The Stowers Institute for Medical Research announces the addition of two new scientists whose research investigates the evolution and function of proteins ?shedding light on life's origins and ...

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

The work tests and revises a 50-year old textbook model, known as the Bloch hypothesis, for the evolution of sterol metabolism in eukaryotic cells. The results indicate that the complexity of sterol ...

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

While researchers are still debating the exact timeline, one thing is becoming clear. Life didn’t take long to get started.

How did life originate? Ancient proteins may hold important clues. Every organism on Earth is made up of proteins. Although ...

The genome structure—how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism—is fundamental to the processes and ...

Each student in the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program worked with a faculty mentor throughout the academic year, developing a proposal, conducting research and presenting their findings through ...