IN 2024, NoRCEL’s spotlight will again be examining the processes by which life emerged on the Earth – of which there are more than twenty hypotheses in literature that claim the way forward. Here are some to consider: archaea and bacteria first; metabolism and genetics (RNA world) first; peptide and lipids first; iron-sulphur and mica/biotite first; thiol-rich peptide (TRP) and ribonucleopeptide first; minerals and clays first. This year, we will be also be featuring reactive oxygen species (ROS). In recent years, research on ROS across several disciplines has advanced rapidly. The outcome being significant new results on their generation, interactions and decay on rocky and icy planetary (and other astronomical) bodies, as well as with pre-biotic chemistry and the emergence of life – in addition to their relationships with biology including (contentiously) primitive anaerobic life. It is timely to now draw these advances together, in a cross-disciplinary event, with the aim of synthesizing current knowledge.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
WE invite abstract submissions from across the astrobiologist and Origin of Life (OoL) communities; organic and physical chemists; prebiotic and biochemists, as well as chemists and geochemists; geologists and bio-geologists; phylo-geneticists and horizontal gene transfer specialists; geneticists, methanogen specialists, virologists, bacteriologists and biologists. We would love to hear your theories and findings
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION – 28th AUGUST 2024
- We do hope that you will be able join us for NoRCEL’s ongoing search for understanding of the emergence of life
- We have managed to maintain our in-person registration fee at £275 which includes refreshments during the day (tea/coffee and biscuits and a buffet lunch), as well as the conference dinner on the 31st October, as well as a guided walking tour of the beautiful, historic city of Canterbury on the 31st of October – i.e., Halloween!
- Online registration fees are also maintained at £20
- STUDENTS: Our registration fees for students who wish to attend in person will be discounted to £100, and we are offering deserving student applicants a travel bursary of up to £400 towards their travel costs. In addition, there will be no registration fees charged for those students who attend online. Please submit your application with full details via the registration form.
TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE,
PLEASE COMPLETE and SUBMIT THE FORM BELOW
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