LIFE NASA RCN Seminar Series: Cobamide biosynthesis in the last universal common ancestor?

Time: September 15th, 8 AM PDT/11 AM EDT

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Val Karavaeva is a PhD student at the Genome Evolution and Ecology Group (GEEG) at the University of Vienna. Their work concerns microbial bioenergetics, with a focus on evolution of cofactor biosynthesis enzymes, in particular tetrapyrroles, such as cobalamin (vitamin B12) and heme. Val is involved in several origins-of-life and astrobiology initiatives, being a member of NASA LIFE RCN Early-Career Committee, serving on the executive board of OoLEN (Origin of Life Early-Career Network), and collaborating with AbGradE (Astrobiology Graduates in Europe).

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