Thesis defense: Dr. Verbanic

Thesis defense: Dr. Verbanic

Congratulations to Sam Verbanic on an exceptionally smooth thesis defense! Four and a half years of hard work and enthusiasm establishing a completely new project in the lab could be seen. Dr. Verbanic will be staying with us as a postdoctoral fellow to expand his...
Reviews: promiscuous ribozymes, HTS, and fitness landscapes

Reviews: promiscuous ribozymes, HTS, and fitness landscapes

It is tempting to imagine that, during the origin of life, the earliest catalytic RNAs would be so simple that they would be rather non-specific in activity or substrates. Then, evolution might create variants that would become optimized for different activities...