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These meetings take place every other Thursday for people to catch up on research, give short informal talks or walk us through a paper they’ve worked on or would like to discuss. If you would like to propose a theme, give a short talk, or discuss a paper, please contact the talk organiser.

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8 upcoming talks and 81 talks in the archive.

Jack Szostak: Primordial Genetic Alphabet?

UserJack Szostak (Chemistry, University of Chicago).

HouseMartin Ryle Large Meeting Room, KICC.

ClockWednesday 19 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Fred Simmons: "Abiogenetic Bias, Axiology, and Teleology."

UserFred Simmons (Cambridge Divinity).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Environmental and ecological drivers of early animal evolution

UserIlya Bobrovskiy (Organic Geochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Luis Ohlendorf: Requirements for self-sustained ribozyme evolution

UserLuis Ohlendorf (UCL, Chemistry).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Marc Laflamme on "Ediacaran Endgame: The Rise of Complex Life"

UserMarc Laflamme (Earth Science, University of Toronto Mississauga).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Greg Cooke on 3D Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres

UserGreg Cooke (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Zoë Lehmann Imfeld: Talking About Mars and Beyond: Narrative Strategies in Science Writing

UserZoë Lehmann Imfeld (Universität Bern, English).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 30 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Sai Shruthi Murali on Prebiotic Chemical Kinetics

UserSai Shruthi Murali (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Christmas Coffee

UserNone.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 05 December 2024, 11:00-12:00

Felix Sainsbury-Martinez on Cometary Impacts on Exoplanets

UserFelix Sainsbury-Martinez (Leeds Astrophysics).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 28 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Pavan Tanna on "Moon-Forming Impacts"

User Pavan Tanna (Cambridge, IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 21 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Margarida Hermida, Topic TBA

UserMargarida Hermida (Kings College London, Philosophy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 07 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Gregory & Virginia Chaitin: "Von Neumann on biology and life as evolving software?"

UserGregory & Virginia Chaitin.

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 10 October 2024, 16:00-17:00

Manuel Scherf on "The evolution and prevalence of Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy"

UserManuel Scherf (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockWednesday 09 October 2024, 11:00-12:00

Jonah Peter: Building the Molecules of Life on Ocean Worlds

UserJonah Peter (Harvard Biophysics).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 19 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

Laurent Wiesenfeld: "The coming of age of Astrochemistry"

UserLaurent Wiesenfeld (Lab. Aimé-Cotton CNRS & Université Paris-Saclay).

HouseBattcock, Room G05.

ClockThursday 05 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

Zoe Todd on Prebiotic Chemistry in a Planetary Context

UserZoe Todd (Chemistry & Astronomy, University of Wisconsin).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 11 July 2024, 11:00-12:00

Robin Wordsworth on "‘Life beyond planetary gravity wells"

UserRobin Wordsworth (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 27 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Craig Walton on "Teach a man to fish"

UserCraig Walton (ETH Zurich).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Mohammad Farhat on the Earth and the Moon

UserMohammad Farhat (Paris Observatory).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 13 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Siyi Xu on the Composition of Exoplanets

UserSiyi Xu (Gemini Observatory, MIT).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Ben Tutolo on Mars Geochemistry

UserBen Tutolo (Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment; University of Calgary).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 23 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Nidhi Rohit Bangera on ''Production of false-positive Biosignatures on Hot Gas Giants''

UserNidhi Rohit Bangera - OeAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 16 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Chris Oldfield: What counts as a life in the science of life?

UserChris Oldfield (Cambridge Philosophy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 09 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Jules Macome on Philosophy of Origins of Life Research

UserJules Macome (Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 25 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

Sean Jordan on Venus and Exo-Venus

UserSean Jordan (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 11 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee

UserN/A.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 28 March 2024, 11:00-12:00

David Baum on "On Autocatalytic Chemical Ecosystems and the Origins of Evolution"

UserDavid Baum (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Botany).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 15 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Richard Anslow on Impacts and Prebiotic Chemistry

UserRichard Anslow (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 01 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Barbara Sherwood Lollar on the Hidden Biogeosphere

UserBarbara Sherwood Lollar (University of Toronto Earth Sciences).

HouseBattcock F17 + online.

ClockThursday 25 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Tereza Constantinou on the Link Between Geochemistry and Atmospheres

UserTereza Constantinou (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 18 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Liton Majumdar on the Link Between Planet Formation and Atmospheres

UserLiton Majumdar (NISER, Exoplanets and Planetary Formation Group).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 07 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

Stephane Mazevet on Methanogenesis in Enceladus

UserStephane Mazevet (Nice, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 23 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee - Lloyd Demetrius on "The Origin of Cooperation"

UserLloyd Demetrius (Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard).

