Area of research
Molecular Biology · Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research interest
Research interests include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Origins and Evolution of Life, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, and RNA modifications and cancer.
Nanopore sequencing of intact aminoacylated tRNAs
Efficient Assembly of Functional RNA by <i>in Situ</i> Phosphate Activation and Loop-Closing Ligation
Stereoselectivity of Aminoacyl-RNA Loop-Closing Ligation
Autocatalytic assembly of a chimeric aminoacyl-RNA synthetase ribozyme
Did the exposure of coacervate droplets to rain make them the first stable protocells?
Discovery of Thioether-Cyclized Macrocyclic Covalent Inhibitors by mRNA Display
A potential role for RNA aminoacylation prior to its role in peptide synthesis
RNA Complexes with Nicks and Gaps: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Effects of Coaxial Stacking and Dangling Ends
Selective Nonenzymatic Formation of Biologically Common RNA Hairpins
Selective Nonenzymatic Formation of Biologically Common RNA Hairpins
Selective Nonenzymatic Formation of Biologically Common RNA Hairpins
Thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA and RNA dinucleotide hybridization to gaps and overhangs
Small-Molecule Organocatalysis Facilitates In Situ Nucleotide Activation and RNA Copying
A Potential Role for Aminoacylation in Primordial RNA Copying Chemistry
Prebiotically Plausible “Patching” of RNA Backbone Cleavage through a 3′–5′ Pyrophosphate Linkage