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Marijn van den Brink¹, Marlena Stam¹, Nico J Claassens²

¹Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, Netherlands.

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Researchers developed a new workflow to screen and sort gene-expressing liposomes based on their phenotypes. This method links genetic content to cellular function, accelerating synthetic cell development.

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Area of Science:

Synthetic biology
Cellular engineering
Biophysics

Background:

Understanding genotype-phenotype relationships is crucial for biological research and synthetic cell development.
Current methods often struggle to analyze nonclonal populations and link phenotype to genotype effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an image-based screening and sorting workflow for gene-expressing vesicles.
To enable the selection of liposomes with desired phenotypes and link them to their genetic content.

Main Methods:

Utilized automated confocal microscopy for high-throughput imaging.
Employed real-time, neural network-assisted image analysis for phenotype assessment.
Developed a workflow to screen and sort liposomes within nonclonal populations.

Main Results:

Demonstrated selection of liposomes based on fluorescence intensity, protein localization, membrane morphology, and dynamic behaviors.
Successfully linked observed liposome phenotypes to their underlying genetic content.
Showcased the ability to select desired variants from nonclonal populations.

Conclusions:

The described workflow significantly accelerates the evolution of cellular functions in minimal synthetic contexts.
This approach provides a powerful tool for dissecting genotype-phenotype relationships in engineered vesicles.
Facilitates the development of advanced synthetic cells with tailored functions.