Genetic labeling

Transforming chemigenetic bimolecular fluorescence complementation systems into chemical dimerizers using chemistry

Chemigenetic tags are versatile labels for fluorescence microscopy that combine some of the advantages of genetically encoded tags with small molecule fluorophores. The Fluorescence Activating and absorbance Shifting Tags (FASTs) bind a series of …

Single-cell synaptome mapping of endogenous protein subpopulations in mammalian brain

Different spatial or temporal protein populations, such as cell-surface/intracellular or pre-existing/nascent subpopulations, determine the basal and activity-induced functions of individual synapses within a neuron in vivo. Here, we developed a …

Multifunctional Fluorophores for Live-Cell Imaging and Affinity Capture of Proteins

The development of enzyme-based self-labeling tags allow the labeling of proteins in living cells with synthetic small-molecules. Use of a fluorophore-containing ligand enables the visualization of protein location inside cells using fluorescence …

Melding Synthetic Molecules and Genetically Encoded Proteins to Forge New Tools for Neuroscience

Unraveling the complexity of the brain requires sophisticated methods to probe and perturb neurobiological processes with high spatiotemporal control. The field of chemical biology has produced general strategies to combine the molecular specificity …

Multiclick dyes

Far-red emitting dyes that fluoresce upon bioorthogonal activation

Multifunctional dyes

Visualizing and manipulating biomolecules