Amanda Garcia

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
May 31, 2022
Reanimating the nitrogen fixation story in the lab
The evolution of biological nitrogen fixation was likely a singular evolutionary event that was transformative for the Earth biosphere. Here, I’ll present recent paleobiological investigations of nitrogenases, the early-evolved enzymes responsible for catalyzing this process. My approach integrates phylogenetics, molecular biology, and synthetic biology to “resurrect” ancient nitrogenases in the laboratory, revealing the early functionality of one of life’s critical innovations.
TBD
June 7, 2022
TBD
David Evans
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
June 14, 2022
TBD
Sofía Barragán Montilla
MARUM, Germany
June 23, 2022
Thursday
Collab Seminar with GeoLatinas TBD
Tianchen He
University of Leeds, UK
June 28, 2022