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Artemy Kolchinsky @artemyte.bsky.social · 1d

After a long time in the making, my paper on nonequilibrium thermodynamics of Darwinian evolution has been published in Philosophical Transactions B. Updated version: arxiv.org/abs/2112.02809

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Seán Jordan @seanfj.bsky.social · 2d

From ProtoSigns Lab in The Conversation this week – 'Could life exist on Mars today?'

Devyani Jambhule took the lead here – excellent from an early stage PhD student 👏

@protosignslab.bsky.social @theconversation.com @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie

Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 2d

Could life exist on Mars today? Here’s what the latest evidence says.
Piece by DCU's Dr Seán Jordan @seanfj.bsky.social and Devyani Jambhule for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4o8kgOC

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Adam Frank @adamfrank4.bsky.social · 8d

The University of Rochester has a faculty position opening in complexity science as well as other domains of theoretical physics. Please apply to join us in
studying the “physics of life” and other subjects

apply.interfolio.com/173432

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 16d

www.oolen.org/join-oolen/

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Claudia Bonfio @claudiabonfio.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship! 🤩
I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project!
Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!

UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships

Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.

www.ukri.org

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Aug 15

🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) !

📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍

▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Aug 26

A new 5-year mission begins!

I'm so grateful to everyone at NASA Astrobiology for this opportunity to advance our search for life in the universe with @calebscharf.bsky.social and our team of amazing colleagues at @carnegiescience.bsky.social, NASA Ames, and beyond!

Carnegie Science @carnegiescience.bsky.social · Aug 26

"We're at the edge of a new era in astrobiology. We've never had more data or more computing power. Now is the moment to bring it all together and finally ask—and maybe answer—the biggest question of all: Are we alone?"
-Michael Wong (@miquai.bsky.social)

More👇
carnegiescience.edu/news/can-we-...

Can We Teach A.I. to Detect Life? Carnegie Scientist Co-Leads NASA-Funded Effort

Are we alone in the universe? A new $5 million NASA-funded project co-led by Carnegie’s Michael Wong and NASA’s Caleb Scharf will train A.I. on a vast planetary dataset to recognize signs of life and…

carnegiescience.edu

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Deni Szokoli @szokoli.bsky.social · Dec 19

Out now in
@NAR_Open
! A #ribozyme can self-integrate into and hydrolyze ss- & dsDNA, offering a new avenue for the development of protein-free genome editing tools, and hinting at the possibility of a pre-translation origin of group II introns (G2Is). 🧬🧵 (1/7)
#intron #RNAworld

Protein-free catalysis of DNA hydrolysis and self-integration by a ribozyme

Abstract. Group II introns are ancient self-splicing ribozymes and retrotransposons. Though long speculated to have originated before translation, their de

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Aug 15

🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) !

📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍

▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org

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Omer Markovitch @omermarkovitch.bsky.social · Jul 21

#POSTDOC position avaiable at @ istecnico.bsky.social. Combining modelling chemical networks, goal-directedness, & OOL. Good conditions, but needs to be filled ASAP by a person who is already allowed to legaly live & work in Portugal. Check full details at: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/362411

Instituto Superior Técnico (@istecnico.bsky.social)

Instituto Superior TÉCNICO is the largest school of Architecture, Engineering, Science and Technology in Portugal, involving a community of 12000+ people on campus 🏛️🇵🇹 tecnico.ulisboa.pt

istecnico.bsky.social

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Seán Jordan @seanfj.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interested in moving/establishing your research group in Ireland?

www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

I'd love to see more #originoflife #astrobiology researchers join us here!

Feel free to contact me directly to discuss!

@abgradcon.bsky.social @oolen.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

www.researchireland.ie

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Dr. APS Chaddha @chemistrysingh.bsky.social · Jul 9

Presented my work on calcium carbonate as potential template for origin of life and its prebiotic reactions. @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social at prague -2025 @oolen.bsky.social @astrobiology.bsky.social

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jul 4

And now here’s another great talk by OoLEN member @miquai.bsky.social on agnostic life detection at #BEACON25 #OriginOfLife

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jul 4

Another incredible talk by OoLEN member @silkeasche.bsky.social at #BEACON25 in Iceland 🚀🇮🇸

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Alexandre Champagne-Ruel @alexchampagne.bsky.social · Jul 2

Keynote on the habitability of ocean worlds 🌊 @ #BEACON2025 #Astrobiology

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jul 2

Awesome talk by @klauspaschek.bsky.social at the #BEACON conference in Reykjavik ! 🚀 #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology

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Seán Jordan @seanfj.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you to @oolen.bsky.social for inviting me to give a keynote on progressing from Postdoc to PI in Iceland! I met so many promising ECRs!

Scouted some fieldwork locations while I was there too so can't wait to return for sampling!

@erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social

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Amit Kahana @amitkahana.bsky.social · Jun 28

Had a great time presenting my work on Assembly Theory and molecular phylogenetics at the GRS and GRC on Molecular Mechanisms of Evolution in Boston, and the FALCON origin of life and astrobiology conference at Reykjavik. Feeling inspired!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you to everyone for coming! A special thanks to AbGradE and @euroastrobiology.bsky.social for joining forces to make this incredible event here in Iceland 🇮🇸 possible! It was a privilege to collaborate, and we truly owe you for making it all happen! Enjoy the conference excursion tomorrow! 🌋🐑🏔️🌊

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jun 28

#FALCON2025 was wrapped up by a career development workshop, featuring @seanfj.bsky.social and Filipa Sousa, giving us valuable and honest advice on how to progress in one's career to becoming a PI and how to write good proposals, as well as a lively poster session.

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jun 28

The origins of life session during #FALCON2025 featured an amazing keynote talk by our very own @silkeasche.bsky.social, intriguing roundtable discussions about the very definition of life and how to detect it, and, of course, many exciting contributed talks! Thanks to all the speakers! 👏

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jun 28

On the first full day of #FALCON2025, we enjoyed an amazing lineup of astrobiology talks, a lovely tour of the botanical gardens, and a great conference dinner. We hope that many new connections will be made between the astrobiology and origins of life communities here in Iceland!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · Jun 26

#FALCON2025 is in full swing, uniting Astrobiology and the Origins of Life sciences in a fun, relaxed gathering surrounded by 🇮🇸 Iceland's picturesque volcanic early Earth analogue landscape. 🌋🧬🦠
Let's go!

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Jun 24

Poster printed and ready for #BEACON2025! See you next week, @euroastrobiology.bsky.social!

A small teaser of my BEACON poster that shows a text chain between two scientists trying to decide how to make an artistic figure

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Klaus Paschek @klauspaschek.bsky.social · Jun 25

I'm so excited to be on my way to #FALCON2025, our first jointly organized early-carrer conference of AbGradE and @oolen.bsky.social in Reykjavik 🇮🇸🌋! Can't wait to meet everyone and talk exciting science! 🤩

More info
oolen.org/news-and-events/in-person-meetings/falcon2025
and
abgrade.eu/falcon2025

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