Origins of Life Research at NCBS Bangalore

Research dedicated to studying the emergence of autocatalytic reaction networks & their Darwinian evolution using theoretical & experimental approaches!

[Living Machines-NCBS @NCBStheory]

💬 We're excited to share the second feature of our two-part series on #OriginOfLife research:

🦠 "Unravelling the Origin of Life: Digging Deeper"

✍️🏽 Written by @angad_yuvraj, @Harshwa62502330, #NayanChakraborty & edited by @SiddhrthKnkaria

��� Read: https://t.co/NrUVNIfGzz

[COoL Lab @COoLLabSR]

The triennial meeting of ISSOL will finally happen next year after not seeing the light of day in 2022! V.Eagerly look forward to the wide variety of talks, the various interactions & debates, & the fun people who attend that always makes this meeting a must-go for OoL folks!😍

[Shashi Thutupalli @stpalli]

What does it take for an autocatalytic network within a prebiotic compartment to display heredity? Yoshiya takes this question on. Read the paper here :

Robustness of compositional heredity to the growth and division dynamics of prebiotic compartments - https://t.co/8C46UktbSj

[Shashi Thutupalli @stpalli]

An experimental paper demonstrating RNA auto- and cross-catalytic reaction network in coacervate compartments. Led by the indomitable Sandeep Ameta, Manoj Kumar and Nayan Chakraborty.

Multispecies autocatalytic RNA reaction networks in coacervates - https://t.co/n4S7uObrpc

[PDFA - NCBS- INSTEM @NcbsPdfa]

Evo folks Meeting alert!!!

[Sandeep Ameta @ametasandeep]

@RoySocChem Exceptional work from all the co-authors @CyrJeancolas, @AlexBlokhuis, and Philippe Nghe (@ESPCI_Paris)!

[Sandeep Ameta @ametasandeep]

Book Alert!: I'm excited to contribute a chapter to the @RoySocChem book on #Prebiotic chemistry and #OriginsOfLife.
It's a good piece of work from some of the experts in the field, with extensive information on the most recent advancements!

https://t.co/Qh6cOsKaWy

[PDFA - NCBS- INSTEM @NcbsPdfa]

This Sunday we will have two exciting talks in our #9thUndergarduateLectureSeries about #feedback in #communication by @madhwal_sukanya, Oindrila Bhattacharjee, and @ishutesh!

[PDFA - NCBS- INSTEM @NcbsPdfa]

📢After an engaging inaugural Sunday at #9thUndergraduateLectureSeries, tomorrow, we have Payel Chatterjee and Manoj Kumar talking about #navigation in biological #feedback systems!

[PDFA - NCBS- INSTEM @NcbsPdfa]

📢And we commence #9thUndergraduateLectureSeries tomorrow for enthusiastic participants with the opening orientation talk by @RGopurappilly and @ametasandeep🤩
@varmaalok22 will be talking about sensors in the biological feedback systems!

[Dr. 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗖. 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 @joanarcxavier]

#AcademicTwitter! Autocatalysis is back! My latest paper with dear not-on-Twitter mentor Stuart Kauffman shows: 6683 prokaryotic metabolic nets contain autocatalytic networks of variable sizes. 300 reactions are conserved in aut nets of ≥2732 proks! https://t.co/h9TDxtLgk6 /1

[Living Machines-NCBS @NCBStheory]

Our Friday morning began with a talk by Yoshiya Matsubara (@YJMatsubara) titled:

Error catastrophe can be avoided by proofreading innate to template-directed polymerization

He talked about his recent collaborative work on solving the 'error catastrophe' problem in replication.

[PDFA - NCBS- INSTEM @NcbsPdfa]

📢With eight great years of #teaching, we are thrilled to announce '9th annual lecture series in advanced biology' on '#feedback systems in biology'🤩

visit https://t.co/E3WNpCMPs6
Registrations open soon!🗓️
Stay tuned and spread the word📢

[Amit Kahana @AmitKahana]

New preprint in @ChemRxiv! We studied lipid self-assembly using Molecular Dynamics and observed kinetic influences of micellar compositions. This constitutes a simple recursive selection, enabling reproduction and evolution, relevant to the Origin of Life.
https://t.co/HS1j8TztPu

[Amity Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology @AmityAstrobio]

Our latest paper on Astrobiology as a Driver to Connect India's Public, Scientists, and Space Missions
@NewSpaceIndia
@siddharthpandey
@BlueMarbleSpace @astrobiologyin
https://t.co/KrboAZACQa

[Amit Kahana @AmitKahana]

So last week we published a new paper in @NatRevChem where we strongly argue life may have emerged from micelles - nanoscopic lipid assemblies - and review both untapped and emerging experimental reports that support this scenario.

[Living Machines-NCBS @NCBStheory]

We've been receiving some great applications for this PostDoc/Research Fellow position, but rolling applications for it are still open!

If you'd be interested in working at the interface of #RNABiology, #Biophysics & #MachineLearning, send in your applications at the earliest!

[Amit Kahana @AmitKahana]

New Science alert!!!

[Living Machines-NCBS @NCBStheory]

Don't miss this exciting talk by @thattai for a drive through the #eukaryotic vesicle traffic network and how #GraphTheory can help us understand the constraints placed on such transport networks!

Wed, 20th Oct | 2:30 pm AEDT | 9 am IST

@NCBS_Bangalore

https://t.co/r6MoSJUu3J

[OoLEN @oolen_org]

Next on is @ametasandeep with the question whether #evolution is using self-sustaining chemical networks. #ool #originoflife #OoLEN