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Mai P. Tran

Heidelberg UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9719-3472Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Approach:simulation· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Programmable Edge-to-Edge Assembly of RNA Nanostructures

Cody W. Geary, Mai P. Tran, Erik Poppleton, Alena Taskina, Kerstin Göpfrich

This paper introduces alphaKL, a new RNA connector that enables edge-to-edge assembly of RNA nanostructures, expanding their structural design space.

ACS Nano · Jul 29, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Genetic encoding and expression of RNA origami cytoskeletons in synthetic cells

Mai P. Tran, Taniya Chakraborty, Erik Poppleton, Luca Monari, Maja Illig, Franziska Giessler, Kerstin Göpfrich

This paper introduces RNA origami cytoskeletons in synthetic cells, demonstrating their self-assembly and functional expression in lipid vesicles.

Nature Nanotechnology · Mar 17, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Amphiphiles formed from synthetic DNA-nanomotifs mimic the step-wise dispersal of transcriptional clusters in the cell nucleus

Xenia Tschurikow, Aaron Gadzekpo, Mai P. Tran, Rakesh Chatterjee, Marcel Sobucki, Vasily Zaburdaev, Kerstin Göpfrich, Lennart Hilbert

The paper uses DNA-nanomotifs to mimic transcriptional cluster dispersal in stem cells, showing that amphiphilic effects control droplet size and shape.

Nano Letters · Aug 16, 2023Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology