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June I. Medford

Colorado State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0599-4863Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Mauricio S. AntunesiD· 2 shared Tessema K. KassawiD· 2 shared Alberto J. Donayre-TorresiD· 1 shared Ashok PrasadiD· 1 shared Chad M. Ternes· 1 shared Christopher S. Zalewski· 1 shared Elizabeth A. H. Pilon‐SmitsiD· 1 shared Joshua T. Polito· 1 shared

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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 Genetic Toggle Switch in Plants

Tessema K. Kassaw, Wenlong Xu, Christopher S. Zalewski, Katherine Kiwimagi, Ron Weiss, Mauricio S. Antunes, Ashok Prasad, June I. Medford

The paper develops a toggle switch genetic circuit in plants using computationally selected components and in silico models, demonstrating predictable function in stably engineered plants.

ACS Synthetic Biology · May 19, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology