Research under the Chemistry of Life Processes theme applies state of the art technologies in areas such as:

• biophysical chemistry,
• theoretical simulation,
• protein engineering and genetic programming to understand a wide range of biological processes and to
• develop synthetic biology approaches towards novel applications of biological systems.

Systems under study include: 

• the roles of metals in life,
• nitrogen cycle enzymes,
• multiheme cytochromes,
• membrane transporters,
• protein-protein interactions and
• unnatural amino acids.