Prof. Dr. Vitor Pinheiro

research

• Unlocking powerful non-model organisms in microbial synthetic biology - POSSIBL. (01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024)
• Synthetic Biology of mRNA (01/03/2021 - 28/02/2025)
• Directed evolution of mesophilic DNA polymerases with altered substrate specificity (01/10/2018 - 30/09/2023)
• Streamlining the route of phosphonate XNA from chemistry to application (01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023)
• COLUMBO: Engineered CRISPR toolbox for revolutionizing single-cell genome imaging in embryogenesis and oncology (01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025)
• Symmetric antibodies for symmetric epitopes: development and validation of the Symbody platform. (01/10/2021 - 30/09/2024)

contact

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recent publications

• Liu, C., Cozens, C., Jaziri, F., Rozenski, J., Marechal, A., Dumbre, S., Pezo, V., Marliere, P., Pinheiro, V.B., Groaz, E., Herdewijn, P. with Pinheiro, V.B. (corresp. author), Herdewijn, P. (corresp. author) (2018). Phosphonomethyl Oligonucleotides as Backbone-Modified Artificial Genetic Polymers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140 (21), 6690-6699. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b03447
• Pinheiro, V.B., Loakes, D., Holliger, P. with Pinheiro, V.B. (corresp. author) (2013). Synthetic polymers and their potential as genetic materials. BIOESSAYS, 35 (2), 113-122. doi: 10.1002/bies.201200135
• Pinheiro, V.B., Taylor, A.I., Cozens, C., Abramov, M., Renders, M., Zhang, S., Chaput, J.C., Wengel, J., Peak-Chew, S-Y., McLaughlin, S.H., Herdewijn, P., Holliger, P. (2012). Synthetic genetic polymers capable of heredity and evolution. Science, 336 (6079), 341-344. doi: 10.1126/science.1217622