The purpose of this visit was to formulate an Indo-France CEFIPRA grant proposal involving the groups of Sandeep Krishna (NCBS, Bangalore), Andrew Griffiths (Prof. and Head of the Laboratoire de Biochimie at École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris), and Philippe Nghe (Assistant Prof. at the Laboratoire de Biochimie at École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris). The proposal was for a research project studying the evolution of complex auto-catalytic RNA chemistries. The project combines the theoretical skills of Sandeep Krishna with the experimental Azoarcus Ribozyme system developed in the Laboratoire de Biochimie. The grant was duly submitted, and the result is expected by Dec 2015.
Visit Date:
Jan 2016
Designation & Affiliation:
École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris