Lecturers

  • Plenary LectureNobel Laureate Ada Yonath
    Presentation: A prebiotic bonding entity is functioning in all living cells
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  • Dr. Eugenio Simoncini (INAF Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetry – Italia)
    Presentation: Disequilibrium in planetary atmospheres: a new physical method coupled with new computational tools
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  • Dr. Laura Barge (NASA Astrobiology Institute / Jet Propulsion Laboratory – USA)
    Presentation: Chemical Gardens, Geological Disequilibrium, and the Origin of Life
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  • Dr. Julyan Cartwright (IACT / CSIC – Spain)
    Presentation: From chemical gardens to chemobrionics
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  • Dr. Terence P. Kee (University of Leeds – United Kingdom)
    Presentation: Abiogenesis Simulations in Far-From-Equilibrium Geo Fuel-Cell Reactors
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  • Dr. Oliver Steinbock (Florida State University – USA)
    Presentation: Nonequilibrium processes create complex geochemical structures – Formation, porosity, and catalytic activity of inorganic precipitation tubes
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  • Dr. José Fernando Fontanari (IFSC / USP) – Lattes
    Presentation: Non-zero sum games in prebiotic evolution
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  • Dr. Hamilton Varela (IQSC – USP) – Lattes
    Presentation: Coupled disparate time-scales in oscillating chemical reactions at surfaces
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  • Dr. Arnaldo Naves de Brito (Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin” / Unicamp) – Lattes
    Presentation: Prebiotic evolution enlightened by synchrotron radiation
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  • Dr Tie Koide (Ribeirão Preto Medical School / University of São Paulo) – Lattes
    Presentation: Evolutionary implications of non-coding RNAs inside coding mRNAs: insights from archaea, the third domain of life
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  • Dr. Richard John Ward (FFCLRP – USP) – Lattes
    Presentation: Directed evolution of biologically functional polypeptides