Ali Maximilian Erturk
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Ali Maximilian Erturk
@erturklab.bsky.social
AI and tissue clearing-based technologies for health.
Director at Helmholtz Munich, Full professor at LMU Munich, and CEO of Deep Piction (@deeppiction.bsky.social)
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7) 🧩 Main finding 4. Plug-and-play targeting: LipiGo’s DNA handles act as modular building blocks. Conjugating a white adipocyte–specific aptamer enabled tissue-specific mRNA delivery with enhanced uptake in white adipocytes 🎯
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
4 ➡️ Main finding 1. DNA handles protruding from LipiGo enabled functional liver detargeting and strong spleen accumulation. Unlike conventional LNPs that mainly go to the liver, LipiGo redirects mRNA delivery to lymphoid organs.
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are introducing LipiGo 🤗
A programmable DNA–lipid nanocarrier 🧬 with built-in targeting logic. It de-targets the liver and redirects mRNA delivery into lymphoid organs, enhancing therapies requiring the immune system. Precision delivery at the cell level isn't far! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We discovered that the skull bone marrow has direct connections to the brain surface & mirrors brain inflammation, making it a new site for diagnosing & monitoring brain pathologies.
Kolabas…Ertürk, Cell (2023):
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Our Tech: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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August 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We developed MouseMapper AI, a deep learning ensemble for the analysis of whole-body systems, including the nervous and immune systems, to map disease/drug perturbations tissue by tissue, organ by organ, at the cellular level in 3D.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our Nature Biotech paper hit 225K+ accesses in 3 months! 🤩
7 first authors from computer science, biology & chemistry prove that great science is teamwork. We combined AI & imaging to visualize single cells across whole organisms.
Team synergy > individual brilliance. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excited to share our latest work with Denali Therapeutics as Deep Piction. Using our proprietary clearing & imaging, we’ve mapped the full targeting profile of brain-penetrating transport vehicles (ATVs) in both whole mouse bodies and monkey brains. nature.com/articles/s41...
February 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
See our recent @naturebiotech.bsky.social study SCP-Nano in flow! Mapping LNPs, AAVs, and DNA nanostructures to track targeting & unseen toxicity before clinical trials 🤩. Already >190K access, the most in recent years! 👇🏼 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Imagine seeing a disease's impact on every cell in the body. Now, you can! We introduce MouseMapper, an AI tool to reveal system-wide disease perturbations. It reveals obesity-induced changes in facial nerves & body-wide inflammation 👉🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 6, 2024 at 11:04 AM