Origins of Life Initiative
Origins of Life Graduate Consortium
A secondary certificate program for Ph.D. students
Welcome to the Origins of Life Initiative, a biochemical journey through the Universe.
The Origins of Life Initiative supports multi-disciplinary research aimed at revealing if life is abundant in the Universe. We seek to understand how the initial conditions on planets, including our own Earth and planets around other stars, dictated the origins of life and its subsequent evolution. Using this knowledge, it will eventually be possible to study the atmospheres of far distant planets for signs of life, including planets that might be Earth twins.
Latest News
Laukien Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative
Applications are once again invited to the Laukien Postdoctoral Fellowship (formerly known as the Kavli-Laukien Fellowship) at the Origins of Life Initiative at Harvard University. The Laukien Fellowship program supports young developing independent...
Origins Visiting Scholar John Sutherland will receive the 2025 NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Studies – Stanley Miller Medal
"John D. Sutherland, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, will receive the 2025 NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Studies – Stanley Miller Medal. John's pioneering work on prebiotic chemical pathways and geochemical scenarios provides fresh insight into...