Arvind Pillai @arvindspillai.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I'm thrilled to join the Stowers Institute to explore how molecular complexity arises during evolution and how it can be designed! If you are a young scientist interested in questions related to protein design and evolution, feel free to e-mail me to learn more about opportunities! 034
Reposted by Arvind PillaiStowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Investigator Announcement: @arvindspillai.bsky.social, PhD, joins the Stowers Institute as our newest Assistant Investigator! His lab will explore how new protein structures emerge during evolution—and how to design novel proteins for future therapies. #SciSky Read more: bit.ly/3SCZQiM 072
Reposted by Arvind PillaiStowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We’re proud to welcome two bold scientific minds to the Institute! Arvind Pillai, PhD, joins as Assistant Investigator exploring protein #evolution and design. Friederike Benning, PhD, joins as Stowers Fellow studying membrane complexity in #bacteria. Read more: bit.ly/3SCZQiM 182
Arvind Pillai @arvindspillai.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you're interested in a broad overview of how we think about protein complexity and its origination during deep evolutionary time, read our (relatively) exhaustive review here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 000
Arvind Pillai @arvindspillai.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I've also worked on how complicated protein features like multimeric assembly and allostery arise during natural evolution, which will be a major focus of my future work!nature.comOrigin of complexity in haemoglobin evolution - NatureExperimental analysis of reconstructed ancestral globins reveals that haemoglobin’s complex tetrameric structure and oxygen-binding functions evolved by simple genetic and biophysical mechanisms. 100
Reposted by Arvind PillaiJoe Thornton @joethorntonlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The sword has now been brandished over civil society, including scientists, universities, and other NGOs. Who, including university presidents, will have any backbone in defending their jnstitutions’ missions? Or will they take on the Zuckerberg/ Bezos pose? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: White House Orders Federal Grants Pause (Gift Article) 062