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The #OriginOfLife Meeting organised by @dipcehu.bsky.social concludes today with two talks open to the research community! 🕚 11:00 | @julipereto.bsky.social – From protometabolism to LUCA 🕛 12:00 | Antonio Lazcano – The Miller Experiment 📍 Faculty of Chemistry, EHU,Donostia #PROTOS #DIPC #EHU #ERC

🧬⚗️ The #OriginOfLife Meeting kicked off yesterday at @dipcehu.bsky.social ! Today's interdisciplinary discussions explore prebiotic chemistry, artificial life, chirality & the boundary between life and non-life. Organised by DIPC within the @erc.europa.eu Synergy #PROTOS project.

31 Aug

📢 Last week to apply! 3 positions are still open to join @garciaruizlabdipc.bsky.social Group at @dipcehu.bsky.social : ⏳ Deadline: 6 Sept 2026 🔗https://protos-erc.eu/about/job-offers/

tinyurl.comDIPC project secures European funding to explore a new pathway for sustainable hydrogen productionThe initiative is being led by Ikerbasque Professor Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Principal Investigator of the ERC Synergy project PROTOS and head of DIPC’s Mineral Self-Organisation and Origin of Life research group.

7 Aug

🌍 @naturalis.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc for the ERC Synergy Project #PROTOS (Prof. van Zuilen team) to investigate silica sinters, biosignatures & early Earth environments using experimental geochemistry and advanced imaging techniques. ⏳ Apply by 15 August. 🔗 www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/...

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9 July

Congrats to Ikerbasque Prof. at DIPC Juan Manuel García-Ruiz and his team for the ERC Proof of Concept! The project MIN-H2 was the only one awarded to a researcher from an institution within the Basque science and innovation ecosystem. + info:

protos-erc.euPhD Position — Silica Precipitation in Alkaline Lakes as an Analogue for Early Earth Chert Formation PhD Position in Silica Geochemistry and Early Earth Research at IACT-CSIC, SpainIACT-CSIC (Granada, Spain) has a job opening for a PhD Student to work on the topic "Silica Precipitation in Alkaline Lakes as an Analogue for Early Earth Apply for a fully funded 3-year PhD position ...

29 June

⏰ Last day to apply! 📢 Fully funded PhD position at @iactcsic.bsky.social (Granada, Spain) within the @erc.europa.eu Synergy project PROTOS. 🔬 Earth Sciences • Geochemistry • Early Earth 💰 3-year contract 🗓 Deadline: TODAY (30 June 2026) bsky.app/profile/prot...

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📢 Fully funded PhD position at @iactcsic.bsky.social (Granada, Spain) within the @erc.europa.eu Synergy project PROTOS. 🔬 Earth Sciences • Geochemistry • Early Earth 💰 3-year contract 🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2026 More info: protos-erc.eu/phd-silica-g...

1 June

pnas.orgConcomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds under a plausible early Earth atmosphere | PNASRevealing the origin of life and unambiguously detecting fossil remains of the earliest organisms are closely related aspects of the same scientifi...

16 Oct 2025

🌍 The 1st PROTOS publication reveals that protocells and prebiotic molecules formed together under early Earth conditions. 🧪 In the presence of silica, insoluble organics self-assemble into biomorphic poly-HCN microreactors, a planet-wide organic lab. 🧬 Even life-like shapes may form without life.

🔬 PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social ! 🌍 Subsession: 07h‑P1 – Global geochemical pathways to the origin and survival of life on Earth-like worlds 🧑‍🏫 Poster Presentations 📍 Hall 3A, 3rd Floor (17:30–19:30 GMT+2) #Goldschmidt2025 #PROTOS #Geochemistry #OriginsOfLife

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conf.goldschmidt.infoStochastic Cellular Automata models simulating Early Earth prebiotic self-organization reactionsGeochemical reactions in multi-phase systems of Early Earth were essential prer...

🧑‍🏫 PROTOS Postdoc Researcher - Dr. Inna Kurganskaya (Poster #336) 📖 “Stochastic Cellular Automata models simulating Early Earth prebiotic self‑organization reactions” conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

conf.goldschmidt.infoSilicon stable isotope systematics of the >3.4 Ga Apex and Strelley Pool Cherts: new constraints on silica sources and the δ<sup>30</sup>Si composition of Paleoarchean seawaterSilicon (Si) isotopes in Archean cherts offer important insights into the envir...

