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Speaker |
Title |
Sunday August 24, 2008 (afternoon) |
4:00-4:30 p.m. |
Opening Ceremony |
The Stanley L. Miller Lecture
[Antonio Lazcano (Mexico), chair] |
4:30-5:30 p.m. |
Ram Krischnamurthy(India/USA) |
Search for potentially primordial genetic systems |
7:30 p.m. |
Welcome Cocktail
Museo di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Via Romana 17 |
Monday August 25 (morning) |
Planetary evolution and the habitats of early life
[Oliver Botta (Switzerland) and Nicolle Zellner (USA), chairs] |
Invited |
9:00-9:45 a.m. |
Alan Boss (USA) |
The formation of planetary systems |
9:45-10:30 a.m. |
Nadia Balucani (Italy) |
Gas-phase prebiotic chemistry in the Solar System: how and where |
Coffee Break |
Oral Presentation |
11:00-11:15 a.m. |
The Organic Chemistry of Nearby Galaxies Measured with a New, Very Broadband Receiver - G. Narayanan, R. Snell, N. Erickson. A. Chung, M. Heyer, Y. Min, W. Irvine (USA) |
11:15-11:30 a.m. |
Characterization of Super Earths Identified NASA's Kepler Mission- D. Latham (USA) |
11:30-11:45 a.m. |
Investigation of Isovaline Enantiomeric Excess and Other C5 Amino Acids in Carbonaceous Meteorites - J. Dworkin, D. Glavin (USA) |
11:45-12:00 a.m. |
Delivery of Exogenous materials from Comets and Asteroids to the Prebiotic Earth - J. Blank (USA) |
12:00-12:15 a.m. |
Obtaining Valid Data from NanoSIMS and SIMS for Assessment of Early Archean Biogenicity - F. Robert, D. Oehler, M. Chaudisson, I. Mostefaoui, A. Meibon, E. Gibson (France) |
Lunch Break |
Monday August 25 (afternoon) |
Prebiotic syntheses and catalysis
[ Pascale Ehrenfreund (The Netherlands) and Danny Glavin (USA), chairs] |
Invited |
2:00-2:45 p.m. |
James Kasting (USA) |
The evolution of the primitive atmosphere |
2:45-3:30 p.m. |
Jeff Bada (USA) |
Abiotic synthesis in neutral atmospheres |
Oral Presentation |
4:00-4:15 p.m. |
Phosphorylation at convergent margins - N. Holm (Sweden) |
4:15-4:30 p.m. |
Ring-Opening Polymerization of Potentially Prebiotic Nucleotide Analogues - H. Cleaves (USA) |
Coffee Break |
5:00-5:15 p.m. |
Models of Abiotic Synthesis of Adenosine-Mono,-di, and Triphosphate - T. Telegina, M. Kolesnikov. M. Kritsky (Russia) |
5:15-5:30 p.m. |
Oxaloacetate-to-Malate Conversion by Mineral Photoelectrochemistry: Implication for the Viability of the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Prebiotic Chemistry - M. Guzman, S. Martin (USA) |
5:30-5:45 p.m. |
Irradiation of Nucleic Acid Bases Adsorbed in Na-Montomorillonite in the Context of Chemical Evolution - B. Zamora, A. Melendez, A. Guzman, A. Negron-Mendoza, S. Ramos-Bernal (Mexico) |
5:45-6:00 p.m. |
In Silico Prebiotic Chemistry: Aluminosilicate Surfaces as Promoters for the Peptide Bond Formation -, A. Rimola, M. Sodupe, P. Ugliengo (Italy) |
6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Poster Session |
Tuesday August 26 (morning) |
Origins of genetic information
[Marie-Christine Maurel (France) and Francisco Carrapico (Portugal), chairs]
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Invited
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8:30-9:15 a.m. |
Raffaele Saladino (Italy) |
Synthesis of nucleic acid components |
9:15-10:00 a.m. |
Edward Trifonov (Israel) |
Evolution of the genetic code |
Coffee Break |
Oral Presentation |
10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Hydrogen and metal catalysts in the initiation and early evolution of life,
Mikhail Fedonkin (Russia) |
10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Oligopeptide Formation Under Hydrothermal
Conditions Using a Micro-Flow Hydrothermal Reactor, K. Kawamura,
H. Takeya, A. Akiyoshi, M. Shimahashi (Japan) |
11:00-11:15 a.m. |
Water: From the Nonenzymatic Phosphorylation of Nucleosides to the Nonenzymatic Ligation of Oligonucleotides - G. Costanzo, F. Ciciriello, S. Pino, D. Pesce, M. Graciotti, E. Di Mauro (Italy) |
11:15-11:30 a.m. |
RNA Syntesis by Mineral Catalysis - M. Alderslay, P. Joshi, J. Delano, J. Ferris (USA) |
11:30-11:45 a.m. |
Not to Put the Cart Before the Horse - G. Cairns-Smith (UK) |
11:45-12:00 a.m. |
Evolving RNA Machine for Protein Biosyntesis - J. Agmon, C. Davidovich, A. Bashan, A.Yonath (Israel) |
12:00-12:15 a.m. |
Chemical Evolution of Peptides - B. Rode, D. Fitz, T. Jakschitz (Austria) |
12:15-12:30 a.m. |
Early History of the Traslational Machinery - G. Fox (USA) |
Lunch Break |
Tuesday August 26 (afternoon) |
Origins of homochirality
[ Gyula Palyi (Italy/Hungary), chair] |
Invited
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2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Donna Blackmond (England) |
Physical models for homochirality |
3:15-4:00 p.m. |
Kenso Soai (Japan) |
Asymmetric synthesis |
Oral Presentation |
4:00-4:15 p.m. |
A Working Laboratory Model, Providing Continuous and Spontaneous Amplification of an Initial Enantiomeric Excess - S. Goldberg (USA) |
4:15-4:30 p.m. |
Amino Acids and the Asymmetric Origin of Life - U. Meierhenrich, J.J. Filippi, K. Breme, K. Perriot, L. Nahon, J.H. Bredehft, J. Takaashi, W. Thiemann, S. Hoffmann (Germany) |
Coffee Break |
5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Poster Session |
Tuesday August 26 (evening) |
9:00-p.m. |
Round Table (In Italian) ”Origine ed Evoluzione della Vita: Tutto comincio' dalla piccola pozza calda di Darwin?”
Fabio Pagan, Valeria Ascheri, Giulio Barsanti, Antonio Lazcano, Telmo Pievani, and Giuseppe Martini.
Museo di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Via Romana 17 |
Wednesday August 27 (morning) |
The RNA world
[ Natalya Gontareva (Russia) and Ernesto Di Mauro (Italy), chairs] |
Invited
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9:00-9:45 a.m. |
Gerald Joyce (USA) |
Self-sustained replication of RNA enzymes |
9:45-10:30 a.m. |
Eors Szathmary (Hungary) |
Dynamics of the RNA world |
Coffee Break |
The Juan Oró Lecture
[George Cooper (USA), chair] |
10:30-11:30 a.m. |
Sandra Pizzarello (Italy/USA) |
Cosmochemical evolution and the origins of life |
Oral Presentation |
11:30-11:45 a.m. |
Insights into the RNA World: RNA in Extreme Conditions - C. Torchet, H. Kaddour, F. Miralles, J. Vergne, M.C. Maurel (France) |
11:45-12:00 a.m. |
Seeking Robustness: High Neutrality and Stable Structures in Population of RNA Sequences - J. Buld, J. Aguirre, S. Manrubia (Spain) |
12:00-12:15 a.m. |
Evolution of Minority Subpopulations within Replicating RNA Quasispecies - C. Briones (Spain) |
12:15-12:30 a.m. |
Evolution of RNA Cooperation on the Rocks -S. Branciamore, W. De Back, E. Gallori (Italy) |
12:30-12:45 a.m. |
A Kinase Ribozyme that Self-Phosphorylates at Two Different Sites - E. Biondi, D. Nickens, J. Patterson, D. Saran, D. Burke (USA) |
Lunch Break |
Wednesday August 27 (afternoon) |
Salone del'500, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria
Public Lecture: From the Past of Life to its Future
Professor Christian de Duve (Belgium), Nobel Prize Winner in 1974
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Thursday August 28 (morning) |
Precellular models and early biological evolution
[ Janet Siefert (USA) and Arturo Becerra (Mexico), chairs] |
Invited
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9:00-9:45 a.m. |
Abigail Allwood (USA) |
