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Excited to share my first scientific manuscript out now on @biorxivpreprint, where we present the first ever #cryoEM structure of the iron #nitrogenase complex. Let me tell you about our newest insights into the mystery of biological nitrogen fixation: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… 
Nitrogen is an essential building block for all life on Earth. However, activating molecular nitrogen (N2) and utilising it for biological means is a tremendous challenge due to the inert chemical properties of N2. How does nature deal with this?
Evolution has created a sophisticated class of metalloenzymes referred to as nitrogenases. Utilising some of the most complex metallocofactors known to nature, nitrogenases can reduce atmospheric N2 to bioavailable ammonia under ambient conditions.
