🌍 The 1st PROTOS publication reveals that protocells and prebiotic molecules formed together under early Earth conditions.
🧪 In the presence of silica, insoluble organics self-assemble into biomorphic poly-HCN microreactors, a planet-wide organic lab.
🧬 Even life-like shapes may form without life.
🧑🏫 PROTOS PhD Student - Maxence H. Le Picard (Poster #342)
📖 “Si‑isotope systematics of >3.4 Ga Apex & Strelley Pool Cherts: δ³⁰Si constraints on Paleoarchean seawater”
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🧑🏫 PROTOS Postdoc Researcher - Dr. Inna Kurganskaya (Poster #336)
📖 “Stochastic Cellular Automata models simulating Early Earth prebiotic self‑organization reactions”
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🧑🏫PROTOS PI - Dr. Mark van Zuilen (Poster #343)
📖 “Silicon stable isotope profiling of an extinct sinter mound from El Tatio, Chile”
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🧑🏫 PROTOS corresponding PI - Prof. Juan M. Garcia‑Ruiz (Poster #333)
📖Title: “Real‑time imaging of pH gradients & solution flows through silica garden membranes during tube growth”
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🔬 PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social !
🌍 Subsession: 07h‑P1 – Global geochemical pathways to the origin and survival of life on Earth-like worlds
🧑🏫 Poster Presentations
📍 Hall 3A, 3rd Floor (17:30–19:30 GMT+2)
#Goldschmidt2025 #PROTOS #Geochemistry #OriginsOfLife
🔬 Gain insights into how prebiotic compounds and protocell-like structures could have co-emerged in early Earth and what this means for detecting life on other worlds.
#Goldschmidt2025 #PROTOS #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology #PrebioticChemistry
🧑🏫 Dr. Christian Jenewein takes the stage for PROTOS third presentation at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social !
📖 Title: “Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds in the primordial soup”
🕒 15:00 GMT+2
📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre
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🌋 Discover how silica-driven reactions may have sparked prebiotic synthesis and biomorphic protocell formation on early Earth—and possibly on other worlds.
#Goldschmidt2025 #Geochemistry #PROTOS #OriginOfLife #SilicaCatalysis #Astrobiology #Protoworlds
🧑🏫 Our second intervention at
@goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social is a keynote talk by PROTOS corresponding PI Prof. Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz.
📖 Title: “The role of silica in the setting of Hadean protoworlds”
🕝 14:30 GMT+2
📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre
🕤 9:30 GMT+2
📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre
🌍 Dive into how iron-calcite reactions shaped the early Earth atmosphere.
#Goldschmidt2025 #Geochemistry #PROTOS #EarlyEarth #HydrothermalSystems
🔬Opening Presentation by PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025 !
Our conference contributions start with a talk by Dr. Smruti S. Rout::
📖“Interaction of calcite with iron-rich hydrothermal solution leads to anoxic oxidation of iron: implications for early Earth atmosphere”
🌍 PROTOS is present at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025!
On July 8, our researchers present new insights into how life may have emerged from Earth’s early geochemical environment.
🔬 Talks on Hadean oceans, protocells, silica catalysis & more!
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🚨 Last chance to apply!
🌍🧪 The Postdoctoral Fellow position in the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS project at @naturalis.bsky.social closes in less than 24 hours!
📅 Deadline: May 20, 2025 CEST
🔗 Apply here: www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/...
📍Leiden, The Netherlands
📢 Spread the word!
🌍🔬 Postdoc Opportunity – Mineral Self-Organization & Origin of Life
Join the @erc.europa.eu - funded PROTOS project at @dipcehu.bsky.social
🧪 PhD in Natural Sciences or related fields
📍 Donostia-San Sebastián
📅 Start: Sept 1, 2025
🗓️ Deadline: July 15, 2025
🔗 More info: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...
🚨Postdoc Opportunity!
🌍🧪Join the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS Project at @naturalis.bsky.social to study how organic compounds are preserved in silica under early Earth conditions.
💼€3,768–€4,897/mo | Full-time
📅Apply by May 20, 2025
🔗 www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/...
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