- On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms
2025/07/14 by Dheeraj Kanaparthi, Frances Westall, Marko Lampe +6 · 3 voices
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Ancestor #Archean #Biological evolution #Exaptation #Geologic record #Interpretation (philosophy) #Origins and Evolution of Life #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Protist diversity and phylogeny #Protocell
- Synthetic Lipid Biology
2025/01/13 by Po-Hsun Brian Chen, Xiangling Li, Jeremy M. Baskin · 1 voice · 10 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Biochemistry #Biological membrane #Biology #Biomolecule #Bioorthogonal chemistry #Chemical biology #Chemistry #Click chemistry #Combinatorial chemistry #Computational biology #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior #Membrane #Membrane biophysics #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Nanotechnology #Protocell #Synthetic biology
- How Droplets Can Accelerate Reactions─Coacervate Protocells as Catalytic Microcompartments
2024/07/05 by Iris B. A. Smokers, Brent S. Visser, Annemiek D. Slootbeek +2 · 35 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Autocatalysis #Biochemistry #Biophysics #Catalysis #Chemical engineering #Chemical reaction #Chemistry #Chromatography #Coacervate #Materials science #Membrane #Nanotechnology #Organic chemistry #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Protocell #RNA Research and Splicing #Reaction rate #Selectivity
- The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life
2020/09/01 by G. R. Osinski, Charles S. Cockell, A. Pontefract +1 · 2 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Chemistry #Context (archaeology) #Early Earth #Earth science #Extraterrestrial life #Geologic record #Geology #Habitability #Impact crater #Life on Mars #Mars Exploration Program #Martian #Meteorite #Paleontology #Physics #Planet #Planetary Science and Exploration #Protocell #Sedimentary rock #Solar System #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Subaerial #Tectonics #Volcanism
- Experimental models for dynamic compartmentalization of biomolecules in liquid organelles: Reversible formation and partitioning in aqueous biphasic systems
2016/07/02 by William Aumiller, William M. Aumiller, Christine D. Keating · 26 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemical Engineering · Chemistry · #Biochemistry #Biological cell #Biological system #Biology #Biomolecule #Biophysics #Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions #Chemistry #Compartment (ship) #Compartmentalization (fire protection) #Computer science #Living systems #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Nucleic acid #Organelle #Phase (matter) #Protocell #RNA Research and Splicing #thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
- On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells
2003/01/29 by William Martin, Michael J. Russell · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Abiogenesis #Hydrothermal circulation #Abiotic component #Chemosynthesis #Redox #Hydrothermal vent #Chemistry #Protocell #Hadean #Archean #Biophysics #Geochemistry #Biology #Geology #Biochemistry #Membrane #Ecology #Paleontology #Inorganic chemistry #Astrobiology