Besik Kankia

Besik Kankia studies the structure and function of unusual DNA and RNA shapes, especially G-quadruplexes and triplexes—folded nucleic acid structures held together by guanine bases rather than the typical double helix. This work spans DNA nanotechnology (building tiny molecular devices from DNA/RNA), biosensing, and theoretical questions about the origin of genetic information and translation in early life. Prospective students would engage with biophysical chemistry of nucleic acids, ranging from applied nanotechnology to speculative origin-of-life theory.

Publication output has been low but steady over the past decade, averaging roughly one to two papers per year with no clear growth or decline.

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