Molecular Origins of Life, Munich 2026

Sitzung

Session D

11.06.2026, 16:30

LMU Munich - Great (Große) Aula

8. Mineral-controlled hydrogen and carbon cycling in Earth’s deep lithosphere

Bénédicte Menez (IPG Paris)

11.06.26, 16:30

Bénédicte Ménez
Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, France

Geogenic molecular hydrogen (H2), produced through water-rock reactions, is a persistent and widespread source of reducing power in Earth’s lithosphere. In the presence of inorganic carbon, H2 can promote the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds. Yet, the mechanisms controlling the diversity, spatial...

10. Potentially Prebiotic Synthesis of a3′-Amino-3′-deoxynucleoside

Derek O’Flaherty (University of Guelph)

11.06.26, 16:55

Scott R. Sammons and Derek K. O’Flaherty

A central challenge in origins-of-life research is to elucidate how primitive genetic polymers could have replicated and propagated nonenzymatically before the advent of macromolecular catalysts. Nucleosides and nucleotides are considered to be essential for the emergence of life, rendering their prebiotically plausible synthesis of fundamental...

34. Moderated Discussion - Session D

11.06.26, 17:20