Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/06/2018 - 27/06/2018 12:00 am
Origins Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
This interdisciplinary conference will present leading research in the Origins of Life, covering experimental, observational, and theoretical aspects.
Topics
Astrochemistry
Prebiotic Chemistry
RNA World
Life in the Laboratory
Computational and Mathematical Modelling
Linking Geology and Chemistry
The conference will highlight the new Origins of Life Laboratory at McMaster, which has facilities for investigation of nucleic acid and membrane biochemistry and biophysics in controlled environments that simulate conditions on the early Earth and other planets. We wish to initiate research collaborations involving these new facilities.
Organizing committee: Paul Higgs, Ralph Pudritz, Maikel Rheinstadter, Thomas Henning.