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Nacyra Assad-Garcia

J. Craig Venter InstituteORCID 0000-0001-5270-2272Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Elizabeth A. StrychalskiiD· 2 shared John I. GlassiD· 2 shared Andreas MershiniD· 1 shared Bogumil Jacek KarasiD· 1 shared Eugenia F. RomantsevaiD· 1 shared Feilun WuiD· 1 shared J. Craig VenteriD· 1 shared James F. PelletieriD· 1 shared

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 14, 2026

Selection-free whole genome transplantation revives dead microbes

Zumra Peksaglam, Nacyra Assad-Garcia, Vanya Paralanov…·John I. Glass

The paper demonstrates a method to revive dead microbes by transplanting synthetic genomes, eliminating the need for antibiotic resistance markers in the process.

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bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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Synthetic BiologyCellPeer-reviewedMar 29, 2021

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Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell

James F. Pelletier, Lijie Sun, Kim S. Wise…·Elizabeth A. Strychalski

Seven genes, including ftsZ, sepF and five of unknown function, are jointly required to restore near-normal morphology and division in the minimal cell JCVI-syn3.0.

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bacteria (other)fluorescence / live-cell microscopy

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