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International Conference
THE PROBLEM OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
Youth Scientific School
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BASIS
OF THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE
Moscow – September 22-26, 2014
CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SCHOOL PROGRAM
The organizing committee reserves the right to modify the program prior to or during the event
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September 22, Monday Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Leninsky prospekt 33-2 Lectures will be conducted in Russian |
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| from 9.00 | Participant registration |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | V.O. Popov. Opening of the School |
| Lecture Session (Chair M.S. Kritsky) | |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | M. S. Kritsky. About Alexander Ivanovich Oparin |
| 10.45 – 11.45 | A. V. Markov. Origin of life on Earth: Current models PDF |
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Coffee break |
| 12.15 – 13.00 | M. A. Nikitin. Photosynthesis: from first biomolecules to C4-plants PDF |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | A. F. Topunov. Hemoglobin: Billions years of evolution PDF |
| 13.45 – 15.00 | Lunch break |
| Lecture Session (Chair A.F.Topunov) | |
| 15.00 – 15.45 | K. B. Shumaev. Alternative biochemistry and evolution of hypothetical extraterrestrial ecosystems PDF |
| 15.45 – 16.30 | Reserve time for discussion |
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September 23, Tuesday Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Leninsky prospekt 33-2 Lectures will be conducted in Russian |
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| from 9.00 | Participant registration |
| Lecture Session (Chair A.V. Markov) | |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | A. Y. Mulkidjanian. Reconstruction of the first cells and their habitats PDF |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Poster session and coffee break |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | V. V. Matveev. Four fundamental physical properties of the living cell and the problem of life origin PDF |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Reserve time for discussion |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Tour of the Bach Institute |
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September 24, Wednesday Headquarters Building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3rd floor, Blue Hall (Leninsky prospekt, 32-А) Lectures will be conducted in English |
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| from 9.00 | Participant registration |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Memorial Oparin Session. Greetings from Russian Academy of Sciences, ISSOL, and other official institutions |
| Lecture Session (Chairs A.S. Spirin, A.B. Chetverin, K.O. Stetter, E. Di Mauro) | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | A.S. Spirin. Introductory words |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | E. Di Mauro. About spontaneous molecular generation PDF |
| 11.30 – 11.45 | J.E. Sponer. The route from formamide to simple ribozymes – structures and mechanisms from advanced computational studies PDF |
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Coffee break |
| 12.15 – 12.45 | E. Gallori. Origin of genetic material: looking for the ancestral cradle PDF |
| 12.45 – 13.15 | A.B. Chetverin. Template circularization might prevent the formation of double strands during RNA replication PDF |
| 13.15 – 13.30 | Reserve time for discussion |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Lunch break |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | M.-C. Maurel. From ancient to modern worlds: RNA back and forth PDF |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | M.D. Ter-Avanesyan. Prions as proteinaceous genetic material PDF |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | S.D. Varfolomeev. Prebiological synthesis and evolution of macromolecules PDF |
| 16.00-17.00 | Reserve time for discussion |
| 17.00-19.00 | Stand-up Party |
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September 25, Thursday Headquarters Building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3rd floor, Blue Hall (Leninsky prospekt, 32-А) Lectures will be conducted in English |
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| from 9.00 | Participant registration |
| Lecture Session (Chairs A. Y. Mulkidjanian, M.-C. Maurel, A. Yamagishi) |
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| 10.00 – 10.30 | A. Lazcano. Oparin’s heterotrophic theory of the origin of life: a contemporary reassessment PDF |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | M.S. Kritsky. Abiogenic alternative to the chlorophyll-based convertor of solar energy PDF |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | M.A. Fedonkin. Role of hydrogen and metals in the formation and evolution of metabolic systems PDF |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee break |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | A.B. Chetverin. Molecular colonies: A plausible form of compartmentalization in the RNA world PDF |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | D. Deamer. Hydrothermal conditions drive polymerization: Oparin's prescient idea PDF |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | J.W.Schopf. Beginnings of life: Darwin to Oparin to us |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Reserve time for discussion |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Lunch break |
| 15.00-till evening | Moscow tour for invited lecturers |
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September 26, Friday Headquarters Building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3rd floor, Blue Hall (Leninsky prospekt, 32-А) Lectures will be conducted in English |
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| from 9.00 | Participant registration |
| Lecture Session (Chairs J.F. Kasting, M.A. Fedonkin, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya) | |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | A.Y. Mulkidjanian. Anoxic geothermal fields and the origin of first organisms PDF |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | K. Stetter. Hyperthermophiles in the History of Life PDF |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya. Microbial communities of thermal environments - possible analogues of early Earth ecosystems? PDF |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | A. Yamagishi. Insight from genetic information: Experimental evidence of the thermophilicity of ancestral life PDF |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Coffee break |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | N.V. Karapetyan. How cyanobacteria managed to survive under intense solar radiation billions years ago: Photoprotection mechanisms PDF |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | J.F. Kasting. How the search for Earth-like planets around other stars can inform studies of the origin of life PDF |
| Closing Session (Chair V.O. Popov) |
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| 13.30 – 14.00 | Oral presentations of selected posters (ca. 5 min each). |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Concluding Lecture. J.W. Schopf. Known «knowns» -- and known «unknowns» -- about Earth's early environment and the origin of life PDF |
| 14.30-14.45 | V.O.Popov. Closing of the School and Conference |
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