Scientific Posters

Zymo Research's scientific posters highlight the latest breakthroughs in molecular biology, showcasing innovations spanning from epigenetics to microbiomics. We are proud to present insights from our collaborations with leading scientists and institutions worldwide, with more contributions to the field of life science on the horizon.

Simplifying Multigene Vector Design and Construction for Streamlined Development of Complex Therapeutics
Zoë Hermsen, Joshua Lee, Aaron Clausen, Sam Glickstein & Thomas D. Reed

Molecular therapeutics have revolutionized personalized medicine by offering long-lasting, low-risk alternatives to traditional treatments. Many fatal diseases, including heart disease, neurodegeneration, and cancer involve multiple, complex regulatory pathways that necessitate multigenic therapeutic approaches rather than conventional monogenic solutions for molecular therapy. However, the development of multigenic vectors is often hindered by high costs, lack of precision, off-target effects, and tedious troubleshooting of vector design and construction. Furthermore, the complexity and size of multigenic vectors is challenging for modern DNA synthesis techniques, so traditional time-consuming and cumbersome cloning techniques are necessary for creating recombinant multigenic vectors. To address these challenges, Osprey Bio’s Bird of Prey complex vector system provides a standardized, cost-effective method for tunable multigenic vector assembly using modular genetic units, making multigenic vector design as simple as traditional single gene vector design. In this study, we leveraged the Bird of Prey vector construction system in conjunction with Zymo Research’s highly efficient cloning technology to construct a quadgene vector incorporating four distinct reporter genes: rLUC, fLUC, GFP and RFP. Functionality of the multigenic vectors were then assessed by evaluating the expression of the reporter genes in HEK293T cells.

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Assessing HiFi Long Read Sequencing versus Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing and Methylation EPIC BeadChip Array A Comparative Analysis Utilizing DNA Methylation Standards
Ryan Yancey, Angele De Silva, Jeffrey Bhasin, Keith Booher, Xiaojing Yang, Larry Jia

DNA methylation, one of the most abundant and extensively studied epigenetic modifications, plays crucial roles in various biological processes such as development, cancer, aging, and complex diseases. The Illumina array has been widely employed.

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A Method for Quantifying DNA Methylation Percentage Without Chemical Modification
Michael Karberg, Ron J. Leavitt, Danice Anne A. Cabaya, Marc E. Van Eden and Xi Yu Jia

Altered DNA methylation patterns have been associated with aberrant gene expression and the onset of some diseases, including cancer. The ability to quantify DNA methylation in normal and diseased...

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A Novel Way to Control PCR Chimera in the Library Preparation of 16S Targeted Sequencing
Mikayla Mager, Shuiquan Tang, and Xi Yu Jia

An increasingly important application of microbiomics is how the microbes living in and on humans affect us, for better or worse. With the innovation of long-read sequencing as well as...

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Addition by Subtraction Elimination of Host DNA From Low Bioburden Human Microbiome Samples
Mikayla Mager, Shuiquan Tang, and Xi Yu Jia

An increasingly important application of microbiomics is how the microbes living in and on humans affect us, for better or worse. With the innovation of long-read sequencing as well as the...

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