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Benjamin B. Johnson

Leiden University Medical CenterORCID 0000-0002-6280-8385Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:CRISPR screen· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:organoid / primary culture· 1 Assay:perturbation screen· 1

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Christine L. MummeryiD· 2 shared Richard P. DavisiD· 2 shared Albert Blanch-AsensioiD· 1 shared Anna AlemanyiD· 1 shared Benoît Samson-Couterie· 1 shared Deon S. PloessliD· 1 shared Ehsan RazaghiiD· 1 shared Georgios Kosmidis· 1 shared

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STRAIGHT-IN Dual: a platform for dual, single-copyintegrations of DNA payloads and gene circuits into human induced pluripotent stem cells

Albert Blanch-Asensio, Deon S. Ploessl, Benjamin B. Johnson, Sara Cascione, Myrthe R. M. Berndsen, Nathan Wang, Valeria V. Orlova, Anna Alemany, Christine L. Mummery, Kate E. Galloway, Richard P. Davis

STRAIGHT-IN Dual enables efficient, single-copy integration of two DNA payloads into hiPSCs, improving genetic engineering for synthetic biology applications.

Nature Biomedical Engineering · Apr 30, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Industrialization of three-dimensional hiPSC-cardiac microtissues for high-throughput cardiac safety and drug discovery screening

Tessa de Korte, Benjamin B. Johnson, Georgios Kosmidis, Benoît Samson-Couterie, Mervyn P.H. Mol, Ruben W.J. van Helden, Ehsan Razaghi, Louise François, Viviana Meraviglia, Loukia Yiangou, Tom Kuipers, Hailiang Mei, Milena Bellin, Stefan R. Braam, Shushant Jain, , Richard P. Davis

This study develops scalable 3D cardiac microtissues for high-throughput drug screening, showing reproducible drug responses and identifying 17 drugs that rescue arrhythmic phenotypes.

Trends in biotechnology · Dec 18, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology