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Principal Investigator

Dan S. Tawfik

Contact


Weizmann Institute of Science
234 Herzl St.
PO Box 26
Rehovot 7610001
Israel

The Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Ullmann Building of Life Sciences Room: 201A

Tel.: +972-8-934-3637  / +972-8-934-2973

dan.tawfik[at]weizmann.ac.il

Short Name

WIS

Role

Workpackages:
WP2
WP3
WP6
WP7

Relevant expertise for eForFuel

Tawfik’s group has developed a range of methodologies to enable the engineering of enzymes toward higher activity, improved folding and higher stability, both in vitro and in vivo. These methodologies involved the design and selection of gene libraries (directed evolution) as well as methods for engineering of individual improved variants. Folding and stability are critical, not only for functioning of the enzymes supporting the synthetic pathways in E. coli, but also for boosting their potential to further evolve, thus adopting to their new context.