Conveners
Session V: Talks
- T-Y. Dora Tang (MPI-CBG, DE)
- Tim Lichtenberg (U Groningen, NL)
- Norikazu Ichihashi (U Tokyo, JP)
Session V: Q&A
- There are no conveners in this block
One of the most popular scenarios for the origin of life is as follows. First, organic molecules, such as amino acids and nucleotides, were prebiotically synthesized on the early Earth, forming polymers, peptides, RNA, and so on. Some of the polymers acquired the ability to self-replicate and began Darwinian evolution to become more complex and closer to the extant living organisms. Our...
In the 1920’s Oparin hypothesized that membrane free compartments formed by coacervation would have provided a viable route to compartmentalize prebiotic reactions as a precursor to the modern cell. Studies which support this hypothesis are limited in that the precise chemical composition and conditions on prebiotic earth remain a mystery. Despite this, using bottom-up approaches allows us to...
Due to the absence of a reliable rock record from the Hadean eon, our understanding of the environment that gave rise to life on our own planet is clouded. Current and upcoming exoplanet surveys, however, significantly widen our view of the distribution and variability of rocky planets and their chemical inventories, giving opportunity to test scenarios of early planetary evolution and...
