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Erik Schrunk

California Institute of TechnologyORCID 0009-0003-2002-7411Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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A modular method for rapidly prototyping targeted gas vesicle protein nanoparticles

Reid Vassallo, Bill Ling, Ernesto Criado-Hidalgo, Nicole Robinson, Erik Schrunk, Ann Liu, George H. Daghlian, Hongyi Li, M Swift, Dhiraj Mannar, Dina Malounda, S. Larry Goldenberg, Septimiu E. Salcudean, Mikhail G. Shapiro, Peter C. Black, Michael Cox

The paper describes a modular method to create targeted gas vesicle protein nanoparticles using His-tagged antibody fragments and Ni-NTA functionalization, validated for PSMA targeting.

Bioconjugate Chemistry · Jan 19, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Sono-uncaging for Spatiotemporal Control of Chemical Reactivity

Erik Schrunk, Sunho Lee, Przemysław Dutka, Di M. Wu, Mikhail G. Shapiro

This paper introduces sono-uncaging, a method using ultrasound to control chemical reactivity in opaque materials, demonstrating spatial patterning with a diagnostic imaging transducer.

Journal of the American Chemical Society · Sep 16, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Bioorthogonal labeling enables in situ fluorescence imaging of expressed gas vesicle nanostructures

Erik Schrunk, Przemysław Dutka, Robert C. Hurt, Di M. Wu, Mikhail G. Shapiro

This paper introduces a bioorthogonal labeling method to fluorescently visualize gas vesicles in cells, enabling analysis of their size and distribution.

Bioconjugate Chemistry · Feb 12, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology