Jong KNCV Café Utrecht
Innovating with Nature’s Toolbox
Directed Evolution – Guiding an All-purpose Problem Solver in the Lab (and Beyond?)
Evolution is an all-purpose problem solver. In nature, employing recursive cycles of diversification, selection and amplification has resulted in a plethora of biomolecules with remarkable functions. Based on the promise of mimicking natural selection in the laboratory, my group uses innovative molecular evolution approaches to select natural-product-like macrocyclic peptides by phage display or to engineer biotechnologically-relevant enzymes. In this lecture, I will showcase some of our strategies and discuss how our efforts will ultimately enable the design of bespoke catalysts and drugs in the future.
At the end of the evening there will be a chemically oriented pub quiz organized by Proton and Uranymus.
Speaker: Clemes Mayer
Date: November 12th, 2024
Time: 19:00h - 22:00h
Location: Cafe Joost, Utrecht
Participation is free of charge for KNCV members. Non-members pay €5.
When you register, you will receive 2 free drinks and we will arrange the snacks.
