Brennen Heames
PhD Student, EsCat ITN Graduate School
Email: b.heames@uni-muenster.de
Tel.: +49-(0)251-83-21632
Room: 100.17
Scientific Career and Education
- MSci Biochemistry - University of Cambridge (2015-16)
- BA Biochemistry - University of Cambridge (2012-15)
Research Interests
- De novo gene emergence
- Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction
- Protein evolution
- Biocatalysis
- Directed evolution
Publications
- Heames, B., Schmitz, J., Bornberg-Bauer, E. (2020). A Continuum of Evolving De Novo Genes Drives Protein-Coding Novelty in Drosophila. J. Mol. Evol.
- Bornberg-Bauer, E. and Heames, B. (2019). Becoming a de novo gene. Nat Ecol & Evol.
- Moretto, L., Vance, S., Heames, B., and Broadhurst, R.W. (2017). Dissecting how modular polyketide synthase ketoreductases interact with acyl carrier protein-attached substrates. Chem. Commun. (Camb.)