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Sa Cai

Stanford UniversityORCID 0000-0001-6671-651XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 2 Biophysics· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:mouse· 4 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1

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Guosong HongiD· 3 shared Ani BaghdasaryaniD· 2 shared Han CuiiD· 2 shared Ling-Yi ZhangiD· 2 shared Mark L. BrongersmaiD· 2 shared Su ZhaoiD· 2 shared Alexander A. ChoiiD· 1 shared Andrew J. ShiniD· 1 shared

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BiophysicsBioconjugate ChemistryPeer-reviewedJun 11, 2026

Tartrazine clears live cells while preserving viability at high refractive indices and osmolality

Xuandi Hou, Sa Cai, Han Cui…·Guosong Hong

This paper shows that tartrazine clears live cells effectively at high refractive indices and osmolality without harming cell viability.

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BioengineeringProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedAug 26, 2025

Color-neutral and reversible tissue transparency enables longitudinal deep-tissue imaging in live mice

Carl H. C. Keck, Elizabeth Lea Schmidt, Richard H. Roth…·Guosong Hong

This paper introduces a color-neutral and reversible tissue transparency method that enables longitudinal deep-tissue imaging in live mice with high spatiotemporal resolution.

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintApr 5, 2025

Perturbing RNA localization for functional study in neurons

Mengting Han, Maylin L. Fu, Yanyu Zhu…·Lei S. Qi

This study introduces CRISPR-TO to manipulate RNA localization in neurons, showing it affects neurite outgrowth and axonal regeneration.

DOI 10.1101/2025.04.05.646707

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 21, 2020

Through-scalp deep-brain stimulation in tether-free, naturally-behaving mice with widefield NIR-II illumination

Xiang Wu, Yuyan Jiang, Nicholas J. Rommelfanger…·Guosong Hong

This paper introduces an implant-free, tether-free optical neuromodulation technique using NIR-II light to stimulate deep brain regions in mice through the scalp.

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