Duo Ma

TL;DR: A pipeline for the rapid design, assembly, and validation of cell-free, paper-based sensors for the detection of the Zika virus RNA genome is reported, which detect clinically relevant concentrations of Zika virus sequences and demonstrate specificity against closely related Dengue virus sequences.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that ribocomputing devices in Escherichia coli can evaluate two-input logic with a dynamic range up to 900-fold and scale them to four-input AND, six-input OR, and a complex 12-input expression.

TL;DR: A low-cost colorimetric assay that detects norovirus from clinical samples by combining paper-based cell-free transcription–translation systems, isothermal amplification and virus enrichment by synbodies is demonstrated and provides a versatile diagnostic assay that can be applied to the concentration, amplification and detection of a broad range of infectious agents.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the direct covalent functionalization of the basal planes of unmodified semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) using aryl diazonium salts without any pretreatments.

TL;DR: An electrochemical interface that permits expanded multiplexed reporting for cell-free gene-circuit-based sensors and introduces the possibility of electronic-based logic, memory and response elements to synthetic biology.