Fundamentals of Life in the Universe Symposium, August 31 & September 1, 2017
| When: | Th 31-08-2017 at 09:00 |
| Where: | Energy Academy, Zernike Campus |
More information and registration at www.origins-symposium.nl
| Thursday August 31 | 09:00 - 09:30 Welcome & registration 09:30 - 10:00 John Hernlund (ELSI, JP): Building scientific cohesion between disparate scientific fields 10:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Origin of the Earth and of life 12:30 - 15:30 Session 2: Predicting the evolution of life 16:00 - 17:00 Session 3: Building and directing life from molecule to biosphere 17:00 - 18:00 Origins Center Kick-off 18:00 - 20:00 posters, drinks & dinner |
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| Keynote speech | 20:00 - 21:00 Ben Feringa (UG, NL) |
| Friday September 1 | 09:00 - 09:30 Han Olff (UG, NL): From molecule to biosphere - Reductionistic versus emergentistic approaches 09:30 - 10:00 Dieter Braun (LMU, DE): Transport phenomena and nucleic acid replication 10:00 - 12:30 Session 4: Life in extraterrestrial environments 12:30 - 14:30 posters & lunch 14:30 - 16:00 Session 5: Emergence and bridging of temporal and spatial scales 16:00 - 17:00 coffee & tea |
| Public talk (downtown) | 20:00 - 21:00 Charley Lineweaver: Are we alone in the Universe? |