{"id":18,"date":"2026-01-30T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/robertson\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:32:29","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/robertson\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong><sup>\u00a7*<\/sup>Robertson, W.E.<\/strong>, *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., <sup>\u00a7<\/sup>Chin, J.W. (<strong>2025<\/strong>). <em>Escherichia coli <\/em>with a 57-codon genetic code. <em><strong>Science<\/strong> <\/em>390, 6771.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spinck, M., Piedrafita, C., <strong><sup>\u00a7<\/sup>Robertson, W.E.<\/strong>, Elliott, T.E., Cervettini, D., de la Torre, D.,<strong><sup>\u00a7<\/sup><\/strong>Chin, J.W. (<strong>2023<\/strong>). Genetically programmed cell-based synthesis of non-natural peptide and depsipeptide macrocycles. <strong><em>Nature Chemistry<\/em><\/strong> 15, 61-69<a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zurcher, J. F. <strong>Robertson, W. E.,<\/strong> Kappes, T., Petris, G., Elliott, T. S., Salmond, G. P. C., Chin, J. W. (<strong>2022<\/strong>). Refactored genetic codes enable bidirectional genetic isolation. <strong><em>Science <\/em><\/strong>378, 516-523.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Robertson, W.E<\/strong>, *Funke, L.F.H., *de la Torre, D., *Fredens, J.,\u2026 Chin, J.W. (<strong>2021<\/strong>). Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis. <strong><em>Science <\/em><\/strong>372, 1057-1062.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Robertson, W.E<\/strong>, *Funke, L.F.H., *de la Torre, D., *Fredens, J.,Wang, K., and Chin, J.W. (<strong>2021<\/strong>). Creating custom synthetic genomes in <em>Escherichia coli <\/em>with REXER and GENESIS. <strong><em>Nature Protocols<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>16<em>, <\/em>2345-2380.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Fredens, J., *Wang, K., *de la Torre, D., *Funke, L.F.H., *<strong>Robertson, W.E. <\/strong>\u2026 Chin, J.W. (<strong>2019<\/strong>). Total synthesis of <em>E. coli<\/em> with a recoded genome. <strong><em>Nature<\/em><\/strong> 569,&nbsp;514\u2013518.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang, K., de la Torre, D., <strong>Robertson, W.E., <\/strong>Chin, J.W. (<strong>2019<\/strong>). 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