Seth Shipman, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Bioengineering
SchoolSchool of Pharmacy
Address1650 Owens Street, #501
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-734-4058
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    Wesleyan University, ConnecticutB.A.05/2005Neuroscience
    University of California, San Francisco, San FranciscoPh.D.12/2012Neuroscience
    Harvard Medicall School, BostonPostdoctoral Fellowship10/2018Genetics, Synthetic Biology, Stem Cell Biology
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    Wesleyan University2001Outstanding Physics Student Scholarship
    National Science Foundation2007  - 2008Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
    Grass Foundation2011Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience (declined)
    Earle C. Anthony2012Travel Award
    Gordon Research Conference2012Poster Award
    Life Science Research Foundation2014Postdoctoral Award
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)2018DARPA Riser, DARPA 60th Anniversary Symposium
    Simonds Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)2019Bridge to Independence Award
    ScienceNews2019The SN 10: Scientists to Watch
    National Institutes of Health2020NIH Director's New Innovator Award
    The Pew Charitable Trusts2020Pew Biomedical Scholar
    Bioengineering Institute of California2021Shu Chien Early Career Award Nominee

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    Dr. Seth Shipman's research focuses on cellular systems in the midst of change. His lab seeks to better understand how the order of transcriptional events during development can drive changes in cell fate, and to better intervene in diseases characterized by change, like progressive neurodegeneration and cancer. His lab takes a molecular engineering approach, leveraging the versatility of DNA as a programmable biological polymer to gather data without destroying cells, and deliver therapeutics that can modify their effect based on cell context.

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    Engineered Mitochondria for Therapeutic Donation and Mitochondrial Genome Editing
    NIH DP2GM140917Sep 30, 2020 - May 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Reconstructing the Cellular History of Neurons Using Molecular Recordings
    Simons Foundation Autism Resarch Initiative (SFARI) Bridge to IndependenceJan 1, 2019 - Jan 1, 2022
    Role: PI
    Human Gene Editing and In Situ Sequencing of Neuronal Microcircuit Arrays
    Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Pilot AwardAug 1, 2015 - Jan 1, 2017
    Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
    New molecular tools to investigate transcriptional networds that govern cell-fate decisions at the single-cell level during neuronal differentiation
    Life Sciences Research Foundation Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation FellowshipNov 15, 2014 - Nov 14, 2017
    Role: PI
    Recording neural activities onto DNA
    NIH R01MH103910Sep 26, 2013 - Aug 31, 2018
    Role: Postdoctoral Fellow

