Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Behind the paper blog post
In our Nature Communications paper on “Hardening in Au-Ag Nanoboxes from Stacking Fault-Dislocation Interactions”, we use colloidal synthesis techniques to make metallic nanoboxes of ~100 nm in size, and study their intriguing mechanical behavior using in-situ SEM, in-situ TEM and MD simulations.
Engineering “smart” co-cultures
Synthetic biologists are increasingly using co-culture systems, but tools to control the composition of subpopulations are lacking. We designed a co-culture with signal translator and growth controller modules where culture composition autonomously adjusts in response to the AI-2 QS molecule.
Selecting the most appropriate SpCas9 variants for your own interests
Among the numerous SpCas9 variants that previously reported, we compared 13 variants to provide guidance to researchers. We developed a computational tool that predicts the activities of the variants to provide insights in selecting the most appropriate variants for their own research purposes.
