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Frank Chao
University of Minnesota

Current Projects

Origins of Functional Proteins and the Early Evolution of Metabolism — 2013 NAI
Origins of Functional Proteins and the Early Evolution of Metabolism — 2012 NAI
Origins of Functional Proteins and the Early Evolution of Metabolism — 2011 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
Lewis Churchfield
University of Minnesota
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James Lake
University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborated on 1 Project

Aleardo Morelli
University of Minnesota
Collaborated on 1 Project

Andrew Pohorille
NASA Ames Research Center
Collaborated on 1 Project

Burckhard Seelig
University of Minnesota
Collaborated on 1 Project

Gareth Shannon
NASA
Collaborated on 1 Project

Chenyu Wei
NASA Ames Research Center
Collaborated on 1 Project

Michael Wilson
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborated on 1 Project

Publications

Chao, F-A., Morelli, A., Iii, J. C. H., Churchfield, L., Hagmann, L. N., Shi, L., … Seelig, B. (2012). Structure and dynamics of a primordial catalytic fold generated by in vitro evolution. Nat Chem Biol, 9(2), 81–83. doi:10.1038/nchembio.1138
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Email:
chao0040@umn.edu

Past NAI Teams

NASA Ames Research Center
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