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Claudia Bonfio

@claudiabonfio.bsky.social
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University Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry in Cambridge (UK), exploring life’s origins one cell (compartment) at a time. bonfiolab.eu Views my own.

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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Happy to share our newest publication! 🤩 We found that DNA and RNA behave differently in primitive coacervates: RNA makes them more stable, DNA more fluid. Both properties are key for non-enzymatic DNA replication! An incredible teamwork across continents! 😊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Differential stability and dynamics of DNA-based and RNA-based coacervates affect non-enzymatic RNA chemistry - Nature Communications
Mixtures of peptides and nucleic acids tend to demix and form coacervate droplets. Here, the authors show that even short peptides and oligonucleotides form droplets. DNA and RNA impart different prop...
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship! 🤩 I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project! Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!
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UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025
Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
PhD alert! I have two ERC-funded PhD positions to uncover the chemical origins of life (Oct 2025). *UK fees only*. Projects described here: www.lclu.cam.ac.uk/studentship-... Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): Jan 7th! Please share within your networks!
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LCLU PhD Studentships | Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe
Applications are now open. The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe and the University of Cambridge are committed to widening participation in postgraduate students at the University of Cambridg...
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Out now in its final shape 🤩 First first-author paper for my first year PhD student Krishnakavya (Kk for friends)! Also first ChemSci for our lab 🤩 pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
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Mg2+-driven selection of natural phosphatidic acids in primitive membranes
Biological membranes are composed exclusively of phospholipids comprising glycerol-1-phosphate or glycerol-3-phosphate. By contrast, primitive membranes would have likely been composed of heterogeneou...
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
#chemsky community: Have you ever wondered how *natural* lipids got selected from the “mess” generated by prebiotic chemistry? Read our new preprint to find out! Spoiler alert: the selection process is metal-driven! Kudos to 1st year PhD Krishna and all coauthors! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Looking for a PhD position? Curious about the chemistry of primitive lipids and membranes? We are looking for a motivated PhD student interested in prebiotic, systems and/or supramolecular chemistry! Deadline: Jan 4th, 2024! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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PhD Studentship – Uncovering the chemical origin of lipid membrane diversity at University of Camb...
PhD Project - PhD Studentship – Uncovering the chemical origin of lipid membrane diversity at University of Cambridge, listed on FindAPhD.com
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