Researchers isolated a pair of phosphotriesterase enzymes from marine bacteria that break down anthropogenic organophosphorus compounds, environmental pollutants often used as plasticizers, flame retardants, nerve agents, and pesticides. In PNAS: ow.ly/EZNY50KfSiy

Danny was inspired by phosphate binding loops (PBLs), which are some of the most ancient structures in biology. For the Protein Science issue in his honor, Hayate Hirai and I took a look at a lesser-known PBL that lies at the heart of Nat/Ivy proteins. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

With just a handful of added reactions (hint: non-autocatalytic purine synthesis) we chart a path from ancient geochemistry to modern metabolism. A collaboration with network expansionistas and world-class peer mentors Josh Goldford and Harrison Smith. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Amongst all the crazy things that happened since 48hrs, I’m very happy to share this latest preprint from my post doc @vardilab . A great collaboration with Gur Hevroni where we push the boundaries of single cell ecology to decipher host virus dynamics during natural algal blooms.

Recruiting a young scientist!

The Ancient Protein Saga Continues -- Our New Manuscript on the functional ambidexterity of an ancient domain is now available. Liam M. Longo The Metanis Group

👉Evolving to Evolve, Dan Tawfik’s Insights into Protein Engineering: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congrats Liam!!! Dear postdocs, I highly recommend Liam’s lab, definitely a fun place to work and learn about proteins and evolution!

Electrons act like they are spinning. Amino acids are chiral. These two facts shape protein interactions in ways you probably haven't considered. Check out this CISStacular study lead by the baahubali of biopolymers Pratik Vyas in the Naaman group. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations Maria on the first PhD paper sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are hiring! linkedin.com/posts/the-isra…

Great work from Longo lab (Liam M. Longo )

Fully funded postdoc position available at beautiful Okinawa 🪸🐠 Starting October, 2024 or earlier 🗓️ If you're interested in organometallic chemistry and catalysis, please contact me 📨

📢Keynote speaker announcement - Dr. Tasic 📢 Her main interest is the development of technologies for the functional characterization of specific cell populations, including spatial transcriptomics.

📢 Keynote speaker - Prof. Dr. Lalueza-Fox 📢 At the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, he has set up a laboratory specializing in the extraction of degraded DNA and a computational system for the analysis of ancient genomes.

Recruitment of patients with diabetes for the participation in a citizen science project imgge.bg.ac.rs/en/?view=artic…

Need phosphorylating power? Maybe our universal polyphosphate kinase can help! ATP✅ GTP ✅ CTP ✅ UTP ✅ in vitro transcription ✅ An energizing collaboration with matsuura_tomoaki. Check it out here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Redefining the Limits of Functional Continuity in the Early Evolution of P-Loop NTPases Now out in Molecular Biology and Evolution Exciting collaboration with Caroline Lynn Kamerlin 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇸🇪🇮🇷 ☀️ 🇪🇺🦓 academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Small, ambidextrous HhH motif is now in Angewandte Chemie

Is phylogenetics the only record of protein history? No!  Led by Tatsuya Seamus Corlett, we show that the history of enzymes is written into the structure of metabolism.  From there, we reconstruct a self-consistent model of metabolic and enzyme evolution. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…