Single-Molecule Biophysics


CHIRLMIN JOO LAB

  • Using cutting-edge single-molecule fluorescence tools, we investigate how small regulatory RNA mediates gene silencing (RNA interference) and anti-viral defense (CRISPR immunity and beyond). We apply the mechanistic understanding to genome editing. 
  • We develop single-molecule protein sequencing techniques for advanced proteomics analysis. This research is done in collaboration with Eelkema (TU Delft), Dekker (TU Delft), Maglia (Groningen Univ), and de Ridder (Wageningen UR). See a conference we organized in 2017.

FIVE KEY PUBLICATIONS

  • Globyte, Lee, Bae, Kim, Joo "CRISPR/Cas9 searches for a protospacer adjacent motif by lateral diffusion" EMBO Journal (2018)

  • Restrepo, Joo, Dekker "Paving the way to single-molecule protein sequencing" Nature Nanotechnology (2018)

  • Loeff, Brouns, Joo "Repetitive DNA reeling by the Cascade-Cas3 complex in nucleotide unwinding steps" Molecular Cell (2018)

  • van Ginkel, Filius, Szczepaniak, Tulinski, Meyer, Joo "Single-molecule peptide fingerprinting" PNAS (2018)

  • Fareh, Yeom, Haagsma, Chauhan, Heo, Joo "TRBP ensures efficient Dicer processing of precursor microRNA in RNA-crowded environments" Nature Communications, (2016)

 




LAB NEWS
December 2019
Chirlmin gives invited talk in VIB Tools & Technologies in Gent, Belgium

September 2019
Chirlmin organizes the second series of Single-Molecule Protein Sequencing conference in Israel

September 2019
Sung Hyun joins as a post-doctoral fellow

May 2019
Joanna Aizenberg visits for a Kavli Colloquium

May 10, 2019
Laura defends PhD thesis

April 2019
Chirlmin gives invited talk in KAIST, Korea

April 2019
Chirlmin gives invited talk in Keystone (small regulatory RNAs)

April 2019
Adam joins as a post-doctoral fellow

March 2019
Erwin Frey visits as Kavli Chair of 2019

March 2019
Anna starts bachelor project

February 2019
Chirlmin gives invited talk in PROSEQO workshop, Barcelona, Spain

February 2019
Virgil starts bachelor project

February 2019
Luuk awarded Marie-Curie fellowship 

February 2019
Rodrigo starts master internship

February 2019
Laura's paper published in ACS Nano

January 2019
Viktorija's paper published in Methods in Enzymology

January 2019
Luuk awarded Rubicon fellowship (Delta interview)

January 2019
Ronald van Rij from Radboud UMC visits our group

January 2019
Chirlmin gives a talk in Seoul National Univ, Korea

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