Publications

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C. Plesa*, A.M. Sidore*, N. Lubock, D. Zhang, and S. Kosuri. Multiplexed Gene Synthesis in Emulsions for Exploring Protein Functional Landscapes. Science 359, 343–347 (2018). doi: 10.1126/science.aao5167
     -Nature Methods: Synthetic biology: Gene factories made of droplets
     -Nature Reviews Genetics: Functional genomics: A drop in an ocean of gene variants
     -Nature Nanotechnology: Gene synthesis: A multiplexing approach
     -RSC Chemistry World: Synthetic gene cost slashed to $2
     -ACS Chemical & Engineering News: Stepping up gene synthesis
     -Phys.org: DropSynth, a one-pot approach to gene synthesis
     -genomeweb: This Week in Science

C. Plesa, D. Verschueren, S. Pud, J. van der Torre, J. W. Ruitenberg, M. J. Witteveen, M. P. Jonsson, A. Y. Grosberg, Y. Rabin, and C. Dekker, “Direct observation of DNA knots using a solid-state nanopore.” Nature Nanotechnology 11, 1093–1097 (2016). doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.153. [PDF] [Supporting Info]
     -Research highlight in Nature Reviews Materials: DNA: Working out the knots
     -Tech update in Nanotechweb.org: Detecting knots in nanopores

S Pud, D Verschueren, N Vukovic, C. Plesa, MP Jonsson, and C Dekker, “Self-aligned plasmonic nanopores by optically controlled dielectric breakdown” Nano Letters 15 (10), 7112-7117, 2015. [PDF] [Supporting Info]

M Muthukumar, C. Plesa, C Dekker, “Single-molecule sensing with nanopores” Physics Today 68 (8), 40-46, 2015. [PDF]

C. Plesa, N van Loo, and C Dekker, “DNA nanopore translocation in glutamate solutions” Nanoscale, 7, 13605-13609, 2015. Open Access

C. Plesa, J. W. Ruitenberg, M. J. Witteveen, and C. Dekker, “Detection of individual proteins bound along DNA using solid state nanopores.” Nano Letters 15 (5) pp 3153-3158, 2015. [PDF] [Supporting Info]

C. Plesa and C. Dekker, “Data analysis methods for solid-state nanopores.” Nanotechnology 26 (2015) 084003. [PDF]

C. Plesa, N. Loo, P. Ketterer, H. Dietz, and C. Dekker, “Velocity of DNA during translocation through a solid state nanopore.” Nano Letters 15 (1) pp 732-737, 2015. [PDF] [Supporting Info]

Calin Plesa, Adithya N. Ananth, Veikko Linko, Coen Gülcher, Allard J. Katan, Hendrik Dietz, and Cees Dekker, “Ionic Permeability and Mechanical Properties of DNA Origami Nanoplates on Solid-State Nanopores.” ACS Nano 8 (1), 35-43, 2013. [Europe PMC]

Calin Plesa, Ludo Cornelissen, Maarten W Tuijtel, and Cees Dekker, “Non-equilibrium folding of individual DNA molecules recaptured up to 1000 times in a solid state nanopore.” Nanotechnology 2013, 24 (47), 475101. [Europe PMC]

Calin Plesa, Stefan W. Kowalczyk, Ruben Zinsmeester, Alexander Y. Grosberg, Yitzhak Rabin, and Cees Dekker, “Fast Translocation of Proteins through Solid State Nanopores.” Nano Lett., 2013, 13 (2), pp 658–663. [Europe PMC]

Xander J.A. Janssen, Magnus P. Jonsson, Calin Plesa, Gautam V. Soni, Cees Dekker and Nynke H. Dekker, “Rapid manufacturing of low-noise membranes for nanopore sensors by trans-chip illumination lithography.” Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 475302. [PDF]

Erik P. Lundberg, Calin Plesa, L. Marcus Wilhelmsson, Per Lincoln, Tom Brown, and Bengt Nordén, “Nanofabrication Yields. Hybridization and Click-Fixation of Polycyclic DNA Nanoassemblies.” ACS Nano 2011 5 (9), 7565-7575. [PDF]

James M. Dykes, Calin Plesa, and Glenn H. Chapman, “Enhancing direct-write laser control techniques for bimetallic grayscale photomasks.” Proc. of SPIE, Vol 6883, 688312:1-12. 2008. [PDF]

James M. Dykes, Calin Plesa, Chinheng Choo, and Glenn H. Chapman, “Bimetallic thermal resists potential for double-exposure immersion lithography and grayscale photomasks.” Proc. of SPIE, Vol 6730, 673040:1-10. 2007. [PDF]
 

Theses

PhD Thesis: Solid-state nanopores for probing DNA and protein

MSc Thesis: Assembly and Characterization of Two-Dimensional DNA Nanostructures Using Synthetic Three-Way Oligonucleotides [PDF]

BASc Thesis: Development of a polymer MEMS characterization system [PDF]