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Molnar Lab

@molnar_lab

Research group @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd studying genetic engineering, epigenetics & exploring genome editing tools and strategies in both plants and algae

 Edinburgh, Scotland
molnar.bio.ed.ac.uk/
Joined July 2020
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🚨 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 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Enhancing CRISPR/Cas‐Mediated Gene Knockout With Short Non‐Homologous Oligonucleotides

Enhancing CRISPR/Cas‐Mediated Gene Knockout With Short Non‐Homologous Oligonucleotides

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a model green microalga that has great industrial potential as a sustainable bio-factory for recombinant protein and high-value chemical production. Efficient genome...

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🌱 How do green algae adapt to metal pollution, acidity and changing temperatures? Join the Molnar Lab at @EdinburghUni for a fully funded #E5DTP PhD combining fieldwork, genomics and CRISPR! 🌍 UK & international applicants welcome 📅 Apply by 2 Dec! 🔗 e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item…
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🚨 New PhD Opportunity! We’re recruiting for a PhD project on "Scalable Cannabisin production from engineered Cannabis sativa suspension cell culture "🌱(CASE EASTBIO) ⏳ Applications close Nov. 16, 2026 Apply early/get in touch! More info ⁠ findaphd.com/phds/project/ea…

EastBio CASE: Scalable Cannabisin Production from Engineered Cannabis Sativa Suspension Cell...

PhD Project - EastBio CASE: Scalable Cannabisin Production from Engineered Cannabis Sativa Suspension Cell Culture at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab & @EarlhamInst 🗓️ Apply before 12 Nov '26 ➡️ okt.to/qjy60T
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Check out this opportunity to join @wenboEffector's group as a Postdoctoral Researcher! ⏰ Apply online, application review starts 1 September 2026 More details below 👇
The Sainsbury Laboratory (@TheSainsburyLab) profile pictureThe Sainsbury Laboratory@TheSainsburyLabAug 10
📣 VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher - Wenbo Ma group @wenboEffector Exciting opportunity to investigate small RNA-based plant immunity, applied to crop disease resistance 🧬 🌱 📍 @NorwichResearch, UK ⏰ Apply by 1 Sept 2026 ✨️ 2 positions available tsl.ac.uk/working-at-tsl/cur…
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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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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

Enhancing Precision Genome Engineering in Green Algae for Biotechnological Applications at Univer...

PhD Project - Enhancing Precision Genome Engineering in Green Algae for Biotechnological Applications at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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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
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Cristina PonceL (@CPonceLilly) profile pictureCristina PonceL@CPonceLilly3 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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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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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
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Molnar Lab (@molnar_lab) profile pictureMolnar Lab@molnar_lab21 Jul 2025
Kicking off the workshop today! Excited for 3 days packed with science, learning, and great discussions 🔬🥼 #CRISPRWorkshop #chlamydomonas
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Kicking off the workshop today! Excited for 3 days packed with science, learning, and great discussions 🔬🥼 #CRISPRWorkshop #chlamydomonas
Molnar Lab (@molnar_lab) profile pictureMolnar Lab@molnar_lab16 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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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
Professor Jake Harris, Professor Alison Smith and Dr Paweł Mordaka from Cambridge University's Department of Plant Sciences. Photo credits: University of Cambridge.

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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🌿 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! 💫
Molnar Lab (@molnar_lab) profile pictureMolnar Lab@molnar_lab16 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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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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🚨 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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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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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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Our Keynotes are Attila Molnar @molnar_lab from @EdinburghUni, Marta Adelina Mendez from @LaStatale, Stefan Heckmann from @LeibnizIPK
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‼️PhD position alert‼️ One more week left to apply!
Molnar Lab (@molnar_lab) profile pictureMolnar Lab@molnar_lab3 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
Investigating the Interplay Between Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Editing in Algae at Univers...

Investigating the Interplay Between Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Editing in Algae at Univers...

PhD Project - Investigating the Interplay Between Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Editing in Algae at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Kitty@kittyclouston5 Jan 2025
Could not be more proud to share my first ever (and co-first author) publication! Here's a rundown. 1/n onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Regulation of nucleus‐encoded trans‐acting factors allows orthogonal fine‐tuning of multiple...

Regulation of nucleus‐encoded trans‐acting factors allows orthogonal fine‐tuning of multiple...

A strain of Chlamydomonas has been generated that allows independent regulation of two genes in the chloroplast by addition of vitamins B12 and thiamine to the culture medium.

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