1.Zhang Y, Cortez J, Hammer S, Carrasco-López C, Echauri S, Wiggins J, Wang W, Avalos J. Biosensor for branched-chain amino acid metabolism in yeast and applications in isobutanol and isopentanol production. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):270. PMCID: PMC8755756 Reference Link
1.Carrasco-López C, García-Echauri S, Kichuk T, Avalos J. Optogenetics and biosensors set the stage for metabolic cybergenetics. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2020;65:296–309. PMID: 32932048 Reference Link
1.Lalwani M, Ip S, Carrasco-López C, Day C, Zhao E, Kawabe H, Avalos J. Optogenetic control of the lac operon for bacterial chemical and protein production. Nat Chem Biol. 2021;17(1):71–79. PMCID: 5876151 Reference Link
1.Carrasco-López C, Zhao E, Gil A, Alam N, Toettcher J, Avalos J. Development of light-responsive protein binding in the monobody non-immunoglobulin scaffold. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):4045. PMCID: PMC7427095 Reference Link
1.Gil A, Carrasco-López C, Zhu L, Zhao E, Ravindran P, Wilson M, Goglia A, Avalos J, Toettcher J. Optogenetic control of protein binding using light-switchable nanobodies. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):4044. PMCID: PMC7426870 Reference Link
1.Kichuk T, Carrasco-López C, Avalos J. Lights up on organelles: Optogenetic tools to control subcellular structure and organization. WIREs Mech Dis. 2021;13(1):e1500. PMID: 32715616 Reference Link