Soft Matter and Origin of Life
Sep 16, 2019 to Sep 21, 2019
12:00AM to 12:00AM
Date/Time
Date(s) - 16/09/2019 - 21/09/2019
12:00 am
Christian Mayer – Univerity of Duisburg-Essen
Visit Date: Week beginning Sept 16th 2019.
Local Host: Maikel Rheinstädter / Paul Higgs
Christian Mayer’s work focuses on the spontaneous formation of protocell-like structures under geothermal conditions. It involves experiments leading to a controlled molecular and structural evolution simulating processes which occur at depths around 1 km in the planetary crust. Christian Mayer studied Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and the University of Cincinnati (USA). He earned his PhD degree on reconstituted biological membranes in Stuttgart and initially started an industrial career at Hoechst (Frankfurt, Germany) and Celanese (Winona, USA). In 1996, he returned to an academic environment accepting a professorship at the University of Duisburg. Meanwhile, he is professor at the University campus in Essen (Germany) and is presently heading an initiative on molecular evolution within the German Astrobiological Society.
The cycle of vesicle formation, and experimental vesicles resulting from pressure cycling:
