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Reposted by Carlos Francisco Ng

Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What if you had a light-triggered starting gun for #CRISPR diagnostics? Meet LUCas, a light-controlled #Cas13a system that stays silent until you need it. Now published in @narjournal.bsky.social. Congrats to all the authors! #moleculardiagnostics academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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LUCas: Light-Uncaged Cas13a using photocleavable interfering guide RNAs

Abstract. CRISPR diagnostics enable sensitive detection of infectious diseases, with the RNA endonuclease Cas13a providing specific, amplification-free RNA

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Reposted by Carlos Francisco Ng

Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Congratulations to Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social) for being a recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award. Images courtesy of Laure Andrillon.

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Reposted by Carlos Francisco Ng

Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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