Anthony Futerman

Anthony Futerman is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biomolecular Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He runs an international research group that studies biological membranes, their lipid components, the role of these lipids in human health and disease, and the ramifications of lipid complexity and their origins.

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letter A Storm in a Primordial Teacup
In response to “Much Ado About Nothing”
[short_description] Origin of life research is in trouble. Laboratory conditions cannot replicate prebiotic scenarios, meaning studies that purport to explain the emergence of life in fact explain nothing at all.
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Biochemistry In Memoriam: Dan Tawfik [long_description] The biochemist Dan Tawfik passed away in May 2021 at age sixty-five and yet the height of his powers. Dan’s scientific research focused on proteins and, in particular, on enzyme evolution. Recently he had begun working on the most difficult challenge in biochemical evolution: reconstructing the metabolic pathways that may have led to the emergence of the first functional proteins.
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Biology The Cell Biology of SARS-CoV-2 [long_description] The critical point in the life cycle of a virus is gaining entry into a host cell so that the virus can replicate. Anthony Futerman describes the distinct biological features of SARS-CoV-2, including its method of entering host cells. He finally urges more support for basic science research so that future biologists will be better prepared to stem diseases before they reach pandemic proportions.

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