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    1. An experimental census of retrons for DNA production and genome editing. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 26. Khan AG, Rojas-Montero M, González-Delgado A, Lopez SC, Fang RF, Shipman SL. PMID: 38328236; PMCID: PMC10849725.
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    2. Limitations of fluorescent timer protein maturation kinetics to isolate transcriptionally synchronized cortically differentiating human pluripotent stem cells. bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 26. Peter M, Shipman S, Macklis JD. PMID: 37609140; PMCID: PMC10441295.
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    3. A High-Throughput Colocalization Pipeline for Quantification of Mitochondrial Targeting across Different Protein Types. ACS Synth Biol. 2023 08 18; 12(8):2498-2504. Lear SK, Nunez JA, Shipman SL. PMID: 37506292; PMCID: PMC10561668.
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    4. Simultaneous multi-site editing of individual genomes using retron arrays. bioRxiv. 2023 Jul 17. González-Delgado A, Lopez SC, Rojas-Montero M, Fishman CB, Shipman SL. PMID: 37503029; PMCID: PMC10370050.
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    5. Temporally resolved transcriptional recording in E. coli DNA using a Retro-Cascorder. Nat Protoc. 2023 Jun; 18(6):1866-1892. Lear SK, Lopez SC, González-Delgado A, Bhattarai-Kline S, Shipman SL. PMID: 37059915; PMCID: PMC10631475.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Cells
    6. High-throughput colocalization pipeline quantifies efficacy of mitochondrial targeting signals across different protein types. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 03. Lear SK, Nunez JA, Shipman SL. PMID: 37066162; PMCID: PMC10103990.
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    7. Continuous Multiplexed Phage Genome Editing Using Recombitrons. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 25. Fishman CB, Crawford KD, Bhattarai-Kline S, Zhang K, González-Delgado A, Shipman SL. PMID: 36993281; PMCID: PMC10055335.
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    8. Molecular recording: transcriptional data collection into the genome. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2023 02; 79:102855. Lear SK, Shipman SL. PMID: 36481341; PMCID: PMC10547096.
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    9. Recording gene expression order in DNA by CRISPR addition of retron barcodes. Nature. 2022 08; 608(7921):217-225. Bhattarai-Kline S, Lear SK, Fishman CB, Lopez SC, Lockshin ER, Schubert MG, Nivala J, Church GM, Shipman SL. PMID: 35896746; PMCID: PMC9357182.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    10. Retron reverse transcriptase termination and phage defense are dependent on host RNase H1. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 04 08; 50(6):3490-3504. Palka C, Fishman CB, Bhattarai-Kline S, Myers SA, Shipman SL. PMID: 35293583; PMCID: PMC8989520.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    11. Precise genome editing across kingdoms of life using retron-derived DNA. Nat Chem Biol. 2022 02; 18(2):199-206. Lopez SC, Crawford KD, Lear SK, Bhattarai-Kline S, Shipman SL. PMID: 34949838; PMCID: PMC8810715.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    12. High-throughput functional variant screens via in vivo production of single-stranded DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 05 04; 118(18). Schubert MG, Goodman DB, Wannier TM, Kaur D, Farzadfard F, Lu TK, Shipman SL, Church GM. PMID: 33906944; PMCID: PMC8106316.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. One-step data storage in cellular DNA. Nat Chem Biol. 2021 03; 17(3):232-233. Bhattarai-Kline S, Lear SK, Shipman SL. PMID: 33500580.
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    14. Characterizing the portability of phage-encoded homologous recombination proteins. Nat Chem Biol. 2021 04; 17(4):394-402. Filsinger GT, Wannier TM, Pedersen FB, Lutz ID, Zhang J, Stork DA, Debnath A, Gozzi K, Kuchwara H, Volf V, Wang S, Rios X, Gregg CJ, Lajoie MJ, Shipman SL, Aach J, Laub MT, Church GM. PMID: 33462496; PMCID: PMC7990699.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 17     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    15. A comprehensive library of human transcription factors for cell fate engineering. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 04; 39(4):510-519. Ng AHM, Khoshakhlagh P, Rojo Arias JE, Pasquini G, Wang K, Swiersy A, Shipman SL, Appleton E, Kiaee K, Kohman RE, Vernet A, Dysart M, Leeper K, Saylor W, Huang JY, Graveline A, Taipale J, Hill DE, Vidal M, Melero-Martin JM, Busskamp V, Church GM. PMID: 33257861; PMCID: PMC7610615.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 62     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    16. Spontaneous CRISPR loci generation in vivo by non-canonical spacer integration. Nat Microbiol. 2018 03; 3(3):310-318. Nivala J, Shipman SL, Church GM. PMID: 29379209; PMCID: PMC5832444.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    17. CRISPR-Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a population of living bacteria. Nature. 2017 07 20; 547(7663):345-349. Shipman SL, Nivala J, Macklis JD, Church GM. PMID: 28700573; PMCID: PMC5842791.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 76     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    18. Molecular recordings by directed CRISPR spacer acquisition. Science. 2016 Jul 29; 353(6298):aaf1175. Shipman SL, Nivala J, Macklis JD, Church GM. PMID: 27284167; PMCID: PMC4994893.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 76     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    19. The cellular and molecular landscape of neuroligins. Trends Neurosci. 2015 Aug; 38(8):496-505. Bemben MA, Shipman SL, Nicoll RA, Roche KW. PMID: 26209464; PMCID: PMC9381026.
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    20. Rapid neurogenesis through transcriptional activation in human stem cells. Mol Syst Biol. 2014 Nov 17; 10:760. Busskamp V, Lewis NE, Guye P, Ng AH, Shipman SL, Byrne SM, Sanjana NE, Murn J, Li Y, Li S, Stadler M, Weiss R, Church GM. PMID: 25403753; PMCID: PMC4299601.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 114     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    21. CaMKII phosphorylation of neuroligin-1 regulates excitatory synapses. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Jan; 17(1):56-64. Bemben MA, Shipman SL, Hirai T, Herring BE, Li Y, Badger JD, Nicoll RA, Diamond JS, Roche KW. PMID: 24336150; PMCID: PMC3943352.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    22. Distance-dependent scaling of AMPARs is cell-autonomous and GluA2 dependent. J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 14; 33(33):13312-9. Shipman SL, Herring BE, Suh YH, Roche KW, Nicoll RA. PMID: 23946389; PMCID: PMC3742921.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Dimerization of postsynaptic neuroligin drives synaptic assembly via transsynaptic clustering of neurexin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Nov 20; 109(47):19432-7. Shipman SL, Nicoll RA. PMID: 23129658; PMCID: PMC3511127.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. A subtype-specific function for the extracellular domain of neuroligin 1 in hippocampal LTP. Neuron. 2012 Oct 18; 76(2):309-16. Shipman SL, Nicoll RA. PMID: 23083734; PMCID: PMC3998838.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 58     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Functional dependence of neuroligin on a new non-PDZ intracellular domain. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Jun; 14(6):718-26. Shipman SL, Schnell E, Hirai T, Chen BS, Roche KW, Nicoll RA. PMID: 21532576; PMCID: PMC3171182.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 65     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Absence of established sex differences in patients with schizophrenia on a two-dimensional object array task. Psychiatry Res. 2009 Apr 30; 166(2-3):158-65. Shipman SL, Baker EK, Pearlson G, Astur RS. PMID: 19278735; PMCID: PMC2702996.
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    27. Factors affecting the hippocampal BOLD response during spatial memory. Behav Brain Res. 2008 Mar 05; 187(2):433-41. Shipman SL, Astur RS. PMID: 18055028.
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