HouseBattcock F17 + online.

ClockThursday 16 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Sam Roberts on Prebiotic Chemistry

UserSam Roberts (MRC-LMB).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 09 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Dimitar Sasselov on The Central Dogma of Biological Homochirality

UserDimitar Sasselov (Harvard Astronomy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 26 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Alejandro Paredes on Numerical modeling of radiation-induced reactions

UserAlejandro Paredes (UNAM, Earth Science).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 19 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Skyla White on Exploring the Kinetics of Prebiotic Reaction Networks

UserSkyla White (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 12 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Paul B Rimmer on Prebiotic Fitness Landscapes

UserPaul B Rimmer (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 28 September 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee

UserN/A.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 14 September 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee Summeries

UserSummer Interns.

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 31 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee: The Puzzle of Planet Formation

UserJoanna Drazkowska, MPS Göttingen.

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 24 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee - How to Build a Planet

UserAnders Johansen (Lund).

HouseBattcock, Room TBA.

ClockThursday 17 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

How to Build a Planet - Ingredients -- with Martin Suttle

UserMartin Suttle (Open University).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 10 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

(Afternoon Tea) Sy Garte - Accurate Self Replication and Life

UserSy Garte (Rutgers).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 July 2023, 15:00-16:00

Marrick Braam - The Space of Chemical Complexity in Exoplanet Atmospheres

UserMarrick Braam (Edinburgh).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 July 2023, 11:00-12:00

Annelies Mortier - Extrasolar Planets and their Stars

UserAnnelies Mortier (Birmingham).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 08 June 2023, 11:00-12:00

Philipp Spillmann - Anomalies and Life in the Universe

UserPhilipp Spillmann - Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 25 May 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Discussion with Dieter Braun: Godwin Room, Clare College

UserDieter Braun (LMU, Munich).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 11 May 2023, 11:00-12:00

Abhishek Upadhyay - Signatures (4 'R's) of biological life: Reproduction, Replication, Respiration & Rhythms

UserAbhishek Upadhyay - Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

Introductions

UserEveryone!.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

Eran Tal - Measurement in Science (Afternoon Tea)

UserEran Tal (McGill University).

HouseBattcock, F17.

ClockThursday 06 April 2023, 15:00-16:00

Christopher Shingledecker - The Fate of Sulfur in the Interstellar Medium

UserChristopher Shingledecker, Benedictine College.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 30 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Casey Platnich - DNA and Data Storage

UserCasey Platnich - Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Furkan Ozturk - Magnetic Fields and Solving the Chirality Problem

UserFurkan Ozturk - Harvard.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 02 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Callum Fairbairn & Nathan Magnan - Streaming Instabilities and Planet Formation

UserCallum Fairbairn & Nathan Magnan, DAMTP, Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Afternoon Tea with Corinna Kufner

UserCorinna Kufner (Harvard).

HouseBattcock, F17.

ClockThursday 09 February 2023, 15:00-16:00

Jonathan Jiang on Climate and Exoplanets

UserJonathan Jiang, NASA JPL.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 02 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

Cyrille Jeancolas - Philosophy of Origins and Astrobiology

UserCyrille Jeancolas, University of Durham.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 19 January 2023, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin: Sulfur Redux

UserPaul Rimmer (Cambridge).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 10 November 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin

UserAndrew Buchan (IoA).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin: Natural Selection and Purpose

UserSeth Hart (University of Durham).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 29 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin Room - Synthetic Biology

UserCamillo Moschner (Cambridge).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 01 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Atmospheric-interior connection of super-earths and sub-neptunes

UserHilke Schlichting (UCLA).

HouseInstitute of Astronomy .

ClockTuesday 31 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Protocells - between chemistry and biology

UserFilip Boskovic (Cavendish Laboratory).

HouseWolfson Seminar South, Trinity College .

ClockThursday 19 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Arts and humanities and life in the universe

UserDr Andrew Davison (Faculty of Divinity).

HouseVenue to be confirmed.

ClockThursday 05 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Do anthropic arguments really work?

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 21 April 2022, 11:00-12:00

Galactic cosmic ray environment for young stars and planets

UserDonna Rodgers-Lee (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 07 April 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 17 March 2022, 11:00-12:00

Phosphorus mineral evolution and prebiotic chemistry (part 2)

UserCraig Walton (Department of Earth Sciences).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 03 March 2022, 11:00-12:00

Phosphorus mineral evolution and prebiotic chemistry

UserCraig Walton (Department of Earth Sciences).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 17 February 2022, 11:00-12:00

Aerial Biospheres

UserSean Jordan (IoA).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 03 February 2022, 11:00-12:00

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