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Jonathan Braff

Harvard Medical School: Wyss Institute
Verified email at wyss.harvard.edu
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Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming

…, DJ Wiegand, D Ter-Ovanesyan, JL Braff… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The RNA-guided nuclease Cas9 can be reengineered as a programmable transcription
factor. However, modest levels of gene activation have limited potential applications. We …

Orthogonal Cas9 proteins for RNA-guided gene regulation and editing

KM Esvelt, P Mali, JL Braff, M Moosburner, SJ Yaung… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The Cas9 protein from the Streptococcus pyogenes CRISPR-Cas acquired immune system
has been adapted for both RNA-guided genome editing and gene regulation in a variety of …

Improving microbial fitness in the mammalian gut by in vivo temporal functional metagenomics

…, L Deng, N Li, JL Braff, GM Church, L Bry… - Molecular systems …, 2015 - embopress.org
Elucidating functions of commensal microbial genes in the mammalian gut is challenging
because many commensals are recalcitrant to laboratory cultivation and genetic manipulation. …

Characterization of Cas9–guide RNA orthologs

JL Braff, SJ Yaung, KM Esvelt… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
In light of the multitude of new Cas9-mediated functionalities, the ability to carry out multiple
Cas9-enabled processes simultaneously and in a single cell is becoming increasingly …

Characterizing Cas9 protospacer-adjacent motifs with high-throughput sequencing of library depletion experiments

JL Braff, SJ Yaung, KM Esvelt… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
This protocol outlines a general approach for characterizing the protospacer-adjacent motifs
(PAMs) of Cas9 orthologs. It uses a three-plasmid system: One plasmid carries Cas9 and its …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors

…, EB Binder, M Boehnke, MP Boks, R Bosch, DL Braff… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nonfatal suicide attempts,
which occur far more frequently, are a major source of disability and social and economic …

GWAS meta-analysis of suicide attempt: identification of 12 genome-wide significant loci and implication of genetic risks for specific health factors

…, M Boehnke, MP Boks, DL Braff… - American journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Suicidal behavior is heritable and is a major cause of death worldwide. Two large-scale
genome-wide association studies (GWASs) recently discovered and cross-validated …

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of suicide attempt identifies twelve genome-wide significant loci and implicates genetic risks for specific health factors

…, EB Binder, M Boehnke, MP Boks, R Bosch, DL Braff… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Objective Suicidal behavior is heritable and a major cause of death worldwide. Two large-scale
genome-wide association studies (GWAS) recently discovered and cross-validated …

Effects of olanzapine, risperidone and haloperidol on prepulse inhibition in schizophrenia patients: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial

…, C Reist, S Erhart, SR Marder, J Mintz, DL Braff - Schizophrenia …, 2007 - Elsevier
Prepulse inhibition (PPI), whereby the startle eyeblink response is inhibited by a relatively
weak non-startling stimulus preceding the powerful startle eliciting stimulus, is a measure of …

Visual masking as a probe for abnormal gamma range activity in schizophrenia

…, KH Nuechterlein, B Breitmeyer, GA Light, DL Braff - Biological …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Visual masking procedures assess very early stages of visual perception.
Patients with schizophrenia consistently show deficits on visual masking tasks, and these …