Kate Adamala
Kate Adamala | |
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Alma mater | University of Warsaw ; Roma Tre University 'Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Synthetic biology Astrobiology Bioengineering |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | Jack Szostak and Pier Luigi Luisi |
Other academic advisors | Ed Boyden |
Website | protobiology |
Katarzyna (Kate) P Adamala is an American synthetic biologist and a professor of genetics at the University of Minnesota.[1][2][3]
Research
Adamala's work includes contributions to the field of astrobiology, synthetic cell engineering[4] and biocomputing.[5]
Her research on prebiotic RNA replication provided an experimental scenario for the RNA world hypothesis of the origin of life.[6] She has worked on constructing liposome bioreactor synthetic cells.[7]
She is a founder and steering group member of the Build-a-Cell Initiative, an international collaboration for creation of synthetic live cells.[8][9] She is a co-founder of synthetic cell company Synlife.[10] Adamala and Szostak demonstrated non enzymatic RNA replication in primitive protocells is only possibly in presence of weak cation chelator like citric acid, providing further evidence for central role of citric acid in primordial metabolism. doi:10.1126/science.1241888
References
- ^ "UMn CBS". Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.
- ^ "Microsoft Academic". Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "ORCID Adamala". Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.
- ^ Service, R. F. (2013). "The Life Force". Science. 342 (6162): 1032–1034. doi:10.1126/science.342.6162.1032.
- ^ "Biology could be the future of data storage". Biofuels Digest. Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.
- ^ Müller, Ulrich F.; Tor, Yitzhak (2014). "Citric Acid and the RNA World". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53 (21): 5245–5247. doi:10.1002/anie.201400847. PMC 4357230. PMID 24828228.
- ^ Adamala, Katarzyna P.; Martin-Alarcon, Daniel A.; Guthrie-Honea, Katriona R.; Boyden, Edward S. (2017). "Engineering genetic circuit interactions within and between synthetic minimal cells". Nature Chemistry. 9 (5): 431–439. Bibcode:2017NatCh...9..431A. doi:10.1038/nchem.2644. PMC 5407321.
- ^ "Build-a-Cell". Build-a-cell. Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.
- ^ Callaway, Ewen (2016). "'Minimal' cell raises stakes in race to harness synthetic life". Nature. 531 (7596): 557–558. Bibcode:2016Natur.531..557C. doi:10.1038/531557a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 27029256.
- ^ "Synlife Bio". Synlife. Retrieved 10 Dec 2019.
External links
- Lab webpage
- Kate Adamala: Life but Not Alive TEDx talk
- Mindscape Podcast Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life
- Kate Adamala: Breakthrough Discuss 2019