Name: Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2021
Start: 2021-08-25T10:45:00+02:00
End: 2021-08-27T18:45:00+02:00
Location: Online

Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2021

from Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (10:45 AM) to Friday, August 27, 2021 (6:45 PM)

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

10:45 AM Welcome Note & Info
Welcome Note & Info
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM On the origins of chemical evolution - Wilhelm Huck (Radboud University)
11:25 AM
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

11:25 AM Synthetic Molecular Networks that Integrate Key Features of Life - Sijbren Otto (University of Groningen)
11:50 AM Q&A
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Coacervate droplets as viable protocell models - Dora Tang (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)
12:25 PM
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

12:25 PM On the prebiotic synthesis of non-canonical nucleosides - Matthew Powner (UCL)
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 - 2:45 PM

2:50 PM Info Session
Info Session
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Mechanistic Insight into Metal Ion-Catalyzed Transamination Under Biological Conditions and its Evolutionary Implications - Joseph Moran (University of Strasbourg)
3:25 PM
3:25 PM - 3:50 PM
Contributions

3:25 PM Photons, electrons, and chemistry in muddy lakes - Dimitar Sasselov (Harvard University)
3:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Bottom-up synthetic cells using cell-free gene expression - Vincent Noireaux (University of Minnesota)
4:25 PM
4:25 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

4:25 PM Did surfaces enable the origin of life? - Irep Gözen (University of Oslo)
4:50 PM Meet the Speakers of Sessions III & IV
Meet the Speakers of Sessions III & IV
4:50 PM - 5:35 PM

5:35 PM

5:35 PM - 6:35 PM
Thursday, August 26, 2021

10:45 AM Info Session
Info Session
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Colossal events in late accretion: A kick-start to the origins of life on Earth? - Ramon Brasser (Origins Research Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)
11:25 AM
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

11:25 AM Astrophysical origins of biomolecular homochirality - Cornelia Meinert (University of Côte d'Azur)
11:50 AM Q&A
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Harnessing energy for the formation, activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks - Ziwei Liu (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
12:25 PM
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

12:25 PM RNA replication: approaches to the strand separation problem - Philipp Holliger (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
12:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Meet the Speakers of Sessions V & VI
Meet the Speakers of Sessions V & VI
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:45 PM

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

2:50 PM Info Session
Info Session
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Availability and transformation of bio-essential elements on rocky differentiated planets - Stephen Mojzsis (University of Colorado Boulder)
3:25 PM
3:25 PM - 3:50 PM
Contributions

3:25 PM UV-induced photochemistry of short DNA oligonucleotides: Ultrafast dynamics and prebiotic self-repair - Corinna Kufner (Harvard University)
3:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Using a pH gradient to drive CO2 reduction - Victor Sojo (New York Natural History Museum)
4:25 PM
4:25 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

4:25 PM Rethinking the “reverse-TCA world” approach to understanding the origins of protometabolism - Ram Krishnamurthy (Scripps Research)
4:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Meet the Speakers of Sessions VII & VIII
Meet the Speakers of Sessions VII & VIII
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

5:45 PM

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Friday, August 27, 2021

10:45 AM Info Session
Info Session
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Beating the serendipity of evolution: Building alternative pathways to generate life’s building blocks from inorganic carbon - Tobias Erb (MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology)
11:25 AM
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

11:25 AM Coupling ribozyme catalyzed ligation and recombination with heterogeneous reaction environments - Hannes Mutschler (MPI of Biochemistry)
11:50 AM Q&A
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM New developments in the abiotic generation of oligonucleotide sequences from 3’,5’ cyclic guanosine monophosphate - Judit Sponer (Masaryk University)
12:25 PM
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

12:25 PM The effect of broadband ultraviolet light on prebiotic and abiotic chemistry - Paul Rimmer (University of Cambridge)
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 - 2:45 PM

2:50 PM Info Session
Info Session
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Emergent by-products of evolution - Irene Chen (UCLA)
3:25 PM
3:25 PM - 3:50 PM
Contributions

3:25 PM Chemistry mimicking life: From hydrothermal vent precipitates to self-propulsion - Oliver Steinbock (Florida State University)
3:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Towards fuel-driven protocells - Sheref Mansy (University of Alberta)
4:25 PM
4:25 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

4:25 PM Geochemical conditions determine organic product distributions in proto-metabolic reaction networks - Laurie Barge (NASA JPL)
4:50 PM Q&A
Q&A
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Meet the Speakers of Sessions XI & XII
Meet the Speakers of Sessions XI & XII
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

5:45 PM

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

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