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Christopher M. Whitford

Novo Nordisk FoundationORCID 0000-0001-5023-0830Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Tilmann WeberiD· 3 shared Kai BliniD· 2 shared Tetiana GreniD· 2 shared Andreas KlitgaardiD· 1 shared David FaurdaliD· 1 shared Helene Lunde RobertseniD· 1 shared Lucas LevassoriD· 1 shared Peter GockeliD· 1 shared

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Synthetic BiologyACS Synthetic BiologyPeer-reviewedOct 14, 2025

StreptoCAD: An open-source software toolbox automating genome engineering workflows in streptomycetes

Lucas Levassor, Christopher M. Whitford, Søren D. Petersen…·Rasmus John Normand Frandsen

StreptoCAD automates genome engineering workflows in Streptomyces, streamlining design, simulation, and documentation of CRISPR-based and overexpression strategies.

2 citations

experimental assaysoftware / tool

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Synthetic BiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewedMar 20, 2025

CASCADE-Cas3 Enables Highly Efficient Genome Engineering in Streptomyces Species

Christopher M. Whitford, Peter Gockel, David Faurdal…·Tilmann Weber

The paper introduces a type I-C CRISPR system, pCRISPR-Cas3, for efficient genome engineering in streptomycetes, outperforming Cas9-based systems in deletion and substitution capabilities.

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bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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Synthetic BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedSep 23, 2019

CRISPR-BEST: a highly efficient DSB-free base editor for filamentous actinomycetes

Yaojun Tong, Christopher M. Whitford, Helene Lunde Robertsen…·Sang Yup Lee

The paper develops CRISPR-BEST, a DSB-free base editing system for filamentous actinomycetes, achieving single-nucleotide resolution in Streptomyces species.

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experimental assay

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