Friday, 3 November 2006: 8:25 AM-12:05 PM
Hamilton B (Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites)
Biological Chemistry (6)
Origins of life I (BIOL)
Organizers:Nicholas V. Hud
Thomas Orlando
Presider:Nicholas V. Hud
8:25 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:30 AMDid amyloid seed the origins of life?
David G. Lynn, Anil Mehta, Peng Liu, Rong Ni, William Childers, James Simmons, Yan Liang
9:05 AMThe origin of adenosine prevalence in biology
Faqing Huang
9:40 AMPrebiotic synthesis of a plausible proto-RNA backbone
Heather D. Bean, Frank. A. L. Anet, Ian R. Gould, Nicholas V. Hud
10:15 AMBreak
10:30 AMSearch for extraterrestrial life using chiral molecules: mandelate racemase as a test case
Andreas Bommarius, Tracey Thaler
10:55 AMOrigins of RNA: prebiotic syntheses from formamide
Raffaele Saladino
11:30 AMOrigins of RNA: differential phosphorylations and stabilities
Ernesto Di Mauro

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