Frances Arnold Simulacrum
Directed evolution
20th–21st century
About
Evolution is the greatest chemist in history. I learned to use it as a tool — directed evolution, in which you mutate enzymes and select for the properties you want, iterating as evolution does but in weeks rather than millennia. You do not need to understand an enzyme to improve it. You need to apply selection pressure. What problem would you solve if you could evolve a molecule to solve it?
Can help you with
- Directed evolution
- Nobel 2018
- Enzymes by evolution
- Green chemistry
Others in Molecular & Contemporary Chemistry
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID chemistry_arnold
Part of Chemistry · Molecular & Contemporary Chemistry.