Publications

Below is a selected list of publications. A complete list can be found on Google Scholar.

  • CO2 reduction driven by a pH gradient.
    R Hudson*, R de Graaf, M Strandoo Rodin, A Ohno, N Lane, SE McGlynn, YMA Yamada, R Nakamura, LM Barge, D Braun, V Sojo*.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117(37): 22873–22879 (2020)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1073/pnas.2002659117]
  • Biologically mediated silicification of marine cyanobacteria and implications for the Proterozoic fossil record.​
    KR Moore, M Pajusalu, J Gong, V Sojo, T Matreux, D Braun, T Bosak.
    Geology 48(9): 862–866 (2020)
    [doi:10.1130/G47394.1]
  • Why the lipid divide? Membrane proteins as drivers of the split between the lipids of the three domains of life.
    V Sojo.
    BioEssays 41(5): 1800251 (2019)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1002/bies.201800251]
    *journal cover*
    Video abstract:

  • Microfluidic reactors for carbon fixation under ambient-pressure alkaline-vent conditions.
    V Sojo*, Aya Ohno, SE McGlynn, YMA Yamada, R Nakamura.
    Life 9(1): 16. (2019)
    [PDF] [doi:10.3390/life9010016]
  • The origin of heredity in protocells.
    T West, V Sojo, A Pomiankowski, N Lane.
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 372(1735): 20160419 (2017)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0419]
  • Steep pH gradients and directed colloid transport in a microfluidic alkaline hydrothermal pore.
    FM Möller, F Kriegel, M Kieß, V Sojo, D Braun.
    Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed. 56(9): 2340-2344 (2017)
    [doi:10.1002/anie.201610781]
  • Membrane proteins are dramatically less conserved than water-soluble proteins across the tree of life.
    V Sojo*, C Dessimoz, A Pomiankowski, N Lane*.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution. msw164 (2016)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1093/molbev/msw164]
  • The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents.
    V Sojo, B Herschy, A Whicher, E Camprubí, N Lane.
    Astrobiology 16(2): 181-197 (2016)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1406]
    *journal cover*
  • On the biogenic origins of homochirality.
    V Sojo.
    Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 45: 219-214 (2015)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1007/s11084-015-9422-9]
  • A beginner’s guide to calculating the evolutionary rates of all protein-coding genes in a genome.
    D Jeffares, B Tomiczek, V Sojo, M Dos Reis.
    In: Parasite Genomics Protocols, 2nd ed., Christopher Peacock (Ed.). Humana Press (2015)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1438-8_4]
  • A bioenergetic basis for membrane divergence in archaea and bacteria.
    V Sojo, A Pomiankowski, N Lane.
    PLoS Biology 12: e1001926 (2014)
    [PDF] [doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001926]
    *cover article in New Scientist* [PDF]
    *journal website head-banner during publication week*
  • IVIChem: An integrative web environment for computational chemistry.
    V Sojo, A Peraza, F Ruette, M Sánchez, E Acosta.
    J. Comput. Methods Sci. Eng. 12(4): 397-406 (2012)
    [PDF] [doi:10.3233/JCM-2012-0428]