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Emil Karpinski

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9463-2636Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genetics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:CRISPR screen· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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George McDonald ChurchiD· 2 shared Ahmed MahasiD· 1 shared Andrew R. BoehmiD· 1 shared Asaf Ashkenazy-Titelman· 1 shared Chris WidgaiD· 1 shared Esther MintzeriD· 1 shared Hendrik N. PoinariD· 1 shared Li LiiD· 1 shared

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Plasmid2MC: Efficient cell-free recombination of plasmids into high-purity minicircle DNA for use in genome editing applications

Roman Teo Oliynyk, Ahmed Mahas, Emil Karpinski, George McDonald Church

Communications Biology · Dec 16, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons

Emil Karpinski, Sina Baleka, Andrew R. Boehm, Tim J. Fedak, Chris Widga, Hendrik N. Poinar

This study analyzes mitochondrial genomes of mastodons to show repeated dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations across North America during the Pleistocene.

Science Advances · Sep 12, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Engineering elephant models of cold-adaptation and cancer resistance

Emil Karpinski, Nikil Badey, Esther Mintzer, Asaf Ashkenazy-Titelman, Li Li, George McDonald Church

The paper introduces mammoth-specific genetic modifications into elephant cells to study their effects on cold adaptation and cancer resistance.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2024 · PreprintGenetics