{"id":80,"date":"2019-03-05T05:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T05:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.che.ufl.edu\/jain\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:50:31","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/research\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"page-title\"><strong>List of publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qtpo58sAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">[For a full list of publications on Google Scholar, click here]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2047\" height=\"819\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1.jpeg 2047w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1-300x120.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1-1024x410.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1-768x307.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/gkaf887figgra1-1536x615.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/td><td>Rananaware SR, Shoemaker GM, Pizzano BLM, Vesco EK, Sandoval LSW, Lewis JG, Bodin AP, Flannery SJ, Lange IH, Pedada D, Fang A, Antal SG, Aguilar D, Rakestraw NR, Karalkar VN, Meister KS, Nguyen LT, and Jain PK* AsCas12a tolerates insertions in target DNA. <strong>Nucleic Acids Res.<\/strong> 2025 Sep 23;53(17). [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkaf887\">View<\/a>] [*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"166\" class=\"wp-image-2859\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/BioRxiv_logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/BioRxiv_logo.png 478w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/BioRxiv_logo-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/td><td>Iyyappan R<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Niu Y<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Hao M, Pajdzik K, Rakestraw NR, Jain PK, He C, Zong C*, and Jiang Z* Single-nucleotide resolution epitranscriptomic profiling uncovers dynamic m<sup>6<\/sup>A regulation in bovine preimplantation development. <strong><em>bioRxiv<\/em><\/strong>. 2025 Jul 10:2025-07. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/biorxiv\/early\/2025\/07\/10\/2025.07.07.663558.full.pdf\">View<\/a>] [<sup>\u00a7<\/sup><strong>Equal contributions<\/strong>][*<strong>Corresponding authors<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-2875\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/DNA-Crispr.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/DNA-Crispr.png 423w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/DNA-Crispr-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/td><td>Orosco C<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Rananaware SR<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Huang B, Hanna MP, Ahmadimashhadi MR, Lewis JG, Baugh MP, Bodin AP, Flannery SJ, Lange IH, Fang ZR, Karalkar VN, Meister KS, and Jain PK* <em>DNA-guided CRISPR\/Cas12 for RNA targeting.<\/em> <em><strong>medRxiv<\/strong>.<\/em> 2024 Nov 21:2024-11. [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.11.21.24317744\">View<\/a>] [<strong><sup>\u00a7<\/sup>Equal contributions<\/strong>][<strong>*Corresponding author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" class=\"wp-image-2863\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/brand-logo-primary.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/brand-logo-primary.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/brand-logo-primary-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/10\/brand-logo-primary-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/td><td>Jia Y, Horvath K, Rananaware SR, Jain PK, and Sampath J Exploring the thermostability of CRISPR\u2013Cas12b using molecular dynamics simulations. <em><strong>arXiv<\/strong><\/em>. 2024 Aug 20:2408.11149v1. [<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2408.11149v1\">View<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" class=\"wp-image-2583\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/CODE-e17452522211593.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen LT<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Rakestraw NR<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Pizzano BL, Young CB, Huang Y, Beerensson KT, Fang A, Antal SG, Anamiss KV, Peggs CM, Yan J, &nbsp;Jing Y, Burdine RD, Adamson B, Toettcher JE, Myhrvold C*, and Jain PK* Efficient Genome Editing with Chimeric Oligonucleotide-Directed Editing.&nbsp;<em><strong>bioRxiv<\/strong><\/em>. 2024 Jul 10:2024-07.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.07.09.602710v2\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;[<sup>\u00a7<\/sup><strong>Equal contributions<\/strong>][*<strong>Corresponding authors<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"wp-image-2451\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/PICNIC-e17219221917571.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/PICNIC-e17219221917571.png 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/PICNIC-e17219221917571-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Rananaware SR, Meister KS, Shoemaker GM, Vesco EK, Sandoval LS, Lewis JG, Bodin AP, Karalkar VN, Lange IH, Pizzano BL, Chang M, M. Reza Ahmadimashhadi MR, Flannery SJ, Nguyen LT, Wang GP, and Jain PK* PAM-free diagnostics with diverse type V CRISPR-Cas systems.&nbsp;<em><strong>medRxiv<\/strong><\/em>. 2024:2024-05.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.05.02.24306194v1\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;[*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-300x62.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-1024x213.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-768x160.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-1536x320.png 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/10\/Nature_Communications_Logo-2048x426.png 2048w\"><\/td><td>Xun G, Zhu Z, Lu J, Singh N, Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, and Zhao H* Harnessing Noncanonical crRNA for Highly Efficient Genome Editing.&nbsp;<em><strong>Nature Communications<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2024, 15, 3823 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-48012-x&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-48012-x\">[View]<\/a>. [<sup>\u2021<\/sup><strong>Senior author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/cCRISPR-v2-e1691866282393-300x154.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen LT, Macaluso NC, Rakestraw NR, Carman DR, Pizzano BLM, Hautamaki RC, and Jain PK* Harnessing Non-canonical crRNAs to Improve Functionality of Cas12a Orthologs.&nbsp;<em><strong>Cell Reports<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2024, 43 (2), doi.org\/10.1016\/j.celrep.2024.113777.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-reports\/fulltext\/S2211-1247(24)00105-0\">&nbsp;[View]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4515211\">&nbsp;[SSRN-2023]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.07.21.21260653v1\">[medRxiv-2021]<\/a>&nbsp;[*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/Copy-of-Diagnostic-technologies-Jain-Lab-e1691866253456-300x127.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Rananaware SR, Vesco EK, Shoemaker GM, Anekar SS, Sandoval LSW, Meister KS, Macaluso NC, Nguyen LT, and Jain, PK*, Programmable RNA detection with CRISPR-Cas12a.&nbsp;<em><strong>Nature Communications<\/strong><\/em>, 2023, 14 (5409), doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-023-41006-1.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-41006-1\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-2549171\/v1\">[<em>Research Square, 2023<\/em>]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.01.29.525716v1.full\">[<em>bioRxiv,<\/em>&nbsp;2023]<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>[*Corresponding author]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/05\/Tuta-300x127.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Shashank PR, Parker BM<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Rananaware SR<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Plotkin D, Couch C, Yang LG, Nguyen LT, Prasannakumar NR, Braswell WE,&nbsp;Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, and Kawahara AY*, CRISPR-based diagnostics detects invasive insect pest.s&nbsp;<em><strong>Molecular Ecology Resources,&nbsp;<\/strong>2023<\/em>,&nbsp;00,&nbsp;1\u201315,&nbsp;doi.org\/10.1111\/1755-0998.13881.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1755-0998.13881\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2023.05.16.541004\">[bioRxiv, 2023]<\/a><\/em>[<sup>\u00a7<\/sup><strong>Equal contributions<\/strong>][<sup>\u2021<\/sup><strong>Senior author<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/05\/cover.tif_-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/05\/cover.tif_.jpg 591w\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/05\/cover.tif_-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/SPLENDID-v2-e1691866319576-300x169.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen LT<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Rananaware SR<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Yang LG<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Macaluso NC<sup>\u00a7<\/sup>, Ocana-Ortiz JE, Meister KS, Pizzano BLM, Sandoval LSW, Hautamaki RC, Fang ZR, Joseph SM, Shoemaker GM, Carman DR, Chang L, Rakestraw NR, Zachary JF, Guerra S, Perez A,&nbsp;Jain PK*, Engineering Highly Thermostable Cas12b via De Novo Structural Analyses for One-Pot Detection of Nucleic Acids&nbsp;<em><strong>Cell Reports Medicine<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2023, 4(5), 101037&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xcrm.2023.101037\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xcrm.2023.101037<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xcrm.2023.101037\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/issue\/S2666-3791(22)X0006-2#fullCover\">[Highlighted on the cover]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2022.10.02.22280626v1\">[medRxiv, 2022]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4309028\">[SSRN, 2023]&nbsp;<\/a>[*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>][<sup>\u00a7<\/sup><strong>Equal contributions<\/strong>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2022\/06\/HLA3-300x157.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Shen Y, Khatri B, Rananaware S, Li D, Ostrov DA,&nbsp;Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, Lessard CJ, and Nguyen CQ* Ancestral origins are associated with SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and protection in a Florida patient population&nbsp;<em><strong>PLOS One<\/strong>,<\/em>&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0276700\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0276700<\/a>&nbsp;[<sup>\u2021<\/sup><strong>Senior author<\/strong>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/file?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0276700&amp;type=printable\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0276700\">[View]&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2022.03.30.486345\">[bioRxiv version-2022]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/CAN-assay-300x146.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Wei X, Wang X, Zhang Z, Luo Y, Wang Z, Xiong W,&nbsp;Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, Monnier JR, Wang H, Hu TY, Tang C, Albrecht H, and Liu C* A Click Chemistry Amplified Nanopore (CAN) Assay for Ultrasensitive Quantification of HIV p24 Antigen in Clinical Samples&nbsp;<em><strong>Nature Communications<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2022, 13, 6852&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-34273-x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-34273-x<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>[<sup>\u2021<\/sup>Senior author]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/SPADE-300x185.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen, LT, Macaluso N, Pizzano B, Cash M, Spacek J, Karasek J, Miller MR, Lednicky JA, Dinglasan RD, Salemi M, and&nbsp;Jain PK*&nbsp;A Thermostable Cas12b from Brevibacillus Leverages One-pot Discrimination of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern&nbsp;<em><strong>eBioMedicine- THE LANCET<\/strong><\/em><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ebiom.2022.103926\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ebiom.2022.103926<\/a>&nbsp;[*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>] [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34704101\/\"><em>medRxiv<\/em><\/a><\/strong>]&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4008146\"><strong>[Preprints with THE LANCET]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/action\/showPdf?pii=S2352-3964%2822%2900110-4\">&nbsp;[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/ebiom\/article\/PIIS2352-3964(22)00110-4\/fulltext\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" class=\"wp-image-2587\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/cCRISPR_scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/cCRISPR_scaled.png 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/cCRISPR_scaled-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Nguyen, LT, Rananaware SR, Pizzano BLM, Brandon ST, and&nbsp;Jain PK* Clinical validation of engineered CRISPR\/Cas12a for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43856-021-00066-4\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><em><strong>Communications Medicine- Nature,&nbsp;<\/strong>2022,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43856-021-00066-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43856-021-00066-4<\/a>&nbsp;[*<strong>Corresponding author<\/strong>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43856-021-00066-4.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43856-021-00066-4\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/Fan-Ren-assay-300x159.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Chiu CW, Xian M, Stephany JL, Xia X, Chiang CC, Ren F, Tsai CT, Shan SS, Liao YT, Esquivel-Upshaw JF, Rananaware SR, Nguyen LT, Macaluso NC,&nbsp;Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, Cash MN, Mavian CN, Salemi M, Leon ME, Chang CW, Lin J, and Pearton SJ* Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis Using Disposable Strips and a Metal-oxide-semiconductor Field-effect Transistor Platform,&nbsp;<em><strong>Journal of Vacuum Science &amp; Technology B<\/strong><\/em>, 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1116\/6.0001615\">doi.org\/10.1116\/6.0001615<\/a>, 40, 023204.&nbsp;<strong>[<sup>\u2021<\/sup>Senior author]&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/avs.scitation.org\/doi\/full\/10.1116\/6.0001615\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2022\/04\/30-second-coronavirus-test-\/\">[News]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/ENHANCE-v1-Methods-300x149.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen LT, Gurijala, J, Rananaware SR, Pizzano BLM, Brandon ST, and&nbsp;Jain PK* CRISPR-ENHANCE: An enhanced nucleic acid detection platform using Cas12a.&nbsp;<strong><em>Methods,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2022,&nbsp;<\/em>10.1016\/j.ymeth.2021.02.001 [<strong>*Corresponding author<\/strong>]&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1046202321000256\">View<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"wp-image-2599\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/F3.300px.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Shen Y, Ostrov DA, Santosh Rananaware SR,&nbsp;Jain PK<sup>\u2021<\/sup>, Nguyen CQ* Identification of risk and protective human leukocyte antigens in COVID-19 using genotyping and structural modeling&nbsp;<em><strong>medRxiv<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2021,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2021.05.04.21256636\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2021.05.04.21256636<\/a>&nbsp;[<sup>\u2021<\/sup><strong>Senior author<\/strong>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.05.04.21256636v1.full.pdf+html\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.05.04.21256636v1.full-text\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2023\/03\/ENHANCE-v1-300x158.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Nguyen LT, Smith,BM,&nbsp;Jain PK<strong>*<\/strong>&nbsp;Enhancement of trans-cleavage activity of Cas12a with engineered crRNA enables amplified nucleic acid detection&nbsp;<em><strong>Nature Communications<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/em>2020, 11<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>4906 [<strong>*Corresponding author<\/strong>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-18615-1.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-18615-1\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2020.04.13.036079v1\">[BioRxiv version]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"245\" class=\"wp-image-2335\" style=\"width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/9780128166628-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/B9780128166628000163\"><\/a><\/td><td>Downing M and&nbsp;Jain PK<strong>*<\/strong>, Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: synthesis, properties, and biomedical applications.&nbsp;<em><strong>Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications,<\/strong>&nbsp;2019;&nbsp;<\/em>267-281, Book Chapter<strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>[<strong>*Corresponding author<\/strong>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/B9780128166628000163\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/CRISPR-GPS_scaled.png\" alt=\"\" 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Non-viral delivery of CRISPR\/Cas9 complex using CRISPR-GPS nanocomplexes.&nbsp;<strong><em>Nanoscale<\/em><\/strong>,<em>&nbsp;2019;&nbsp;<\/em>11, 21317-21323 [<strong>*Co-corresponding author<\/strong>] &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Jain_et_al-2018-ChemBioChem.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2019\/nr\/c9nr01786k#!divAbstract\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/Journal-cover-770x1024-1-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/Journal-cover-770x1024-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/Journal-cover-770x1024-1-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/Journal-cover-770x1024-1.jpg 770w\"><\/td><td>Jain PK, and Friedman SH*. A universal photo-cleavable clickable reagent for the reversible end labeling of any nucleic acid.&nbsp;<em><strong>ChemBioChem<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>2018;&nbsp;<\/em>19, 1264.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Jain_et_al-2018-ChemBioChem.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cbic.201800028\/full\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/f1000.com\/prime\/732818014\">[F1000Prime recommendation]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/14397633\/homepage\/news\">[<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/14397633\/homepage\/news\">Very Important Paper]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemistryviews.org\/details\/ezine\/11044364\/ULTIMATE_Reagent_for_End-Labeling_Any_Nucleic_Acid.html\">[ChemistryViews]<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/cbic.201800282\">[Cover]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"158\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/anie201606123-toc-0001-m600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/anie201606123-toc-0001-m600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/anie201606123-toc-0001-m600px-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Jain PK, Ramanan V, Schepers AG, Dalvie N, Panda A, Fleming HE and Bhatia SN*. Development of light-activated CRISPR using photocleavable protectors of guide RNAs.&nbsp;<em><strong>Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>2016;&nbsp;<\/em>55, 12440.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Development%20of%20Light-Activated%20CRISPR%20Using%20Guide%20RNAs%20with%20Photocleavable%20Protectors.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/anie.201606123\/full\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/news\/news-coverage-crispr\">[News articles]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiley.altmetric.com\/details\/10794700#score\">[Altmetrics]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/mabi201670032-gra-0001-m-776x1024-1-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/mabi201670032-gra-0001-m-776x1024-1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/mabi201670032-gra-0001-m-776x1024-1-768x1013.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/02\/mabi201670032-gra-0001-m-776x1024-1.jpg 776w\"><\/td><td>Sarode BR,&nbsp;Jain PK&nbsp;and Friedman SH*. Polymerizing Insulin with Photocleavable Linkers to Make Light-Sensitive Macropolymer Depot Materials.&nbsp;<em><strong>Macromolecular Bioscience<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>2016;<\/em>&nbsp;16 (8): 1138-1146.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Polymerizing%20Insulin%20with%20Photocleavable%20Linkers%20to%20Make%20Light-Sensitive%20Macropolymer%20Depot%20Materials.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/mabi.201500471\/full\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/store\/10.1002\/mabi.201670032\/asset\/image_m\/mabi201670032-gra-0001-m.png?v=1&amp;s=36f6819b61f0a4b1f49757e941b6402967df05e9\">[Featured on the cover]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" class=\"wp-image-2665\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/proteolytic-unveiling_600px.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/proteolytic-unveiling_600px.png 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/proteolytic-unveiling_600px-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Dudani JS,&nbsp;Jain PK<strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;Kwong GA, Stevens KR and Bhatia SN*. Photoactivated Spatiotemporally-Responsive Nanosensors of in Vivo Protease Activity.&nbsp;<em><strong>ACS Nano<\/strong><\/em><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>2015;<\/em>&nbsp;9(12), 11708-11717.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Photoactivated%20Spatiotemporally-Responsive%20Nanosensors%20of%20in%20Vivo%20Protease%20Activity.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acsnano.5b05946\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-image-2667\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/Light-RNAi_600px.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/Light-RNAi_600px.png 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/Light-RNAi_600px-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Kala A,&nbsp;Jain PK&nbsp;and Friedman SH*. Patterning of cells through patterning of biology.&nbsp;<em><strong>Molecular BioSystems<\/strong><\/em><em>, 2014<\/em>;10, 1689-1692.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Patterning%20of%20cells%20through%20patterning%20of%20biology.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/-\/content\/articlehtml\/2014\/mb\/c3mb70587k\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-image-2669\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/LARI-Kala-et-al.600px.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/LARI-Kala-et-al.600px.png 600w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/LARI-Kala-et-al.600px-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><td>Kala A,&nbsp;Jain PK<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>Karunakaran D, Shah S and Friedman SH*. The synthesis of tetra-modified RNA for the multidimensional control of gene expression via light-activated RNA interference.&nbsp;<em><strong>Nature protocols,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em>2014;&nbsp;<\/em>9(1), 11-20.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/The%20synthesis%20of%20tetra-modified%20RNA%20for%20the%20multidimensional%20control%20of%20gene%20expression%20via%20light-activated%20RNA%20interference.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nprot\/journal\/v9\/n1\/abs\/nprot.2013.165.html?foxtrotcallback=true\">[View]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2020\/06\/iPAD-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"348\"><\/td><td>Jain PK, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH*. Construction of a Photoactivated Insulin Depot.&nbsp;<em><strong>Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>2013<\/em>; 52, 1404-1409.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Construction%20of%20a%20Photoactivated%20Insulin%20Depot.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ange.201207264\/full\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/store\/10.1002\/anie.201207264\/asset\/image_m\/mcontent.gif?v=1&amp;s=e69573e2cc79c84c50736f79d31f47f2ad98877c\">[Featured on the frontispiece]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/news\/news-coverage-insulin-photoactivatable-depot\">[News articles]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"262\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" style=\"width: px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/LARI-Jain250.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td>Jain PK, Shah S and Friedman SH*. Patterning of gene expression using new photolabile groups applied to light activated RNAi.&nbsp;<em><strong>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/strong><\/em><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>2011;<\/em>&nbsp;133(3), 440-446.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Patterning%20of%20Gene%20Expression%20Using%20New%20Photolabile%20Groups.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ja107226e\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"134\" height=\"175\" class=\"wp-image-2345\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2025\/04\/NAR.gif\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/nar\/article\/37\/13\/4508\/1069350\/Light-activated-RNA-interference-using-double\"><\/a><\/td><td>Shah S,&nbsp;Jain PK, Kala A, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH*. Light-activated RNA interference using double-stranded siRNA precursors modified using a remarkable regiospecificity of diazo-based photolabile groups.&nbsp;<em><strong>Nucleic Acids Research<\/strong><\/em><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>2009;<\/em>&nbsp;37(13), 4508-4517<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/piyushjain.mit.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Light-activated%20RNA%20interference%20using%20double-stranded%20siRNA%20precursors%20modified%20using%20a%20remarkable%20regiospecificity%20of%20diazo-based%20photolabile%20groups.pdf\">[Download pdf]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/nar\/article\/37\/13\/4508\/1069350\/Light-activated-RNA-interference-using-double\">[View]<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/nar\/article\/37\/13\/4508\/1069350\/Light-activated-RNA-interference-using-double\">[Featured on the cover]<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>List of publications [For a full list of publications on Google Scholar, click here] Rananaware SR, Shoemaker GM, Pizzano BLM, Vesco EK, Sandoval LSW, Lewis JG, Bodin AP, Flannery SJ, Lange IH, Pedada D, Fang A, Antal SG, Aguilar D, Rakestraw NR, Karalkar VN, Meister KS, Nguyen LT, and Jain PK* AsCas12a tolerates insertions in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-section-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/2941"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/piyush-jain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}