Welcome to OoLEN

We are an international post-disciplinary network of early-career researchers on the origin of life.

About Us

Understanding the origin of life (OoL) is among the greatest unsolved mysteries and represents an exciting frontier for science in the 21st century. The research on OoL is based on a variety of different, often dividing hypotheses and is only slowly transforming into a united field. The Origin of Life…Continue reading “About Us”

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Communication

OoLEN defends honest and responsible communication with the media and the public. Skimming through the media coverage about the origin…

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Community

At OoLEN we are actively engaged in the creation of a secure, connected and healthy community. We stand strongly against…

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Post-Disciplinarity

Members of OoLEN are united by their interest in one big question: How does life start? This question existed well…

Valentina Erastova

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Tenure Track Position University of Edinburgh, UK Keywords: Molecular modelling, clays, minerals, adsorption valentina.erastova@ed.ac.uk

Andrey do Nascimento Vieira

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

PhD student Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany Keywords: Geobiology, microbiology, biochemistry nascima@uni-duesseldorf.de

Fernando D. K. Tria

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Keywords: Molecular evolution, genomics, phylogenetics tria@hhu.de

Geoffrey Cooper

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc University of Glasgow, UK Keywords: Automation, Cycles, Soups, Complexity, Messy Chemistry geoff.cooper@glasgow.ac.uk

Stephanie M. Colón-Santos

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA Keywords: Prebiotic Chemistry, Analysis and Automation colonsantos@wisc.edu

Enrico Sandro Colizzi

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc Origins Center, Leiden University, Netherlands Keywords: Multilevel Evolution, Prebiotic Evolution, Origin of Life, Theoretical Biology istidina@gmail.com

Devon B. Cole

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Keywords: Sedimentology, oxygenation, biogeochemical cycles devon.cole@gatech.edu

Eloi Camprubi

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc Origins Center, Utrecht University, Netherlands Keywords: Hydrothermalism, proto-metabolism, microfluidics, chemistry, catalysis e dot camprubicasas at uu dot nl

Rudrarup Bose

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

PhD student Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany Keywords: Liquid-liquid phase separation, prebiotic chemistry bose at mpi-cbg dot de

Stuart Bartlett

22 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc California Institute of Technology, USA Keywords: Astrobiology, Origins of Life, Thermodynamics sjbart at caltech dot edu

Cole Mathis

14 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc Arizona State University/ Santa Fe Institute, USA Keywords: Chemical Kinetics, Networks, life detection cole dot mathis dot ool at gmail dot com

Silke Asche

13 Oct 202030 Dec 2021

PhD student University of Glasgow, UK Keywords: Automation; Recursive systems; Long term experiments; Minerals; Analytics Email: info at silke-asche dot de

Joana C. Xavier

10 Jul 202030 Dec 2021

Postdoc University College London, UK Keywords: Prokaryotes, autocatalysis, metabolism, networks, middle-out, bioengineering Email: joana dot xavier at ucl dot ac dot uk