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Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe

 

Constraints on the Properties of Primordial Protocells 

Guest speaker Jack Szostak
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago

18 March 2025 5:30-6:30pm
 

Primitive cell membranes must have been sufficiently robust to survive environmental fluctuations, but also sufficiently permeable to allow for essential nutrients such as nucleotides to reach the protocell interior. In addition, the primordial genetic material must have been able to replicate with sufficient speed and accuracy to allow for the transmission of useful genetic information from generation to generation. Jack Szostak will describe recent progress in the development of a laboratory model of a protocell capable of growth and division, and replication of the genetic material in the absence of any evolved machinery.
 

Location
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
29 Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1ER

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