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§*Robertson, W.E., *Rehm, F.B.H., *Spinck, M., *Schumann, R.L., *Tian, R., Liu, W., Gu, Y., Kleefeldt, A.A., Day, C.F., Liu, K.C., Christova, Y., Zurcher, J.F., Boge, F.L., Birnbaum, J., van Bijsterveldt, L., §Chin, J.W. (2025). Escherichia coli with a 57-codon genetic code. Science 390, 6771.

Spinck, M., Piedrafita, C., §Robertson, W.E., Elliott, T.E., Cervettini, D., de la Torre, D.,§Chin, J.W. (2023). Genetically programmed cell-based synthesis of non-natural peptide and depsipeptide macrocycles. Nature Chemistry 15, 61-69.

Zurcher, J. F. Robertson, W. E., Kappes, T., Petris, G., Elliott, T. S., Salmond, G. P. C., Chin, J. W. (2022). Refactored genetic codes enable bidirectional genetic isolation. Science 378, 516-523.

*Robertson, W.E, *Funke, L.F.H., *de la Torre, D., *Fredens, J.,… Chin, J.W. (2021). Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis. Science 372, 1057-1062.

*Robertson, W.E, *Funke, L.F.H., *de la Torre, D., *Fredens, J.,Wang, K., and Chin, J.W. (2021). Creating custom synthetic genomes in Escherichia coli with REXER and GENESIS. Nature Protocols 16, 2345-2380. 

*Fredens, J., *Wang, K., *de la Torre, D., *Funke, L.F.H., *Robertson, W.E. … Chin, J.W. (2019). Total synthesis of E. coli with a recoded genome. Nature 569, 514–518. 

Wang, K., de la Torre, D., Robertson, W.E., Chin, J.W. (2019). Programmed genome fission and fusion enable precise large-scale genome rearrangement and assembly. Science 365, 922-926.

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