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ArticleNature2026

Ultra-high-throughput mapping of genetic design space.

Kshitij Rai, Ronan W O'Connell, Trenton C Piepergerdes, Yiduo Wang, Lucas B C Brown, Kian D Samra, Jack A Wilson, Shujian Lin, Thomas H Zhang, Eduardo M Ramos and 7 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Kshitij Rai *Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-369X
Ronan W O'Connell *Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4689-0307
Trenton C PiepergerdesDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Yiduo WangDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Lucas B C BrownDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Kian D SamraDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Jack A WilsonDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Shujian LinDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0386-6480
Thomas H ZhangDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1283-9106
Eduardo M RamosDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Andrew SunDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Bryce KilleDepartment of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Kristen D CurryDepartment of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Jason W RocksKen Kennedy Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Todd J TreangenDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-564X
Pankaj MehtaDepartment of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Caleb J BashorDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. caleb.bashor@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-2098

Funding

Synthetic toolkit for precision gene expression control and signal processing in mammalian cellsR01EB029483 · NIBIB · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI Ahmad Samir Khalil · 2020 to 2026
$5.0M
A synthetic signaling pathway engineering platform for creating precision cell-based sense-and-response devicesR01EB032272 · NIBIB · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI BASHOR, CALEB · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB029483NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB032272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Massively parallel genetic screens have been used to map sequence-to-function relationships for a variety of genetic elements

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.