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Prize Lecture-Sara Seager

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.

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Harvard Origins Faculty member Andy Knoll to receive the International Prize for Biology.

September 4, 2018

The 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, 2018

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Zoe Todd "RNA World"

Origins Graduate students research explores ‘RNA world’

March 26, 2018

The 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, 2018

2nd 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, 2018

Article: "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".

Harvard Origins of Life Consortium students Investigate How Planetary Life Begins in Norway.

December 15, 2017

Harvard Origins Consortium GSAS Bulletin Article

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Harvard Origins Faculty member Pete Girguis aims to create an autonomous ocean-floor observatory with the ABISS project.

December 15, 2017

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Professor Jack Szostak Honorary Doctorate

Origins faculty members Andy Knoll and Jack Szostak receive honorary doctorates

November 7, 2017

On Saturday, September 23, 1017, Professor Jack Szostak received a honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The degree was presented to Professor Szostak by the Dean of the Medical School, Dominique Dorion. Following the ceremony Professor Szostak gave a very brief speech to the students, encouraging them to...

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Harvard Origins of Life Initiative rings in 10 years with a trip to the stars.

April 6, 2017

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/harvard-origins-of-life-initiative-rings-in-10-years-with-a-trip-to-the-stars/

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