Name: Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2022
Start: 2022-06-16T08:25:00+02:00
End: 2022-06-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Literaturhaus München

Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2022

from Thursday, June 16, 2022 (8:25 AM) to Friday, June 17, 2022 (5:30 PM)

Thursday, June 16, 2022

8:25 AM Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)
Contributions

8:30 AM Engineering spatial organization from the bottom up - Henrike Niederholtmeyer (MPI Terrestrial Microbiology, DE)

8:55 AM Molecular Self-Assembly Regulated by Chemical Reaction Cycles - Job Boekhoven (TU Munich, DE)

9:20 AM Proteins From Peptides - Andrei Lupas (MPI Biology, DE)
9:45 AM Discussion
Discussion
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)

10:05 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)
Contributions

10:30 AM Chemical Copying of RNA - Clemens Richert (U Stuttgart, DE)

10:55 AM Chemical Evolution Reimagined - Moran Frenkel-Pinter (The Hebrew U, IL)

11:20 AM RNA-lipid interactions in the synthesis and origin of life - James Saenz (TU Dresden, DE)
11:45 AM Discussion
Discussion
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
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12:05 PM

12:05 PM - 1:30 PM
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1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Contributions

1:30 PM PLP and the catalytic takeover in the origins of metabolism - Kamila Muchowska (U Strasbourg, FR)

1:55 PM Initial Steps towards an Evolutionary System leading to the Emergence of Life - Oliver Trapp (LMU Munich, DE)

2:20 PM Protocell formation and function in realistic prebiotic environments - Sarah Maurer (CCSU, US)
2:45 PM Discussion
Discussion
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
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3:05 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
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3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
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Contributions

3:30 PM Towards RNA-life from 2’,3’-cyclic nucleotides at CO2-water interfaces - Dieter Braun (LMU Munich, DE)

3:55 PM A catalytic RNA that generates GTP - Ulrich Müller (UCSD, US)

4:20 PM Evolution and Adaptation of Enzymes to Extreme Environments - Toshiko Ichiye (Georgetown U, US)
4:45 PM Discussion
Discussion
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM
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5:05 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM
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Friday, June 17, 2022

8:25 AM Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)
Contributions

8:30 AM Life as a Guide: Autotrophic protocells, protometabolism and the emergence of heredity - Nick Lane (UCL, UK)

8:55 AM The Molecular Origins of Life : the geological context - Frances Westall (CNRS, FR)

9:20 AM Heat flows as a driving force in a natural OOL laboratory - Christof Mast (LMU Munich, DE)
9:45 AM Discussion
Discussion
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
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10:05 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
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10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
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Contributions

10:30 AM Geological Disequilibrium Systems on Early Earth: Pathways to a vivid planet? - Bettina Scheu (LMU Munich, DE)

10:55 AM Computer Simulations of Non-Enzymatic Template-Directed RNA Synthesis - Paul Higgs (McMaster U, CA)

11:20 AM Probing the emergent behavior of RNA pools in silico - Ulrich Gerland (TU Munich, DE)
11:45 AM Discussion
Discussion
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
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12:05 PM

12:05 PM - 1:30 PM
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1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Contributions

1:30 PM DNA Origami in Origins of Life Research - Amelie Heuer-Jungemann (MPI Biochemistry, DE)

1:55 PM A modular RNA polymerase ribozyme with promoter recognition topologically associates with its template - Peter Unrau (SFU, CA)

2:20 PM Some like it hot – adaptation strategies of hyperthermophilic Archaea - Dina Grohmann (U Regensburg, DE)
2:45 PM Discussion
Discussion
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
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3:05 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
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3:25 PM
3:25 PM - 4:45 PM
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Contributions

3:25 PM Evolving ribozymes to copy ribozymes: bootstrapping our way back to the RNA world - David Horning (Salk Inst, USA)

3:50 PM Can ancient genetic codes support life? – An experimental study - Burckhard Seelig (U Minnesota, US)

4:15 PM Design and directed evolution of artificial metalloenzymes and photoenzymes - Cathleen Zeymer (TU Munich, DE)
4:45 PM Discussion
Discussion
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM
Room: (talks will be broadcasted)

5:05 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
5:05 PM - 5:10 PM
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