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Dan Tawfik

Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope
06.12.2022

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

New York City. Image: Shutterstock
03.10.2021

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

How
25.02.2021

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
22.06.2020

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

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

p loops
01.04.2019

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

Fleishman and group
01.11.2018

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
26.09.2016

 

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

protein repair shop
01.08.2016

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

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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