ELSI

Research & Activities

Workshops

Origins of Life, Introductions and Discussions

Date
June 12, 2013 - June 14, 2013
Time
09:30

Origins of Life, Introductions and Discussions
12-14 June 2013

Title Presenter
12 June
9:30 reception and coffee/tea
10:00 Self-Replication and the RNA World Hypothesis Nick Hud
11:00 A metabolic tree of life
[Presentation]
Rogier Braakman
12:00 lunch
14:00 Compositional Lipid Assemblies as Evolving Proto Cells
[Presentation]
Omer Markovitch
15:00 Universal Biology & the Evolution of Life Prior to LUCA
[Presentation] ELSI members only
Nigel Goldenfeld
16:00 coffee/tea break
16:30 brief discussion
17:00 end of the first day
13 June
9:30 reception and coffee/tea
10:00 comparing the three Origins of Life scenarios Open Discussion
12:00 lunch
14:00 universal biology and broadly interdisciplinary topics Open Discussion
15:30 coffee/tea break
16:00 the role of ELSI in Origins of Life research Open Discussion
17:00 end of the second day
9:30 reception and coffee/tea
10:00 Activities at ELSI Short Presentations and discussion
12:00 lunch
14:00 summaries of what
we have learned
Open Discussion
15:30 coffee/tea break
16:00 the future of Origins of Life
research
Open Discussion
17:00 end of the workshop