Major Transitions in Life: Origins to Translation

Major Transitions in Life: Origins to Translation Workshop
Oct. 29th, 2018 – Oct. 30th, 2018; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Noyce Conference Room

Meeting Summary:
The meeting will convene scientists from a broad range of disciplines to work on the frontiers of origins of life research. This meeting is part of a five-year NSF research coordination network (RCN) grant aimed at bringing new and synthetic thinking to the origins of life. A main goal is to introduce adjacent and divergent thinking to this field in order to open new avenues for progress. This will include linguistic theorists and ecologists amongst others. The top-level goal of the RCN is to create a coherent vision for the next phase of origins of life research through establishing what we do and do not know, and for organizing future research, novel collaborations, and ongoing communication efforts from a diverse community of researchers. The annual meeting will serve as the central node for all of these activities.

Purpose:
Research Collaboration

SFI Hosts:
Chris Kempes and David Krakauer

Agenda here: [1]

Participants
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Zachary Adam, Harvard University Kate Adamala, University of Minnesota David Baum, University of Wisconsin - Madison Paul Bracher, Saint Louis University Donald Burke, University of Missouri Christopher Butch, ELSI / BMSIS / Emory University Henderson Cleaves, Tokyo Institute of Technology Mark Ditzler, NASA Ames Research Center Irving Epstein, Brandeis University Stephen Freeland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Aaron Goldman, Oberlin College Heather Graham, NASA GSFC Marcelo Guzman, University of Kentucky Tori Hoehler, NASA Ames Research Center Wim Hordijk, Independent researcher Betul Kacar, University of Arizona Jun Korenaga, Yale University David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute Michael Lachmann, Santa Fe Institute Niles Lehman, Portland State University Sarah Maurer, Central Connecticut State University Shawn McGlynn, Tokyo Institute of Technology Michael New, NASA Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Center Daniel Segre, Boston University David Smith, Earth-Life Science Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology; SFI Alexis Templeton, University of Colorado Michael Travisano, University of Minnesota Lena Vincent, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mary Voytek, NASA Loren Williams, Georgia Tech Boswell Wing, University of Colorado Boulder