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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for producing this wonderful video on our research, and for the generous long-term support on our work. youtu.be/A12FvTn812Q

He wants to reveal the secret behind the body's battery

YouTube video by Wallenbergstiftelserna

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thank you Royal Swedish Academy for the wonderful Prize award celebrations! 🎉🥳

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Mar 10

I am extremely honored for the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry 2025. Thank you GG-Foundation & the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social for this amazing recognition! Many congrats to the Laureates in math, physics, mol biology & medicine. www.kva.se/nyheter/fem-...

Fem forskare får dela på 37,5 miljoner från Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse

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 s...

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Mar 7

Very proud to share our latest work on the molecular principles of the ancient the Na+-pumping Rnf complex – now out in Nature Comms @natureportfolio.nature.com: Thank you Schuller & Müller Labs for the great collaboration, and @kawresearch.bsky.social for funding: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Molecular principles of redox-coupled sodium pumping of the ancient Rnf machinery - Nature Communications

The Rnf complex is a key respiratory enzyme of anaerobes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Here, the authors combine structural, computational, and biochemical experiments to probe the unique redox-couple...

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Very happy to share our latest paper on the mechanism of Membrane-Bound Superoxide Oxidase – now out in JACS! Thank you Högbom and von Ballmoos Labs for a nice collaboration & The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation of supporting our work! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Molecular Principles of Proton-Coupled Quinone Reduction in the Membrane-Bound Superoxide Oxidase

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 dispropo...

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Dec 23

Join our collaborative project with Simon Olsson's lab in Gothenburg:

Simon Olsson @smnlssn.bsky.social · Dec 23

Come join us on an exciting joint PhD project on ML for protein function with @kailalab.bsky.social -- We are looking for a strong quantitative candidate with prior experience in ML. The position is based in Gothenburg and is fully funded for 5 years.

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Vacancies

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Dec 19

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. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Mechanism of proton release during water oxidation in Photosystem II | PNAS

Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes light-driven water oxidation that releases dioxygen into our atmosphere and provides the electrons needed for the s...

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Ville Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · Nov 29

Extremely honored and grateful for being appointed into a Wallenberg Scholar. Thank you Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse for supporting our long-term research. www.su.se/department-o...

Prof. Ville Kaila new Wallenberg Scholar 2024 - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

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