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Kieran Baxter

University of Edinburgh

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Photocaged FLP Recombinase for Precise Spatio-temporal Control of Gene Expression

Jose Javier Vazquez Rodriguez, Kieran Baxter, Yunchuan Ma, Sebastian Greiss

This paper develops a photocaged FLP recombinase for precise spatio-temporal control of gene expression in C. elegans, demonstrating high efficiency and compatibility with standard imaging wavelengths.

Nucleic Acids Research · Mar 19, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Using a Quadruplet Codon to Expand the Genetic Code of an Animal

Zhiyan Xi, Lloyd Davis, Kieran Baxter, Ailish C. Tynan, Angeliki Goutou, Sebastian Greiss

This paper introduces a system to use quadruplet codons for incorporating non-canonical amino acids in C. elegans, enabling optical control of gene expression and light-inducible cell ablation.

Nucleic Acids Research · Nov 11, 2021Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Precise optical control of gene expression in C. elegans using genetic code expansion and Cre recombinase

Lloyd Davis, Inja Radman, Angeliki Goutou, Ailish C. Tynan, Kieran Baxter, Zhiyan Xi, Jack M. O’Shea, Jason W. Chin, Sebastian Greiss

This study uses genetic code expansion and optical targeting in C. elegans to selectively activate gene expression in specific neurons and analyze their role in behavior.

eLife · Aug 5, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience