25.–27. Aug. 2021
Online
Europe/Berlin Zeitzone

Coacervate droplets as viable protocell models

25.08.2021, 12:00
25m
Online

Online

Due to unstable situation with Covid-19 the event will be held online!

Sprecher

Dora Tang (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

Beschreibung

In the 1920’s Oparin hypothesized that membrane free compartments formed by coacervation would have provided a viable route to compartmentalize prebiotic reactions as a precursor to the modern cell. Studies which support this hypothesis are limited in that the precise chemical composition and conditions on prebiotic earth remain a mystery. Despite this, using bottom-up approaches allows us to generate physically relevant protocell models in the lab. This provides a means to unravel the effect of compartmentalization by coacervation can have provided a selection pressure for facilitating the transition from a chemical world to a biological world.

Here, I will present strategies for the design and synthesis of protocell models based on liquid-liquid phase separation of oppositely charged components (coacervates) and describe how these compartments could be viable protocells models by that undergo growth and division and provide alternative environments compared to buffer solution to tune reaction kinetics.

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