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Santander

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Santander - Península de la Magdalena (Faro de La Cerda)

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The Origin of Life: From Monomers to Cells

The school will provide an interdisciplinary examination of the chemical, physical and geological processes that are required to develop cellular life, and discuss the different environmental settings that would support these processes. Topics covered will include an introductory overview of origin of life research and future directions, planetary environments for life’s origin, abiological synthesis of small molecules relevant to life, the synthesis of biopolymers, the RNA world, and the development of protocells and the first cells.

School Directors

Dr. Javier Gómez-Elvira (Centro de Astrobiología)

Prof. Victoria Meadows (University of Washington)-NASA Astrobiology Institute

Confirmed Lecturers:

Dr. George Cody (Carnegie Institution of Washington)

Dr. Pierre-Alain Monnard (University of Southern Denmark)

Dr. Juli Peretó (Universitat de València)

Dr. Carlos Briones (Centro de Astrobiología-CSIC-INTA), Astrobiology School Scientific Advisor

Dr. John Baross (Washington University)