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Our Astrobiology Journal Club happens regularly. We discuss recent papers of interest to members of the Origins Institute. All are welcome. If you would like to be on the mailing list, please email Sian Ford.

Publications discussed recently

1. Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars Orosei et al (2018) Science
2. On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria Soo et al (2017) Science
3. Paley’s watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study Alexy et al Org Biomol Chem (2015)
4. Non-enzymatic Polymerization into long linear RNA templated by liquid crystal self-assembly Todisco et al (2018) ACS Nano
5. Native iron reduces CO2 to intermediates and end-products of the acetyl-CoA pathway. Varma et al (2018) Nature Ecol and Evol
6. Mineral surfaces select for longer RNA molecules Mizuuchi et al (2019) Chem Comm
7. Spontaneous advent of genetic diversity in RNA populations through multiple recombination mechanisms Smail et al (2019) RNA
8. Metabolic Processes Preserved as Biosignatures in Iron-Oxidizing Microorganisms: Implications for Biosignature Detection on Mars Merrill Floyd et al. (2019) Astrobiology
9. The terrestrial late veneer from core disruption of a lunar-sized impactor Genda et al (2017) Earth and Planetary Sci Lett