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Ryan Lonergan

Colorado State University

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A Bio-inspired Synthetic Gene Circuit revised title: A synthetic gene circuit confers salt tolerance in plants

Tessema K. Kassaw, Kevin J. Morey, Alberto J. Donayre-Torres, Mauricio S. Antunes, Joshua T. Polito, Elizabeth A. H. Pilon‐Smits, Susan Abernathy, Ryan Lonergan, Chad M. Ternes, June I. Medford

This paper designs a synthetic gene circuit that improves salt tolerance in Arabidopsis and rice by mimicking natural endodermal barriers and adding modules to mitigate adverse effects and osmotic stress.

bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

A CURE for synthetic regulation of gene expression: Rapid screening of guide RNA efficacy as a framework for enabling undergraduate research in plant synthetic biology

Tawni Bull, Liz Carlsen, Noah Hoglund, Josh Blarr, Makenzie Ciernia, Hannah R. Daughtrey, Keana Gulnac, Zane Kathan, Ben Labovitz, Ryan Lonergan, Mira McDermott, Andrew J. Medina, Zoey M. Mikol, Zeke Miller, Kyndal Prahl, , Arjun Khakhar

This paper develops a CURE for undergraduate research in plant synthetic biology using rapid gRNA efficacy screening to study gene regulation in Arabidopsis.

Synthetic Biology · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology