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Boao Xia

Rice UniversityORCID 0000-0002-4967-5389Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 20, 2026

Cell-Based Sensor for Extracellular DNA

Boao Xia, Nicholas A. Kalogriopoulos, Ruoxin Wen…·Jerzy O. Szablowski

This paper introduces a cell-based sensor called LUNAR that detects extracellular double-stranded DNA with nanomolar sensitivity in mammalian cells.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.19.745795

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NeuroscienceNature BiotechnologyPeer-reviewedJan 10, 2024

Engineered Serum Markers for Noninvasive Monitoring of Gene Expression in the Brain

Sangsin Lee, Shirin Nouraein, James J. Kwon…·Jerzy O. Szablowski

This paper introduces a noninvasive method to monitor brain gene expression using engineered reporters called RMAs, which detect neuronal activity through blood measurements.

12 citations

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