Prebiotic Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of Nucleic Acids

Introduction: Reminiscing about Stanley Miller and Prebiotic Chemistry Jeff Bada ([email protected]) 1. From the dawn of Organic Chemistry to Astrobiology: an historical perspective on the Prebiotic Chemistry of nucleobases Cesar Menor-Salvan ([email protected]) 2. Decomposition and condensation of nucleotides in hydrothermal fields. Bruce Damer and David Deamer ([email protected])3. Nucleobases on the primitive Earth: their sources and stabilityJim Cleaves and Jeff Bada ([email protected]) 4. The Case for Mineralogy in the Origins of Life Hyo Joong Kim and Steven Benner ([email protected])5. Urea: a common reagent behind the origin of bases, nucleosides and nucleotides. Cesar Menor-Salvan 6. -title pending- David Fialho and Nick Hud ([email protected]). Georgia Institute of Technology. 7. The origin of the ionized linker: Geochemical predestination for phosphate?Matthew Pasek ([email protected]) University of South Florida8. Prebiotic phosphorylation Bradley Burcar ([email protected]) Georgia Institute of Technology 9. The Chemical Space of Nucleic Acids James H Cleaves ([email protected])10. RNA and Protein: The Molecular Symbiosis at the Core of Life Anton Petrov, Jessica C Bowman and Loren D. Williams ([email protected]). Georgia Institute of Technology 11. On the origin of interactions between nucleic acids and peptides Irene Chen ([email protected]) and Celia Blanco de Torres. University of California-Santa Barbara. 12. Self-Replication and Information Transfer of Nucleic-Acids Mediated by Non-Aqueous Environments. Isaac Gallego ([email protected] ) and Christine He... Mehr