Klaus Paschek

Ph.D. student @mpi_astro. Passionate about origins of life 🌠🧬🦠🪐 research, #Geocaching, #ViaFerrata 🧗. @oolen_org EB member. New paper:

[Klaus Paschek @AstroBioKlaus]

We made it to the cover of @ChemPlusChem!!!
Vitamins from outer space and the origins of life? Yes!
=> https://t.co/MKEEJBc5zC

Amazing what you can do by yourself with #opensource @Blender without previous knowledge just by following the YT tutorials by @andrewpprice (thanks!).

[Life MDPI @Life_MDPI]

📢Interesting article:
Possible Ribose Synthesis in Carbonaceous Planetesimals

🎓 by Dr. Paschek et al., from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

👉Read more: https://t.co/rW6irYxdni

#formose reaction; #prebiotic chemistry; #carbonaceous chondrites; #meteorites

[Dr. Eloi Camprubi @Eloi_CC]

Incredibly proud of the new generation of OoLEN scientists! THIS is what the future of origins/astrobiology research looks like: an open-minded, inclusive, interdisciplinary, and brilliant group of people. Way to go guys! 🙌 #astrobiology @oolen_org

[Seán F Jordan @SeanFJ]

It's really great to see @oolen_org thriving with the newest generation of ECRs in Origin of Life research. Well done to everyone involved, can't wait to see the amazing science that stems from these events!

[Yannick Geiger | @yannickgeiger.bsky.social @YannickGeiger1]

#IOoL24 is over and I feel like a deflated football... Big kudos to all participants who made this an amazing event, I couldn't have wished better! Big thx to Celia and @OmerMarkovitch for all the prep work, @AstroBioKlaus for pics & tweets and Annia Bertrand for coffee breaks

[BraunLab @BraunLabMunich]

It was so nice to be part of this meeting again! Thank you @oolen_org for organising! 🎉 Can't wait for the next opportunity to meet up again. 🥂

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

#IOoL2024 was a full success! Many new connections were established and new friends were made. A big thank you goes to our amazing co-organizers @OmerMarkovitch, Celia Blanko, and especially to local host @YannickGeiger1 who lead us through these exciting three days! 🙏👏

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

We wrapped up #IOoL2024 with a feedback round about the conference and the whole OoLEN network in general. Feel also free to leave your feedback and suggestions for how to improve the network down below 👇✍

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

@sreekarwv wrapped up the science talks at #IOoL2024 and took us on an even deeper dive into the oligomerization and chiral selection of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotides.

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

@valefo99 shared with us the current state of her ongoing project GenesisLinks about fossilization on Mars. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

The last day of our wonderful conference was opened by Shunjiro Sodei asking us "How can we integrate prebiotic chemistry into life?" and starting an interesting discussion with the audience. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

Don't forget to join our virtual meeting starting in less than 30 min! 📺👇
https://t.co/viQAZphPjI

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

David Madrigal-Trejo showed us that arsenic might have been involved in the metabolism of stromatolites. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

That the Strecker synthesis can be asymmetric and induce chirality was presented to us by Kohei Niikura. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

Nadia Desiree Boppart took us on a trip to Paleolakes and their minerals on Mars. #IOoL2024

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Next, Vanessa Helmbrecht showed off her pretty lab-made alkaline hydrothermal vents. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

Juliette Langlais starts the science session today talking about formation and polymerization of ribonucleoside 2',3'-cyclic
phosphates by wet-dry cycling. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

Then we had a 20 min crash course on machine learning as a relevant technique in OoL research as an impromptu contribution from @astrobiobuzz.

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

In the morning, we had another interesting round of discussions on the most fundamental questions in origins of life research. #IOoL2024

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

To wrap up the first day of #IOoL2024, it's time to get philosophical! We had some great discussions during our first roundtable session: from the definition of life (do we even need one?) to the impact of OoL research on the general public. Share your philosophic takes below! 👇

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

@Natalia151190 completes the research talks for today by putting GTP before ATP as the energy currency of life and its connection to LUCA. #IOoL2024