🧑‍🏫 PROTOS PhD Student - Maxence H. Le Picard (Poster #342) 📖 “Si‑isotope systematics of >3.4 Ga Apex & Strelley Pool Cherts: δ³⁰Si constraints on Paleoarchean seawater” conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

conf.goldschmidt.infoReal-time imaging of pH gradients and solution flows through silica garden membranes during tube growthChemical gardens are self-assembled tubular precipitates formed by a combinatio...

🧑‍🏫 PROTOS corresponding PI - Prof. Juan M. Garcia‑Ruiz (Poster #333) 📖Title: “Real‑time imaging of pH gradients & solution flows through silica garden membranes during tube growth” conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

conf.goldschmidt.infoSilicon stable isotope profiling of an extinct sinter mound from the El Tatio geothermal field, Chile; implications for the interpretation of early siliceous depositsSilicon stable isotope compositions can provide important information regarding...

🧑‍🏫PROTOS PI - Dr. Mark van Zuilen (Poster #343) 📖 “Silicon stable isotope profiling of an extinct sinter mound from El Tatio, Chile” conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

conf.goldschmidt.infoConcomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds in the primordial soupRecent research challenges the traditional view that the formation of life’s fu...

🧑‍🏫 Dr. Christian Jenewein takes the stage for PROTOS third presentation at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social ! 📖 Title: “Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds in the primordial soup” 🕒 15:00 GMT+2 📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

🔬 Gain insights into how prebiotic compounds and protocell-like structures could have co-emerged in early Earth and what this means for detecting life on other worlds. #Goldschmidt2025 #PROTOS #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology #PrebioticChemistry

🧑‍🏫 Our second intervention at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social is a keynote talk by PROTOS corresponding PI Prof. Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz. 📖 Title: “The role of silica in the setting of Hadean protoworlds” 🕝 14:30 GMT+2 📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre

🌋 Discover how silica-driven reactions may have sparked prebiotic synthesis and biomorphic protocell formation on early Earth—and possibly on other worlds. #Goldschmidt2025 #Geochemistry #PROTOS #OriginOfLife #SilicaCatalysis #Astrobiology #Protoworlds

🔬Opening Presentation by PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025 ! Our conference contributions start with a talk by Dr. Smruti S. Rout:: 📖“Interaction of calcite with iron-rich hydrothermal solution leads to anoxic oxidation of iron: implications for early Earth atmosphere”

🕤 9:30 GMT+2 📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre 🌍 Dive into how iron-calcite reactions shaped the early Earth atmosphere. #Goldschmidt2025 #Geochemistry #PROTOS #EarlyEarth #HydrothermalSystems

7 July 2025

🌍 PROTOS is present at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025! On July 8, our researchers present new insights into how life may have emerged from Earth’s early geochemical environment. 🔬 Talks on Hadean oceans, protocells, silica catalysis & more! #Goldschmidt2025 #OriginsOfLife #Geochemistry

19 May 2025

🚨 Last chance to apply! 🌍🧪 The Postdoctoral Fellow position in the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS project at @naturalis.bsky.social closes in less than 24 hours! 📅 Deadline: May 20, 2025 CEST 🔗 Apply here: www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/... 📍Leiden, The Netherlands 📢 Spread the word!

12 May 2025

🌍🔬 Postdoc Opportunity – Mineral Self-Organization & Origin of Life Join the @erc.europa.eu - funded PROTOS project at @dipcehu.bsky.social 🧪 PhD in Natural Sciences or related fields 📍 Donostia-San Sebastián 📅 Start: Sept 1, 2025 🗓️ Deadline: July 15, 2025 🔗 More info: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...

7 May 2025

🚨Postdoc Opportunity! 🌍🧪Join the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS Project at @naturalis.bsky.social to study how organic compounds are preserved in silica under early Earth conditions. 💼€3,768–€4,897/mo | Full-time 📅Apply by May 20, 2025 🔗 www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/... #Postdoc #OriginOfLife #PROTOSerc

cordis.europa.euThe role of silica in the dawn of life on our planet | PROTOS Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European CommissionAll information humankind has of the ancient past of our planet comes from analyzing the geological record encoded in rocks. There is, however, no rock record of the first 600 million years of Earth’s...

6 Mar 2025

🌋 The first 600 million years of Earth’s history —the Hadean— remain a mystery, as no rock record of that time exists. 🔬 The @erc.europa.eu Synergy project “The role of silica in the dawn of life on our planet (PROTOS)” has been launched to reveal this.