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Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope
Life’s Mysteries Converge in a Droplet
06.12.2022
Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development

Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s...

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Cells and the City
03.10.2021
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Tracing the evolution of protein maintenance in cellular "boroughs...

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How "Great" Was the Great Oxygenation Event?
25.02.2021
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured out how to use oxygen long before the main event 

Proteins with primitive arginine-based proteins (right) might have been capable of self-assembly and phase separation to create cell-like droplets
Which Came First?
22.06.2020
Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

An experiment in reconstructing primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddle

Prof. Dan Tawfik
Prof. Dan Tawfik
16.06.2020

Prof. Dan Tawfik is the recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation

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In Search of the First Enzymes
01.04.2019
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture

Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins

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The Protein Planner
01.11.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A computational method for designing dramatically more efficient versions of enzymes may lead to new avenues of drug design and new treatments...

Evolution of a protein
Piecing Together a Propeller (Protein)
26.09.2016
Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

 

A protein "time machine" reveals how proteins may have evolved 

protein repair shop
Stable by Design
01.08.2016
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A “one-stop,” computer-design “shop” for stabilizing problematic proteins

Prof. Dan Tawfik
Prof. Dan Tawfik
07.08.2013

Prof. Dan Tawfik is the recipient of the Teva Award for Excellence in Memory of Eli Hurvitz

 

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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

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Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta
06.09.2023
Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells
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Surviving on an Empty Battery
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