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Lauren Nguyen

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1

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Programmable DNA Assemblies Reconstitute Supramolecular Protein Function

Dhanush Gandavadi, Abhisek Dwivedy, Revathi Manoharaan, Seongmin Im, Saurabh Umrao, Chau Nguyen Minh Hoang, Kadmos Hammoud, Lauren Nguyen, Yang Zhao, Rohit Bhargava, Xing Wang

The paper introduces CASCAD, a DNA nanoplatform that reconstitutes supramolecular protein function, specifically apoptosome activity, through programmable assembly of caspase recruitment domains.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Multi-dimensional DNA nanostructures isothermally assembled in hydrated ionic liquids

Hannah Talbot, Lauren Nguyen, Dhanush Gandavadi, Zohreh R. Nowzari, Chetna Mathur, Gwenyth Gallagher, Katrine Mongin, Sweta Vangaveti, Thomas J. Begley, Xing Wang, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran

This paper demonstrates the isothermal assembly of DNA nanostructures and 3D crystals in hydrated ionic liquids, enhancing biostability and enabling cell internalization without thermal annealing.

bioRxiv · Sep 5, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics