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Zhanar Abil, postdoc at Bionanoscience TU Delft, studies the origins of life

Photo of Zhanar Abil in a lab.
Zhanar Abil at the Bionanoscience lab at TU Delft

Genome-editing proteins ride a DNA zip line

Photo of Huimin Zhao, Charles Schroeder, Luke Cuculis, Zhanar Abil. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer.
Huimin Zhao, Charles Schroeder, Luke Cuculis, Zhanar Abil. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer.

Genome-editing proteins seek and find with a slide and a hop

A single-molecule imaging technique let the researchers observe how individual TALE proteins interacted with a strand of DNA.Graphic by Luke Cuculis
A single-molecule imaging technique let the researchers observe how individual TALE proteins interacted with a strand of DNA.
Graphic by Luke Cuculis

Build-a-Cell seminar Zhanar Abil: Self-Regeneration and In Vitro Evolution Toward Artificial Life

An introductory powerpoint slide that reads: Self-Regeneration and in vitro evolution toward artificial life