Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2023
from
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 (10:50 AM)
to
Thursday, June 22, 2023 (6:25 PM)
Monday, June 19, 2023
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
10:50 AM
Welcome Note & Info
Welcome Note & Info
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Talks
Talks
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Constructing artificial cells that can evolve based on the function of membrane proteins
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Tomoaki Matsuura
(
ELSI, Tokyo Inst Tech, JP
)
11:25 AM
From cell-size confinement effects on polymer solutions to the physical significance of cell size
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Miho Yanagisawa
(
U Tokyo, JP
)
11:50 AM
Q&A
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Talks
Talks
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions
12:00 PM
Towards a protein-free biology
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Hannes Mutschler
(
TU Dortmund, DE
)
12:25 PM
Assessing the probability of autocatalytic RNAs using generative models and high-throughput screening
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Philippe Nghe
(
ESPCI-PSL, France
)
12:50 PM
Q&A
Q&A
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions I & II
Meet the Speakers of Sessions I & II
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Talks
Talks
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Contributions
3:00 PM
Retracing the modular evolution of Life by exploring extant genomes
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Filipa L. Sousa
(
U Vienna, AT
)
3:25 PM
When coacervates meet membranes
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Evan Spruijt
(
Radboud U, NL
)
3:50 PM
Q&A
Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Talks
Talks
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions
4:00 PM
On the unified roots of biological peptides and their spontaneous differentiation
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Matthew W. Powner
(
UCL, UK
)
4:25 PM
Growth of prebiotically plausible fatty acid vesicles proceeds in the presence of prebiotic amino acids, dipeptides, sugars, and nucleic acid components
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Zoe R. Todd
(
U Washington, USA
)
4:50 PM
Q&A
Q&A
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions III & IV
Meet the Speakers of Sessions III & IV
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
11:00 AM
Talks
Talks
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Development of diversity and ecological complexity in the experimental evolution of an RNA-protein replicator
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Norikazu Ichihashi
(
U Tokyo, JP
)
11:25 AM
Peptide-nucleic acid coacervation as a route to primitive compartmentalisation
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T-Y. Dora Tang
(
MPI-CBG, DE
)
11:50 AM
Molten Exoplanets as a Window into the Earliest Earth
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Tim Lichtenberg
(
U Groningen, NL
)
12:15 PM
Q&A
Q&A
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Talks
Talks
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Contributions
12:30 PM
Molecular Flavins: Catalytic Activity outside Enzymes
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Golo Storch
(
TU Munich, DE
)
12:55 PM
Tales of select protocellular systems
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Sudha Rajamani
(
IISER Pune, IN
)
1:20 PM
Q&A
Q&A
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions V & VI
Meet the Speakers of Sessions V & VI
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Talks
Talks
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Contributions
3:30 PM
The Origin of Genetic Code
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Meng Su
(
MRC LMB, UK
)
3:55 PM
RNA catalysis beyond phosphodiester chemistry: RNA methylation catalyzed by a methyltransferase ribozyme
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Claudia Höbartner
(
U Würzburg, DE
)
4:20 PM
Q&A
Q&A
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Talks
Talks
4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Contributions
4:30 PM
From RNA Copying Chemistry to RNA Replication
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Jack W. Szostak
(
University of Chicago
)
4:55 PM
MuSeCOL: Mineral-Catalyzed Mutualism and Selection from a Complicated Broth in the Origins of Life
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Nita Sahai
(
U Akron, USA
)
5:20 PM
Q&A
Q&A
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions VII & VIII
Meet the Speakers of Sessions VII & VIII
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Thursday, June 22, 2023
11:00 AM
Talks
Talks
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Organic Matter in the Samples of Asteroid Ryugu
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Hikaru Yabuta
(
Hiroshima U, JP
)
11:25 AM
Krebs cycle intermediates as tracers of prebiotic chemistry
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Paul B. Rimmer
(
U Cambridge, UK
)
11:50 AM
Q&A
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Talks
Talks
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions
12:00 PM
The molecular atlas of soluble organic matter of meteorites and of Ryugu C-type asteroid parent body
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Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
(
Helmholtz & TU Munich, DE
)
12:25 PM
Open-ended amplification of RNA by a ribozyme
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James Attwater
(
UCL, UK
)
12:50 PM
Q&A
Q&A
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions IX & X
Meet the Speakers of Sessions IX & X
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Talks
Talks
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Contributions
3:00 PM
Alkaline Vents Recreated in Two Dimensions to Study pH Gradients, Precipitation Morphology and Molecule Accumulation
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Karen Alim
(
TU Munich, DE
)
3:25 PM
Chemically-driven molecular templating
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Thomas E. Ouldridge
(
Imperial College London, UK
)
3:50 PM
Q&A
Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Talks
Talks
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions
4:00 PM
Expected composition of the atmosphere and surface waters on the early Earth that favored the origin of life
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David Catling
(
U Washington, USA
)
4:25 PM
Nonenzymatic RNA assembly, ribozyme activity, and encapsulation by protocell membranes within natural carbonate lakes
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Zachary Cohen
(
U Washington, USA
)
4:50 PM
Early traces of life
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Emmanuelle J. Javaux
(
U Liège, BE
)
5:15 PM
Q&A
Q&A
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Meet the Speakers of Sessions XI & XII
Meet the Speakers of Sessions XI & XII
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
6:15 PM
Goodbye Note
Goodbye Note
6:15 PM - 6:25 PM