#protocell

Light switch for life: controlling molecular droplets with UV Leiden researchers have discovered a surprising new way to shape and control tiny droplets of molecules found in living organisms. The breakthrough could lead to smarter biomaterials, improve drug del...

Press release: Light switch for life – controlling biomolecular condensate droplets with UV!

Read our new article in Nature Communications!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

#ChemSky #BiomolecularCondensate #SoftMatter #Protocell #Polyelectrolyte

Je život ve vesmíru vzácný, nebo se naopak může vyskytovat skoro všude?

Odpověď na to hledá projekt #PROTOCELL Kláry Hlouchové a @pluskal-lab.org, který vzniká v @iocbprague.bsky.social. 1/3

#ČeskáCestaDoVesmíru #CzechSpace #CzechSpaceWeek2025 #CzechSpaceWeek #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague

Our paper on how protocells at the origins of life could have first evolved adaptive responses to their environment was published today in Trans. Royal Society B: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... ...and what a beautiful cover the Special Issue has too! #protocell #OOL #abiogenesis

A compositional view comparing modern biological condensates and primitive phase‐separated compartments Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a process that often occurs due to binding between oppositely charged biopolymers, and has gained increasing attention recently due to their ubiquity in biolo....

our review paper from 2023
is in the top 10% of most read in #peptidescience 📖

if you want to learn more about how a #protocell could have formed through liquid-liquid phase separation, this is for you
doi.org/10.1002/pep2...

#wiley #originoflife #phaseseparation #coacervate #ELSI #astrobiology

Creating Impact: UChicago PME's most viewed stories of 2024 As the 2023 year draws to a close, here is a look back on some of PME’s most-viewed stories by theme.

Researchers at the #UChicagoPME took great strides in 2024, driving impactful new work in #AI, investigating how rainwater may have helped form the first #protocell walls, realizing a new design for a superconducting #quantum #processor, and much more. 🧪
pme.uchicago.edu/news/creatin...

🤓 Do you want to explore how and whether different kinds of #BiologicalCondensates can be actively targeted to #membrane surfaces and within #protocell vesicles? Join the #SchwilleLab at the @mpibiochem.bsky.social!

Check out our #PhDposition: www.comeincell.org/dc03-active-...
#ComeInCell #MSCA

A group of people in smart clothes at a college dinner in Cambridge. They are all smiling.

A dessert with the shape of the chronophage, a piece-of-art clock that's the symbol of Corpus Christi college in Cambridge.

Super grateful to @claudiabonfio.bsky.social for inviting us to dinner at Corpus yesterday, right after delivering a short #scicomm seminar for the #Protocell group with my co-founder @jjsaenzde.bsky.social 🙏🏼 The chronophage 🦗⏰ dessert was delicious 😋 cc @agata.agency

Metabolism, Information, And Viability In A Simulated Physically-plausible Protocell
astrobiology.com/2024/05/meta... #astrobiology #genomics #protocell