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🧬 CAR T cells demonstrate the power of engineered cells as therapeutics. But they fail for most patients. Can CRISPR help here? Our new paper in Nature (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) presents a screening platform to optimize immunotherapies & discover boosters of CAR T cell function. (1/13)
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Excited to share my main PhD work is finally out! 🥳

We built a phage-assisted evolution platform to evolve allosteric protein switches (POGO-PANCE) and introduce cumulative, targeted mutations/Indels (RAMPhaGE)!

See how we evolved ultra-strong, light-switchable AraC variants 🌚🌞
June 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Inspired by how nature evolves trigger responsiveness through alternating pressures, we are excited to present POGO-PANCE and RAMPhaGE:

Phage-assisted evolution platforms for engineering allosteric protein switches under dynamic selection.

Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Phage-Assisted Evolution of Allosteric Protein Switches
Allostery, the transmission of locally induced conformational changes to distant functional sites, is a key mechanism for protein regulation. Artificial allosteric effectors enable remote manipulation...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We have an exciting new PhD opportunity!

If you are fsacinated by proteins and their dynamics and want to engineer them to develop new molecular tools: apply now!
We are a young and dynamic team combining state-of-the-art laboratory and bioinformatics approaches.
Please share.
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM