
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Molnar Lab retweeted
Three researchers from Cambridge's Dept. Plant Sciences are among 9 teams to be awarded ARIA Synthetic Plants funding today - paving the way for more productive, resilient, and sustainable plants.🌱
Read more: tinyurl.com/ys3w6v2x
ALT Professor Jake Harris, Professor Alison Smith and Dr Paweł Mordaka from Cambridge University's Department of Plant Sciences. Photo credits: University of Cambridge.
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1 Jun 2025
🌿 A big thank you to everyone who applied to our CRISPR-Cas workshop on Chlamydomonas gene editing!
📩 Application results have been sent — please check your inbox.
If you weren’t selected this time, we hope to see your name in future opportunities — stay connected! 💫
16 May 2025
🚨 Applications open!
Join our hands-on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing in Chlamydomonas workshop 🧬
📅 July 21–23, 2025
📍 Edinburgh, UK
✅ Travel stay covered
🔗 Apply by May 25: form.jotform.com/25135192963…
🧪 Learn, network, create a mutant strain!
Only 6–8 spots—don’t miss out!
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30 May 2025
Just wrapped up 2 fantastic days at #cpnw2025 in Prague 🇨🇿 — brilliant talks, great science, and even better conversations.
Proud to have had two excellent presentations from our team, showing exciting advances in our research. Huge thanks to the organizers for a great meeting!
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16 May 2025
🚨 Applications open!
Join our hands-on CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing in Chlamydomonas workshop 🧬
📅 July 21–23, 2025
📍 Edinburgh, UK
✅ Travel stay covered
🔗 Apply by May 25: form.jotform.com/25135192963…
🧪 Learn, network, create a mutant strain!
Only 6–8 spots—don’t miss out!
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9 Apr 2025
We want to officially welcome our new PostDoc, Marie Dannay, who has joined us to take part in our projects working with Chlamydomonas!
🔬Looking forward to great science and excellent times at @SBSatEd!
@InstMolPlantSci 🏴⭐️
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Molnar Lab retweeted
14 Feb 2025
We would like to invite you to the Czech Plant Nucleus Workshop 2025.
Prague, Czech Republic, from May 26 to 27, 2025. Topic: Structural and functional genomics, Genome stability, Epigenetics, Reproduction, Genome editing.
See more at: olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/cpnw
#CPNW2025
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Molnar Lab retweeted
14 Feb 2025
Our Keynotes are Attila Molnar @molnar_lab from @EdinburghUni, Marta Adelina Mendez from @LaStatale, Stefan Heckmann from @LeibnizIPK
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7 Jan 2025
‼️PhD position alert‼️
One more week left to apply!
3 Dec 2024
🔬NEW @DarwinTrustOfEd PhD position available at our lab to explore the role epigenetics play on targeted gene editing in the world of microalgae and more!
More information⬇️
findaphd.com/phds/project/in…
@SBSatEd @EdinburghUni @InstMolPlantSci #epigenetics #crispr
#editing
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Molnar Lab retweeted
5 Jan 2025
Could not be more proud to share my first ever (and co-first author) publication! Here's a rundown. 1/n
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11 Dec 2024
Our PhD student @CPonceLilly just finished her @EastbioDTP PIPS at @BiovIntCIAT_eng 🎉
🔬🌱She was working with multiple tropical crops, and learning from experts on the field of gene editing and plant biotechnology! 🌴🥼
Looking forward to hearing all about her experience!
7 Dec 2024
And its over❤️ Thanks to everyone that made this what it was❤️ can’t be more grateful!
Special thanks to @EastbioDTP and @BiovIntCIAT_eng for giving me this opportunity!
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Molnar Lab retweeted
3 Dec 2024
🔬NEW @DarwinTrustOfEd PhD position available at our lab to explore the role epigenetics play on targeted gene editing in the world of microalgae and more!
More information⬇️
findaphd.com/phds/project/in…
@SBSatEd @EdinburghUni @InstMolPlantSci #epigenetics #crispr
#editing
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10 Dec 2024
🚨NEW PhD position available in our lab!
Interested in exploring new gene editing tools for precision gene editing of algae for biotech applications? This is your chance!
More information on the 🔗 and @EastbioDTP website
🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project/ea…
#synbio #algae
@SBSatEd
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Molnar Lab retweeted
6 Dec 2024
I'm recruiting PhD students for 2025/26! Three opportunities to study genes that control cereal development with us @InstMolPlantSci :
1) Darwin Trust fellowship (international students): findaphd.com/phds/project/di… 15th Jan
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