Noroviruses are a primary cause of foodborne illness that affect millions of people each year. In OUP Synthetic Biology, we describe a norovirus assay that integrates paper-based cell-free reactions with synbody viral enrichment to provide a 1000-fold improvement in detection limit compared to our earlier Zika assay.

Semiconducting 2D MoS₂ is extremely chemically inert and has required harsh chemistries to covalently modify its surface. In Chemistry of Materials, we demonstrate with the Wang and Santos labs that mild diazonium chemistries can covalently modify MoS₂ and be used to tether active proteins to its surface.

Our Viewpoint article on RNA-based in vivo computing systems was published in the journal Biochemistry today. It describes our recent work in the area and potential future directions.

In collaboration with the Fan and Yan labs, we have published a review paper in Nature Chemistry covering the recent progress and future possibilities of using nucleic acid nanotechnology in living cells.