Exploring the nanoworld through the language of Nucleic acids. (Run by students)
Joined December 2021
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Excited to share this new collaborative work. Fluorogenic Aptamer Optimization on a Massively Parallel Sequencing Platform | ACS Sensors pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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We're excited to share our latest work. "Revisiting the Conformational Flexibility of DNA 3-Arm Junctions for Nanoconstruction" | Nano Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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May 1
RNA motifs can also be modified to recruit small molecules, proteins and RNA molecules in a sequence-specific manner to the RNA-rich phase @NatureNano @UCLA
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31 Dec 2025
DNA Chalk: Calcium Carbonate Functionalized 3D DNA Crystals for Responsive Materials
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DNA crystals exhibit mesoporous properties, nuclease resistance and stimuli-responsive small molecule release through coating the inner lattice with amorphous CaCO3.
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29 Sep 2023
I'm looking for postdocs and post-baccs for my lab. If you or anyone you know are interested in what we do, reach out to me via email!
🔗Lab website: arunrichard.com/lab
📧My contact: arun@albany.edu
🏫University/Institute: albany.edu/rna
Please RT. 📢📢📢
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Mao Group (Purdue University) retweeted
19 Dec 2025
Check out our new work in @angew_chem by @AlishaKamra_.
We report nuclease-resistant enzyme-mimicking oligonucleotide assemblies via
Pt(II) supramolecular conjugation for light-activated oxidase activity.
Thanks @ANRFIndia @iiscbangalore
@DBTIndia
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12 Dec 2025
On the cover of this week's issue: "High-Precision DNA Nanostructure-Templated Silicification via Modified Silanes"
Read it here 🔗 go.acs.org/dyV
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3 Dec 2025
.@PurdueChemistry's Christopher Uyeda has developed catalysts and reactions to tackle some of the most complex hurdles facing chemistry. Learn how they're being applied to produce some of the globe's most needed medicines. purdue.university/3Y6DY1W
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Mao Group (Purdue University) retweeted
29 Nov 2025
Excited to share our new JACS paper, and my first from the Mirkin lab! @CHADNANO
We show that stimuli-responsive PAEs can be created via dynamic stacking of supermolecular cores, offering a new route to smart nanoscale materials. Grateful to our team!
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28 Nov 2025
Check out this cool work!
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Shape Shifting Crystals:
Encoded Single-Stranded DNA for 3D Signal Propagation
chemrxiv.org/engage/api-gate…
We demonstrate using X-ray diffraction that
isothermal targeting of SSDs can induce reconfiguration of physical lattice properties without disrupting
structural integrity.
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16 Nov 2025
Blunt-Force Assembly: Programmable DNA Architectures using π–π Stacking chemrxiv.org/engage/api-gate…
We established the ability of mixtures of L- and D-DNA motifs to perform programmable co-assembly, demonstrating molecular recognition and coexistence between mirror molecular systems.
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19 Nov 2025
Check out our group’s latest publication! Congrats to all authors.
30 Oct 2025
Excited to share our recent work from @TheMaoLab on Engineering DNA crystals to study T-junction architectures.
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10 Nov 2023
Congratulations to our newest PhD candidate, Mauricio Cortes Jr.! Very proud of your accomplishment! 🧬🥳
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31 May 2023
Congratulations @VicEliPal for being awarded the Alice Watson Kramer Award for advances in chemical biology and related fields by the gracious Purdue Chemistry Department and Prof. Jean Chmielewski. Great work! 🧬🎉
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Excited to give notice of our recent work on logic gates with DNA crystals. Excellent work by @CuizhengZ and thank you for the additional help from @VicEliPal, Dr. Ruojie Sha and Prof. Nataša Jonoska
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3 May 2023
Congrats Dr. Jiemin Zhao (our alumni) and Dr. @CuizhengZ and fellow authors on our most recent work! 🧬🎉
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18 Apr 2023
Happy to have an updated group photo to show off our talented graduate and undergraduate students for the 2022 - 2023 school year!
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14 Apr 2023
Dake Mao from @TheMaoLab is recognized with a Brown Graduate Student Research Award. Congrats! DNA technology rocks.
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14 Apr 2023
Congrats to our H.C. Brown Graduate Student Research Award Winners! Great talks today by Kristen Berger (@UyedaLab) and Dake Mao! (@TheMaoLab)
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18 Apr 2023
Always a good time!
18 Apr 2023
Starting the day by jogging with Prof. Mao. Lookibg forward to meetings with faculty members and students at @PurdueChemistry .
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