Neobiogenesis: The Inevitability of Life
ASG 2024-2025
How the earliest forms of life arose on Earth is one of the great unanswered scientific questions. The fundamental question is in what ways and under what circumstances a collection of inanimate matter can be transformed into something that can be considered alive.
One hypothesis is that the transition from lifeless to living matter is not a unique event, but in fact occurs spontaneously in systems of chemical and physical processes. The goal of this Advanced Study Group is to formulate and observe general, fundamental principles in this transition from "dead" to "alive", which would give us a deeper understanding of how life can arise in different environments.