Origins Consortium member Zoe Todd selected for Chemistry Communication Cover. September 5, 2019Through collaborative research within the Sasselov Group and Szostak Lab Origins Consortium member Zoe Todd finds that the synthesis of the building blocks of life is a matter of survival. Please read. Read more about Origins Consortium member Zoe Todd selected for Chemistry Communication Cover.
Origins Graduate Consortium member explains "How the Moon Came to Be". August 29, 2019Origins Graduate Consortium member Yaray Ku is working with lunar samples to better understand the origins of the moon. Read more about Origins Graduate Consortium member explains "How the Moon Came to Be".
Exoplanets Collide! February 7, 2019Origins member Li Zeng, along with other Origins colleagues, suggest that giant high-speed collisions are partly responsible for planetary evolution. Read more. Read more about Exoplanets Collide!
Origins Faculty member Jack Szostak and graduate student Chris Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different ingredient. January 3, 2019In a recent paper, Professor Jack W. Szostak (pictured) and graduate student Seohyun (Chris) Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different set of nucleotide bases. Read more. Read more about Origins Faculty member Jack Szostak and graduate student Chris Kim suggest that RNA could have started with a different ingredient.
Video of 3rd Origins Prize Lecture: Sara Seager (MIT) "Exoplanets and the Search for Biosignature Gases: An Astronomer's Journey through Chemical Space" October 25, 2018 3rd Origins Prize Lecture on September 19th, 2018. Professor Sara Seager (MIT). Please see video here. Read more about Video of 3rd Origins Prize Lecture: Sara Seager (MIT) "Exoplanets and the Search for Biosignature Gases: An Astronomer's Journey through Chemical Space"
Harvard Origins Faculty member Andy Knoll to receive the International Prize for Biology. September 4, 2018The International Prize for Biology is an highly prestigious honor and will be conferred in Tokyo this November in the presence of the Emperor and... Read more about Harvard Origins Faculty member Andy Knoll to receive the International Prize for Biology.
Forbes features Origins member Amit Levi and discusses his mechanism allowing sustained habitable conditions on ocean worlds. April 4, 2018Read here. Read more about Forbes features Origins member Amit Levi and discusses his mechanism allowing sustained habitable conditions on ocean worlds.
Origins Graduate students research explores ‘RNA world’ March 26, 2018The Gazette interviews Zoe Todd on her research suggesting cyanide may have been a key ingredient in the origins of life. Read more about Origins Graduate students research explores ‘RNA world’
Video of 2nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars." February 14, 20182nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars." Read more about Video of 2nd Origins Prize Lecture: John Grotzinger (CalTech) "Curiosity’s search for habitable environments at Gale Crater, Mars."
The Royal Society of Chemistry interviews Origins graduate student Zoe Todd surrounding her recently published article "Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean–Archaean Earth". February 2, 2018Article: "Photoredox sugar synthesis plausible on early Earth" Read more about The Royal Society of Chemistry interviews Origins graduate student Zoe Todd surrounding her recently published article "Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean–Archaean Earth".
