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Deciphering RNA self-replication with quantum chemistry and machine learning.

2022/46/E/ST4/00377

Keywords:

RNA origins of life computational chemistry molecular dynamics reaction mechanisms neural networks

Descriptors:

  • ST4_004:
  • ST4_017:

Panel:

ST4 - Chemistry: physical chemistry/chemical physics, theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, method development

Host institution :

Politechnika Wrocławska

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Rafał Szabla 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: SONATA BIS 12 - announced on 2022-05-15

Amount awarded: 3 022 550 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2023-08-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2028-07-31

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Computational Evaluation of the Binding of Activated Ribonucleotides in Nonenzymatic RNA Template Copying
    Authors:
    Barbara K. Lech, Boluwatife B. Ogunnaiya, Lizaveta Petrusevich, Rafał Szabla
    Academic press:
    ChemSystemsChem (rok: 2025, tom: 7, strony: e202400086), Wydawca: Wiley-VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/syst.202400086 - link to the publication
  2. A-type helicity controls efficient nonenzymatic template copying of nucleic acids
    Authors:
    Barbara K. Lech, Petr Jurecka, Marie Zgarbova, Rafał Szabla
    Academic press:
    Chemical Communications (rok: 2026, tom: 62, strony: 897-900), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D5CC05343A - link to the publication