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SUMMARY:Revolution by Natural Selection: a radical history of life from in
 side our cells - Professor Nick Lane\, University College London
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:I will outline how a simple cycle at the heart of metabolism d
 rove some of the most important revolutions in the history of life. By tur
 ning gases into organic molecules and back again\, this deep chemistry lin
 ks the origin of life with photosynthesis\, the abrupt appearance of anima
 ls\, cancer\, and even the emergence of consciousness.\n\nNick Lane (PhD\,
  FRSB\, FLS) is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry in the Department o
 f Genetics\, Evolution and Environment at University College London. He wa
 s a founding member of the UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research\, and
  is Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Life’s Origin and Evolution (CLOE)
 . He was awarded the 2009 UCL Provost’s Venture Research Prize\, the 201
 1 BMC Research Award for Genetics\, Genomics\, Bioinformatics and Evolutio
 n\, the 2015 Biochemical Society Award for his outstanding contribution to
  molecular life sciences and 2016 Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize and 
 Lecture\, the UK’s premier award for excellence in communicating science
 . Professor Lane is the author of five acclaimed books on evolutionary bio
 chemistry\, which have sold more than 150\,000 copies worldwide\, and been
  translated into 25 languages. His most recent book\, Transformer: The Dee
 p Chemistry of Life and Death (Profile/Norton 2022) explores the elusive c
 hemical logic of life.  
LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Avenue
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