3.45 billion year old stromatolites of Western Australia: new approaches for exploring the oldest signatures of life, environments and ecosystems |
9:45-10:30 a.m. |
Simonetta Gribaldo (Italy/France) |
Four cytochrome oxidases, four evolutionary histories: implications for the origin of aerobic respiration and early earth atmosphere |
Coffee Break |
Oral Presentation |
10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Chemical Synthetic Biology - P.L. Luisi, P. Stano, D. De Lucrezia, R. Wieczorek, C. Chiarabelli (Italy) |
10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Self-assembly and Polymerization in the Prebiotic Environment - D. Deamer, F. Olasagasti - (USA) |
11:00-11:15 a.m. |
Structural Evolution of Large Natural RNA Architectures -L. Jaeger, G. Cody, Z. Zhuoyun, S. Isil, Y.P. Ling, K. Afonin, E. Calkins (USA) |
11:15-11:30 a.m. |
The Origins of Transmembrane Ion Channels - A. Pohorille (USA) |
11:30-11:45 a.m. |
Organic-walled Microfossils in Mesoarchean Shallow-Water Siliciclastic Deposits - E. Javaux, C. Marshall, A. Bekker (Belgium) |
11:45-12:00 a.m. |
Evidence for a New Route of the Tree of Life - J. Lake, J. Servin, C. Herbold, R. Skophammer (USA) |
12:00-12:15 a.m. |
Evolutionary Relationships of Bioenergetic Pathways -L. Koumandou (UK)
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Lunch Break |
Thursday August 28 (afternoon) |
Extraterrestial life?
[Muriel Gargaud (France) and Ricardo Amils (Spain), chairs]
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Invited
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2:00-2:45 p.m. |
Michael Meyer (USA) |
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2:45-3:30 p.m. |
Athena Coustenis (Greece/France) |
Titan: exploring an Earth-analogue |
Coffee Break |
Oral Presentation |
4:00-4:15 p.m. |
Ematite Water System: Its Possible Role in Chemical Evolution on Mars - Kamaluddin, G. Bhattacharjee, U. Shanker (India)
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4:15-4:30 p.m. |
Extraterrestrial Nucleobases in the Murchison Meteorite -Z. Martins, O. Botta, M. Fogel, M. Sephton, D. Glavin, J. Watson, J. Dworkin, A. Schwartz, P. Ehrenfreund (The Netherlands)
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4:30-4:45 p.m. |
Adaptability of Halotolerant-Bacteria to Europa's Environment - H. Terrazas, S. Ramirez, E. Sanchez (Mexico) |
4:45-5:00 p.m. |
Viable Microorganisms in Permafrost: Terrestrial Analogues of Martian Inhabitants - D. Gilichinsky, E. Rivkina (Russia)
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5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Poster Session |
Thursday August 28 (evening) |
7:30 a.m. |
Reception, Banquet, ISSOL Awards
"La Limonaia", Palazzo dei Congressi |
Friday August 29 (morning) |
Round Table |
Astrobiology: past, present, future
[J. William Schopf (USA), chair] |
9:00-10:30 a.m. |
Frances Westall (France),Carl Pilcher (USA), John Brucato (Italy), Alvaro Gimenez (Spain) |
Coffee Break |
Round Table |
The search for life
[ Stephane Tirard (France), chair] |
11:00-12:30 a.m. |
Iris Fry (Israel), Gerda Horneck (Germany), Luann Becker (USA), Robert Hazen (USA) |
Lunch Break |
Friday August 29 (afternoon) |
The Leslie E. Orgel Lecture
[Gerald Joyce (USA), chair]
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2:00-3:00 p.m. |
Jack Szostak (USA) |
What can we learn about the
origin of life from efforts to design
an artificial cell? |
Coffee Break |
3:30-5:00 p.m. |
Business session and closing ceremony
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5:00 p.m. |
Closing Ceremony |
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