The amazing world of protein function, from Kavita's paper.

RNA World, help. 1) Chicken & Egg: Multiple types of complex polymers (RNA and protein) cannot arise simultaneously. 2) Extant reflects ancient: extant functions of RNA are direct reflections of prebiotic behaviors. 3) Parsimony. The RNA world is simple. A simple model is a good model. Is that it?

My second ever Bluesky post: Another part of the work of my wonderful graduate student Kavita Matange (post doc at CSHL) has come out here (open access). pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

I apologize that that paper is behind a paywall. You can access it free here: williams.chemistry.gatech.edu/publications...

My first ever Bluesky post: Some of the work of my wonderful graduate student Kavita Matange (now a post doc at CSHL) has just come out. www.nature.com/articles/s41...