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Kimberly Poppy Sinclair

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Ice drives the emergence of functional protocells

Tatsuya Shinoda, Kimberly Poppy Sinclair, Natsumi Noda, Shunto Harada, Hye-Eun Lee, Ryuhei Nakamura, Tomoaki Matsuura

This study shows that freeze-thaw cycles can concentrate molecules, form membrane compartments, and activate a transcription-translation system, suggesting a physical pathway for the emergence of functional protocells.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology