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Ajay Extross

University of MinnesotaORCID 0000-0002-8623-2325Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:protein design· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Daniel SchmidtiD· 2 shared Yungui He· 2 shared Ezequiel Marrón Fernández de VelascoiD· 1 shared Kevin D. WickmaniD· 1 shared Mareike Daniela HoffmanniD· 1 shared Ryan James Sorensen· 1 shared

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 22, 2026

Nanobody-Functionalized AAV achieves Promoter-independent Neuronal Targeting in the CNS

Ajay Extross, Ezequiel Marrón Fernández de Velasco, Yungui He…·Daniel Schmidt

This paper develops AAV-m5, a nanobody-functionalized AAV vector that targets neurons via mGluR5, achieving efficient and specific transduction in the CNS without relying on promoters.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.18.752817

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 14, 2024

Protein Carrier AAV

Mareike Daniela Hoffmann, Ryan James Sorensen, Ajay Extross…·Daniel Schmidt

This paper reports engineered AAV capsids that directly package proteins, demonstrating efficient delivery and activity of packaged proteins.

DOI 10.1101/2024.08.14.607995

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