LIFE RCN Seminar Series Episode 9: Val Karaeva

Val Karavaeva is a PhD student at the Genome Evolution and Ecology Group (GEEG) at the University of Vienna. Their work concerns microbial bioenergetics, with a focus on evolution of cofactor biosynthesis enzymes, in particular tetrapyrroles, such as cobalamin (vitamin B12) and heme. Val is involved in several origins-of-life and astrobiology initiatives, being a member of NASA LIFE RCN Early-Career Committee, serving on the executive board of OoLEN (Origin of Life Early-Career Network), and collaborating with AbGradE (Astrobiology Graduates in Europe).

The title of the talk is “Cobamide biosynthesis in the last universal common ancestor?”.

The meeting room can be found here.