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Nina Akrap

AstraZeneca (Sweden)

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:CRISPR screen· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:perturbation response prediction· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1

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Artemis Regulates Homology-Independent Prime Editing (PRINS) for Enhanced Genomic Insertions

Louis C. Dacquay, Oi Kuan Choong, Angela Membrino, Anders Lundin, Nina Akrap, Johannes Köllner, Pei-Pei Hsieh, Anna Baran, Euan Gordon, Salman Mustfa, Sabina Saka, Danang Crysnanto, Fredrik Karlsson, Anders Dahlen, George Thom, , Marcello Maresca

This study identifies Artemis as a regulator of PRINS editing, showing that modulating Artemis improves insertion efficiency and specificity for genomic engineering.

bioRxiv · Jan 9, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Simultaneous inhibition of DNA-PK and Pol{Theta} improves integration efficiency and precision of genome editing

Sandra Wimberger, Nina Akrap, Mike A. Firth, Johan Brengdahl, Susanna Engberg, Marie K. Schwinn, Michael R. Slater, Anders Lundin, Pei-Pei Hsieh, Songyuan Li, Silvia Cerboni, Jonathan Sumner, Burcu Bestas, Bastian Schiffthaler, Björn Magnusson, , Marcello Maresca

This study identifies AZD7648 and Pol{Theta} inhibitors as a combination (2iHDR) that enhances CRISPR-Cas9 integration efficiency and precision by targeting DNA-PK and MMEJ repair pathways.

Nature Communications · Aug 14, 2023Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Harnessing DSB repair to promote efficient homology-dependent and -independent prime editing

Martin Peterka, Nina Akrap, Songyuan Li, Sandra Wimberger, Pei-Pei Hsieh, Dmitrii Degtev, Burcu Bestas, Jack Barr, Stijn van de Plassche, Patricia Mendoza-García, Saša Šviković, Grzegorz Sienski, Mike A. Firth, Marcello Maresca

This paper develops two prime editing strategies using DSB repair to improve genomic insertion efficiency and purity, expanding the prime editing toolkit.

Nature Communications · Mar 24, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology