VilleKaila
@TheKailaLab
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Professor at Stockholm University, Sweden. Weekend violinist. We study how enzymes work and how biological systems capture energy.
Stockholm
Joined September 2018
Extremely proud to share our integrative work on long-range charge transfer mechanism in mycobacterial supercomplexes - now out in Nature Comms! Thanks for the great collaboration with Brzezinski&Högbom Labs and @KAWstiftelsen for funding. https://t.co/qTD3m4cxay
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Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for producing this wonderful video on our research, and for the generous long-term support of our work https://t.co/TOGWjwdHgr
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Thank you Royal Swedish Academy for the wonderful Prize award celebrations! 🎉🍾
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I am extremely honored for the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry 2025. Thank you GG-Foundation & Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @ScienceAcad_swe for this amazing recognition!
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Att tilldelas Göran Gustafssonprisen för forskare upp till 45 års ålder är ett bevis på att man tillhör forskningsfronten i Sverige inom sitt område. I år gick prispengarna till forskning som kan ge...
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Very proud to share our latest work on the ancient the Na+-pumping Rnf complex – now out in Nature Comms. Thank you Schuller & Müller Labs for great collaboration, and @KAWstiftelsen for generous funding https://t.co/0zCeWXUbuT
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Very happy to share our latest work on the mechanism of the Membrane-Bound Superoxide Oxidase – now out in JACS! Thank you Högbom and von Ballmoos Labs for a nice collaboration & @KAWstiftelsen for supporting our work!
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are physiologically harmful radical species generated as byproducts of aerobic respiration. To detoxify ROS, most cells employ superoxide scavenging enzymes that...
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Very happy to share our latest work on the Mechanism of proton release during water oxidation in Photosystem II - now out in PNAS. Many thanks to Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for supporting our work. https://t.co/6JGTgzDFmo
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Extremely honored and grateful for being appointed into a Wallenberg Scholar. Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for supporting our long-term research.
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Now out in PNAS - we show how lansoprazole - a common acid reflux drug, blocks the respiratory enzyme of M. smegmatis, a close relative of tuberculosis bacteria. Wonderful collaboration w Högbom & Brzezinski labs. Thank you @KAWstiftelsen for funding.
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Tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of death worldwide, with a rapid emergence of multi-drug-resistant strains underscoring the need for ...
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Many congrats to our former postdoc Abhishek Sirohiwal @ab_sirohiwal for starting as an Assistant Professor at @iiscbangalore !
I am elated to share the news that I have joined Indian Institute of Science (@iiscbangalore) as an Assistant Professor. I would like to thank my mentors, friends, family members and all well wishers. #newPI
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I am elated to share the news that I have joined Indian Institute of Science (@iiscbangalore) as an Assistant Professor. I would like to thank my mentors, friends, family members and all well wishers. #newPI
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Extremely proud to share our integrative work on how 'Dissected antiporter modules establish the minimal proton-conducting elements in Complex I' – now out in Nature Comms! Many thanks to @KAWstiftelsen & @Vetenskapsradetfor funding. https://t.co/Vek2ZIlUoq
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Check out our paper on proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in alternative oxidase (AOX) from Trypanosoma - now out in Chemical Science
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The alternative oxidase (AOX) is a membrane-bound di-iron enzyme that catalyzes O2-driven quinol oxidation in the respiratory chains of plants, fungi, and several pathogenic protists of biomedical...
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Extremely proud of my PhD student Friederike Allgöwer for excellently defending her PhD thesis - well done Rike!
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Many congrats to my PhD student Daniel Riepl for excellently defending his PhD thesis at @Stockholm_Uni - so proud of you Daniel!
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So proud of my PhD student Max Pöverlein @mpoeverlein who successfully defended his PhD thesis at @Stockholm_Uni - well done Max!
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Check out our latest pre-print on mechanisms of supercomplex formation:
Protein-Induced Membrane Strain Drives Supercomplex Formation https://t.co/ycWY30MLYH
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Check out our pre-print on color-tuning Photosystem II beyond the red-light limit https://t.co/SANitOGBq6
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Check out our latest pre-print on light-driven proton release in Photosystem II:
Mechanism of Proton Release during Water Oxidation in Photosystem II https://t.co/KiG01D6Kya
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Molecular principles of redox-coupled sodium pumping of the ancient Rnf machinery | bioRxiv https://t.co/ExNS2mkVVq
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