[HTML][HTML] High-throughput continuous evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting single-nucleotide-pyrimidine PAMs

TP Huang, ZJ Heins, SM Miller, BG Wong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the availability of Cas9 variants with varied protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM)
compatibilities, some genomic loci—especially those with pyrimidine-rich PAM sequences—…

Precise, automated control of conditions for high-throughput growth of yeast and bacteria with eVOLVER

BG Wong, CP Mancuso, S Kiriakov, CJ Bashor… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Precise control over microbial cell growth conditions could enable detection of minute
phenotypic changes, which would improve our understanding of how genotypes are shaped by …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective isolation of NKX2-1–expressing human lung progenitors derived from pluripotent stem cells

…, AN Hollenberg, S Nguyen, BG Wong… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
It has been postulated that during human fetal development, all cells of the lung epithelium
derive from embryonic, endodermal, NK2 homeobox 1–expressing (NKX2-1 + ) precursor …

Functional genomics of the rapidly replicating bacterium Vibrio natriegens by CRISPRi

HH Lee, N Ostrov, BG Wong, MA Gold, AS Khalil… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The fast-growing Gram-negative bacterium Vibrio natriegens is an attractive microbial system
for molecular biology and biotechnology due to its remarkably short generation time 1 , 2 …

A biomineral-inspired approach of synthesizing colloidal persistent phosphors as a multicolor, intravital light source

…, H Cui, Z Ou, S Jiang, S Cai, Q Zhou, BG Wong… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Many in vivo biological techniques, such as fluorescence imaging, photodynamic therapy,
and optogenetics, require light delivery into biological tissues. The limited tissue penetration …

Microfabrication of high-resolution porous membranes for cell culture

MY Kim, DJ Li, LK Pham, BG Wong, EE Hui - Journal of membrane science, 2014 - Elsevier
Microporous membranes are widely utilized in cell biology to study cell–cell signaling and
cell migration. However, the thickness and low porosity of commercial track-etched …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinated regulation of acid resistance in Escherichia coli

…, AI Stettner, J Wang, BG Wong, WS Wong… - BMC systems …, 2017 - Springer
Background Enteric Escherichia coli survives the highly acidic environment of the stomach
through multiple acid resistance (AR) mechanisms. The most effective system, AR2, …

Automated Continuous Evolution of Proteins in Vivo

Z Zhong, BG Wong, A Ravikumar… - ACS synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present automated continuous evolution (ACE), a platform for the hands-free directed
evolution of biomolecules. ACE pairs OrthoRep, a genetic system for continuous targeted …

Vibrio natriegens, a new genomic powerhouse

HH Lee, N Ostrov, BG Wong, MA Gold, AS Khalil… - BioRxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
Recombinant DNA technology has revolutionized biomedical research with continual
innovations advancing the speed and throughput of molecular biology. Nearly all these tools, …

Designing automated, high-throughput, continuous cell growth experiments using eVOLVER

ZJ Heins, CP Mancuso, S Kiriakov, BG Wong… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2019 - jove.com
Continuous culture methods enable cells to be grown under quantitatively controlled
environmental conditions, and are thus broadly useful for measuring fitness phenotypes and …