A way to study the emergence of life is to create a physico-chemical system that is capable of open ended evolution. The aim is to search for most minimal requirements to maximize the probability to find it outside the lab. Starting life with three molecules in a one-pot geological non-equilibrium without human intervention would be a favorable scenario.
We revisited polymerization and...
Our interest is in the evolution and adaptation of enzymes at a structural level to extreme environments. Understanding how temperature and pressure can affect where organism can survive may also provide a history of early life looked like. We are particularly interested if evolution towards or way extremes influences outcomes. Now, we are using Alpha Fold, a machine learning method, to...
