The quest to understand life’s origins on Earth demands an interdisciplinary approach. Biophysical Origins of Life from the Peptide/RNA Perspective will showcase a diverse array of perspectives that delve deep into the pivotal roles peptide sand RNA play in the prebiotic world to illuminate the early phases of life’s development.

Much of today’s origins of life research is motivated by synthetic chemistry: Which molecules came first, and how might they have been made prebiotically: RNA? Lipids? Biochemical networks before enzymes?

In this workshop, we want to explore different perspective rooted in physical chemistry and biophysics: What forces drive chemistry toward biology? Or chemical systems toward Darwin-like evolutionary dynamics? Or “simple” polymers toward sequence-function relationships? This will be a small meeting, but our goal is to connect together leaders in the field as speakers and discussants.

The workshop will take place at the Laufer Center of Stony Brook University on October 13th-15th, 2024.

Currently this conference is by invitation only.  However if you are interested in taking part, you can reach the organizers on the registration tab.