So happy to share our latest work on CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) on bioRxiv! Such a fun project that explores both the biology and engineering potential of these fascinating systems. See this great 🧵by the wonderful Matt Walker. 1/2 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thrilled to have worked with the multi-talented Matt Walker, fantastic undergrad @DennisJZhang1, eternally grateful for the mentorship of Sam Sternberg, and thankful for my time at Columbia CMBS. 2/2

Check out this thread from Matt Walker on exciting new work from the lab, dissecting transposon end requirements of CASTs using pooled libraries and HTS. Very proud of the collaborative effort from Matt, Dr. Sanne Klompe, and Columbia undergrad @DennisJZhang1! Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Awesome preprint from Matt Walker, Sanne Klompe, @DennisJZhang1, & Sam Sternberg on CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs). Thank you for using #TwistOligos in support of your work 🙌 Transposon mutagenesis libraries reveal novel molecular… bit.ly/3nibCCE

I'm excited to share our recent work exploring the role of IscB/TnpB nucleases in transposition... which helps explain the mysterious evolutionary origins of RNA-guided DNA cleavage by Cas9 & Cas12! A great team effort led by Chance Meers. Read more in Sanjana's thread below!

Delighted to have worked on this project that reveals the biological role of TnpB/IscB nucleases, helping to explain the evolutionary origins of programmable DNA cleavage by CRISPR-associated proteins Cas9/Cas12! ✂️🧬 Check out Sanjana’s thread summarizing our findings below.

George & Rebeca here for the Sternberg Lab's inaugural tweet! We are excited to describe the reconstitution of CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) in human cells for programmable DSB-free insertion of large DNA cargo at genomic loci Nature Biotechnology🧬 1/8 rdcu.be/c8GWQ

Beginning May 26th. 🧬 #lovescienceplay #nyc Tickets here ⬇️ loveandscienceplay.com 📸 @jeremydvarner 🎨 Feast Creative

Read our profile of PhD Biology student Matt Walker as he prepares to star in Love + Science, a play based on the real-life story of CU grad students in the '80s working to crack the code of HIV/AIDS. gsas.columbia.edu/news/biology-p…

Love + Science Play OPENS TONIGHT at NEW YORK CITY CENTER! Link to TKTS: loveandscienceplay.com #lovescienceplay #offbroadway #openingnight #theatre #nytheatre #worldpremiere #newplay #originalwork #offbway #nyctheatre #nyctheater #nytheater #actorlife #1980s #ilovethe80s #aidsawareness

Love and Science, an off-Broadway play written by #ColumbiaMed’s David J Glass MD tells the story of two gay #ColumbiaUniversity medical students who meet while working in a retrovirology lab in the early 1980s. columbiamed.link/44qr14a

What a way to cap off our run of Love + Science, with this wonderful write-up in Science by EIC Holden Thorp, dormant account

HAPPY CLOSING Love + Science Play ! Grateful to have had the opportunity to tell this important story with this beautiful group of artists. #lovescienceplay #closing #closingnight #closingperformance #offbroadway #offbway #worldpremiere #newplay #originalplay #newwork

Proud to have worked on this project published in nature. We studied ancestors to CRISPR-Cas proteins, and how they allow jumping genes that ‘peel-and-paste’ to stay-in-place!

Wait- what??? RNA-guided transcription factors? Spectacular!!!!

Such a cool project to have worked on, led by the brilliant Tanner Wiegand. Even though we named these proteins “TldRs,” this story is NOT too long; do read!! 🙃

Thrilled to have worked with ‘The One’ and only Stephen Tang on the discovery of “Neo.” See below to find out just how deep this rabbit hole goes… 🐇🕶️

Huge congrats Sam Sternberg!!!! You put the “PI” in ins-PI-rational. Can’t wait for more to come 🎉

Our story on RNA-templated gene synthesis in antiviral immunity is out today in Science Magazine! We discovered a cryptic gene, neo, that is created de novo by infected cells in a remarkable feat of molecular gymnastics🤸 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…