Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2024

19.07.2024, 08:25 → 20.07.2024, 17:30 Europe/Berlin

(talks will be broadcasted) (LMU Munich - Great (Große) Aula)

The Molecular Origins of Life, Munich conference addresses one of the most fundamental questions of science: How could life originate? With 24 talks by renowned scientists accompanied by panel discussions and poster sessions, this international conference brings together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, namely: astronomy, bio-/chemistry, bio-/physics, geosciences and theoretical chemistry and physics. Together, we pave the way towards answering some of the most pertinent questions of humankind: What were the conditions on early Earth? Which chemicals could serve as precursors for the synthesis of living systems? How did the very first genetic material develop? How could Darwinian evolution emerge? What were the first metabolic pathways? The conference's aim is to represent and to discuss the state of the art in the Origin of Life field. 

The Molecular Origins of Life Munich 2024 is organized by DFG funded Collaborative Research Center 392 Molecular Evolution in Prebiotic Environments. Attendance to the event is free of charge.

Registration is mandatory to be able to attend the event both online and on site.

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Freitag, 19. Juli

08:25 Opening Remarks

Session A

1 TBA

Sprecher: Bénédicte Menez (IPG, Paris)

2 TBA

Sprecher: Kerstin Göpfrich (Heidelberg U.)

3 TBA

Sprecher: Christine Keating (Penn State U.)

Session A: Discussion

10:05 Coffee Break

Session B

4 TBA

Sprecher: Roy Bar-Ziv (Weizmann Institute of Science, IL)

5 Testing Hopfields Hypothesis on the Origin of the Genetic Code

Sprecher: Andres Jäschke (Heidelberg U.)

6 TBA

Sprecher: Eugene V. Koonin (NCBI NLM NIH)

Session B: Discussion

Poster Session I

Session C

7 TBA

Sprecher: Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy (Scripps Research)

8 TBA

Sprecher: Matthew Pasek (University of South Florida, USA)

9 TBA

Sprecher: Judit E. Šponer (IBP)

Session C: Discussion

15:05 Coffee Break

Session D

10 TBA

Sprecher: Cornelia Meinert (U. Côte d'Azur)

11 TBA

Sprecher: Klára Hlouchová (Charles U.)

12 TBA

Sprecher: Elisa Biondi (FfAME)

Session D: Discussion

17:05 Closing Remarks

Samstag, 20. Juli

08:25 Opening Remarks

Session E

13 TBA

Sprecher: Frank Postberg (FU Berlin)

14 TBA

Sprecher: Stephen J. Mojzsis (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU)

15 TBA

Sprecher: Martina Preiner (MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology)

Session E: Discussion

10:05 Coffee Break

Session F

16 TBA

Sprecher: Martha Grover (Georgia Tech)

17 TBA

Sprecher: Amanda Ellis (University of Melbourne, AU)

18 TBA

Sprecher: Laurie Barge (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

Session F: Discussion

Poster Session II

Session G

19 TBA

Sprecher: Joseph Moran (U. Ottawa)

20 TBA

Sprecher: Robert J. Mayer (TUM)

21 TBA

Sprecher: Claudia Bonfio (U. Strasbourg)

Session G: Discussion

15:05 Coffee Break

Session H

22 TBA

Sprecher: Christoph Weber (Universität Augsburg, DE)

23 TBA

Sprecher: Steven Benner (FfAME)

24 TBA

Sprecher: Job Boekhoven (TUM, Germany)

25 TBA

Sprecher: Nicholas Hud (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Session H: Discussion

17:05 Closing Remarks