Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2020
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Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2020(10:00)
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Freitag, 10. Juli 2020(18:00)
Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2020
11:00
Construction and Evolution of a Synthetic Cell
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Tetsuya Yomo
(
East China Normal University
)
Construction and Evolution of a Synthetic Cell
Tetsuya Yomo
(
East China Normal University
)
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
Reconstituting cytoskeletal systems in artificial cells
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Marileen Dogterom
(
TU Delft
)
Reconstituting cytoskeletal systems in artificial cells
Marileen Dogterom
(
TU Delft
)
11:25 - 11:50
11:50
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
11:50 - 12:00
12:00
3D Presentation Rosetta-Philae – The Detection of Organic Molecules on the Surface of a Cometary Nucleus
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Uwe Meierhenrich
(
Institut de Chimie de Nice
)
3D Presentation Rosetta-Philae – The Detection of Organic Molecules on the Surface of a Cometary Nucleus
Uwe Meierhenrich
(
Institut de Chimie de Nice
)
12:00 - 12:25
12:25
Traces of life in very old rocks – what is convincing and what not?
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Joachim Reitner
(
Georg-August-University of Goettingen
)
Traces of life in very old rocks – what is convincing and what not?
Joachim Reitner
(
Georg-August-University of Goettingen
)
12:25 - 12:50
12:50
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
12:50 - 13:00
15:00
Chemistry in Protoplanetary Disks
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Thomas Henning
(
MPI for Astronomy
)
Chemistry in Protoplanetary Disks
Thomas Henning
(
MPI for Astronomy
)
15:00 - 15:25
15:25
RNA Polymerization in Pre-biotic Environments: Experiments with the Planet Simulator McMaster's Origins of Life Laboratory
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Ralph Pudritz
(
McMaster University
)
RNA Polymerization in Pre-biotic Environments: Experiments with the Planet Simulator McMaster's Origins of Life Laboratory
Ralph Pudritz
(
McMaster University
)
15:25 - 15:50
16:00
Reconstructing Prebiotic and Biotic Chemistry Using Molecular Isotopic Structures
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John Eiler
(
California Institute of Technology
)
Reconstructing Prebiotic and Biotic Chemistry Using Molecular Isotopic Structures
John Eiler
(
California Institute of Technology
)
16:00 - 16:25
16:25
The role of zircon in the search for Earth’s earliest biosphere
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Elizabeth Bell
(
UC Los Angeles
)
The role of zircon in the search for Earth’s earliest biosphere
Elizabeth Bell
(
UC Los Angeles
)
16:25 - 16:50
Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2020
11:00
Approaching Biological Complexity: Beyond Self-Assembly
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Jan van Esch
(
TU Delft
)
Approaching Biological Complexity: Beyond Self-Assembly
Jan van Esch
(
TU Delft
)
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
Coacervate Dynamics and the Origin of Life
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Stephen Mann
(
University of Bristol
)
Coacervate Dynamics and the Origin of Life
Stephen Mann
(
University of Bristol
)
11:25 - 11:50
12:00
Harnessing chemical energy for activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks
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Longfei Wu
(
MRC LMB, UK
)
Harnessing chemical energy for activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks
Longfei Wu
(
MRC LMB, UK
)
12:00 - 12:25
12:25
Shedding UV light on the common origins of RNA and DNA
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Rafal Szabla
(
University of Edinburgh
)
Shedding UV light on the common origins of RNA and DNA
Rafal Szabla
(
University of Edinburgh
)
12:25 - 12:50
15:00
The Sequence Space of Nonenzymatic RNA Copying
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Daniel Duzdevich
(
HHMI
)
The Sequence Space of Nonenzymatic RNA Copying
Daniel Duzdevich
(
HHMI
)
15:00 - 15:25
15:25
A Self-Assembly Approach to Uncovering Possible Ancestors of RNA
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Nicholas V. Hud
(
Georgia Institute of Technology
)
A Self-Assembly Approach to Uncovering Possible Ancestors of RNA
Nicholas V. Hud
(
Georgia Institute of Technology
)
15:25 - 15:50
16:00
Assembly of Functional Ribozyme from Short Oligomers by Enhanced Non-enzymatic Ligation
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Lijun Zhou
(
HHMI
)
Assembly of Functional Ribozyme from Short Oligomers by Enhanced Non-enzymatic Ligation
Lijun Zhou
(
HHMI
)
16:00 - 16:25
16:25
Asymmetric Amplification in Peptide-Catalyzed Formation of C4 Sugars from Nearly Racemic Amino Acids
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Donna Blackmond
(
Scripps Research
)
Asymmetric Amplification in Peptide-Catalyzed Formation of C4 Sugars from Nearly Racemic Amino Acids
Donna Blackmond
(
Scripps Research
)
16:25 - 16:50
Freitag, 10. Juli 2020
11:00
How long ago was the Beginning? Looking for Life Signatures in ≥3.7 Billions-of-years-old Greenland Rocks
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Allen Nutman
(
University of Wollongong
)
How long ago was the Beginning? Looking for Life Signatures in ≥3.7 Billions-of-years-old Greenland Rocks
Allen Nutman
(
University of Wollongong
)
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
Quantifying the effects of abiotic H2 production on carbon metabolism in serpentinization systems
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William Orsi
(
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
)
Quantifying the effects of abiotic H2 production on carbon metabolism in serpentinization systems
William Orsi
(
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
)
11:25 - 11:50
12:00
Prebiotic selection pressures shape the evolution of protocells
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Sudha Rajamani
(
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
)
Prebiotic selection pressures shape the evolution of protocells
Sudha Rajamani
(
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
)
12:00 - 12:25
12:25
Roadmap to building a cell
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Christophe Danelon
(
TU Delft
)
Roadmap to building a cell
Christophe Danelon
(
TU Delft
)
12:25 - 12:50
15:00
Searching for early proteins in randomness
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Klára Hlouchová
(
Charles University in Prague
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Searching for early proteins in randomness
Klára Hlouchová
(
Charles University in Prague
)
15:00 - 15:25
15:25
Prebiotic Membranes Bind Protocell Building Blocks and Catalyze Formation of Biopolymers
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Roy A. Black
(
University of Washington
)
Prebiotic Membranes Bind Protocell Building Blocks and Catalyze Formation of Biopolymers
Roy A. Black
(
University of Washington
)
15:25 - 15:50
16:00
Selection via Phase Separation
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Christoph Weber
(
MPI PKS
)
Selection via Phase Separation
Christoph Weber
(
MPI PKS
)
16:00 - 16:25
16:25
Onset of natural selection in populations of autocatalytic heteropolymers
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Sergei Maslov
(
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
)
Onset of natural selection in populations of autocatalytic heteropolymers
Sergei Maslov
(
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
)
16:25 - 16:50