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Research
Latest papers
Genomic signatures highlight stress-response evasion and translational tuning as key drivers of Escherichia coli adaptation to fluorinated tryptophans.
Chemical science · 2026
Cold Orthogonal Translation: A Psychrophilic Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase Boosts Genetic Code Expansion in E. coli.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · senior author
Novel genomically engineered antibiotic-free whole-cell biocatalysts for PET hydrolysis and waste remediation.
Journal of hazardous materials · 2026
Latest funding
- $100,000
Next-Generation Whole-Cell Catalysts: Bioorthogonal Chemistry and Genome Editing for Plastic Degradation and Sensing
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $300,000
Chemical evolution of synthetic bacterial cells by reprograming protein translation with non-canonical amino acids
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $800,000
Chemical Synthetic Biology
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
54 publications.
Genomic signatures highlight stress-response evasion and translational tuning as key drivers of Escherichia coli adaptation to fluorinated tryptophans.
Treiber-Kleinke C, Göller JM, Liba J, Wong MC, Wolf SA, Berger AA, Semmler T, Budisa N, Koksch B
Cold Orthogonal Translation: A Psychrophilic Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase Boosts Genetic Code Expansion in E. coli.
Koch NG, Goettig P, Nash MA, Rappsilber J, Budisa N
Novel genomically engineered antibiotic-free whole-cell biocatalysts for PET hydrolysis and waste remediation.
Romero-Orejon K, Karbalaei-Heidari HR, Budisa N, Levin DB
Propagation of Photoinduced Electric Field Changes Through Phytochrome and their Impact on Conformational Transitions.
La Greca M, Nguyen AD, Kraskov A, Michael N, Sauthof L, Ebrahim M, Katz S, von Sass J, Hoang OT, Budisa N, Scheerer P, Schlesinger R, Mroginski MA, Hildebrandt P
Smart co-delivery of Erlotinib and Camptothecin using silica-coated gold nanorods functionalized with recombinant anti-bone morphogenetic protein receptor type I (BMPR-AI).
Sabzalizadeh F, Mirshekari H, Budisa N, Khajeh K, Karbalaei-Heidari HR
Enabling Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Multiplexing Using UnaG through Its Modification with Canonical and Noncanonical Amino Acids.
Terekhova VV, Bodunova DV, Gorokhov ES, Tsoraev GV, Sidorenko SV, Vasilev RA, Levitskii SA, Kamenski PA, Loktyushkin AV, Kovalchuk SI, Lukashev EP, Bogdanova YA, Bogdanov AM, Mulashkina TI, Khrenova MG, Gvozdev DA, Yakimov BP, Shirshin EA, Friedrich T, Budisa N, Stepanov AV, Sluchanko NN, Baranov MS, Maksimov EG, Kirpichnikov MP
Introduction: "Noncanonical Amino Acids".
Budisa N
Engineering hydrogen bonding at tyrosine-201 in the orange carotenoid protein using halogenated analogues.
Tsoraev GV, Bukhanko AY, Mamchur AA, Surkov MM, Sidorenko SV, Moldenhauer M, Tseng HW, Petrovskaya LE, Cherepanov DA, Shelaev IV, Gostev FE, Blinova AR, Grigorenko BL, Yaroshevich IA, Nadtochenko VA, Budisa N, Kamenski P, Friedrich T, Maksimov EG
Hydrogen Bonding and Noncovalent Electric Field Effects in the Photoconversion of a Phytochrome.
Nguyen AD, Michael N, Sauthof L, von Sass J, Hoang OT, Schmidt A, La Greca M, Schlesinger R, Budisa N, Scheerer P, Mroginski MA, Kraskov A, Hildebrandt P
Advanced and Safe Synthetic Microbial Chassis with Orthogonal Translation System Integration.
Karbalaei-Heidari HR, Budisa N
Next-Generation Whole-Cell Catalysts: Bioorthogonal Chemistry and Genome Editing for Plastic Degradation and Sensing
Principal investigators: Budisa, Nediljko N
Keywords: bioorthogonal conjugation; bioremediation and biosensors; crispr-based genome editing; directed evolution of enzymes; enzymatic plastic degradation; expanded genetic code; microbial plastic degradation; polymer degrading enzymes; promoting equity & diversity in stem; whole-cell catalysts
Chemical evolution of synthetic bacterial cells by reprograming protein translation with non-canonical amino acids
Principal investigators: Budisa, Nediljko
Keywords: aminoacyl-trna syntheases (aars); directed evolution; genetic code expansion; protein translation; protein scaffolds; orthogonal pairs; orthogonal translation systems; synthetic cells and enzymes; non-canonical amino acids; chemoselective ligations
Chemical Synthetic Biology
Principal investigators: Budisa, Nediljko
Keywords: Bio-inspired materials; Bioorthogonal chemistries; Chemical biology; Genetic code Engineering; ; Mussel ¿based adhesives; Protein chemistry; Synthetic Biology;
Chemical Synthetic Biology
Principal investigators: Budisa, Nediljko
Chemical Synthetic Biology
Principal investigators: Budisa, Nediljko
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Hélène Perreault and Nediljko Budisa: 1 shared paper
- Rebecca Davis and Nediljko Budisa: 1 shared paper
- Chemistry
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