THORNTON LAB

The Thornton Lab at the University of Chicago studies the mechanisms by which protein functions evolve. We do this by resurrecting, experimentally characterizing, and manipulating ancient proteins... This kind of work is powerful and fun - and possible at all - because we are a diverse group of evolutionary biologists, biochemists, biophysicists, computational biologists, geneticists, and molecular biologists, all working together and freely mingling our expertise, techniques, and ideas... We are located in the fantastic city of Chicago, IL (at the University of Chicago). Until a few years ago, we were located in Eugene, OR (at the University of Oregon). That was fun, too.

Primary location: Chicago United States