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Airah Zaidi

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Design of diverse, functional mitochondrial targeting sequences across eukaryotic organisms using variational autoencoder

Aashutosh Girish Boob, Shih‐I Tan, Airah Zaidi, Nilmani Singh, Xueyi Xue, Shuaizhen Zhou, Teresa A. Martin, Li‐Qing Chen, Huimin Zhao

This paper uses a variational autoencoder to design novel mitochondrial targeting sequences across eukaryotic organisms, showing they are functional and diverse.

Nature Communications · May 4, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Discovery, characterization, and application of chromosomal integration sites in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus

Aashutosh Girish Boob, Changyi Zhang, Yuwei Pan, Airah Zaidi, Rachel J. Whitaker, Huimin Zhao

This study identifies and characterizes chromosomal integration sites in Sulfolobus islandicus using CRISPR-COPIES and validates their utility for genetic manipulation.

bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology