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ELSI Seminar: Crossing the salty divide: the Great Oxidation event, cyanobacterial evolution, and the marine-terrestrial barrier?
November 15, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 22 November 2023
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Origins of Life Symposium at IUPAB2024
November 13, 2023Event Date：24-28 June 2024
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ELSI student receives 1st Place Prize at GENSEKI2023 – science pitch competition
November 8, 2023 -
ELSI seminar: Space Flight Mechanics
November 8, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 8 November 2023
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Introducing ELSI Science-Art Resident of FY2023 – Kayo Nomura
November 1, 2023 -
ELSI Outreach Activities at Koudaisai 2023 (Tokyo Tech Festival)
October 27, 2023Event Date：28-29 October 2023
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ELSI Seminar: The fate of water on carbonaceous asteroids from Ryugu samples
October 26, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 1 November 2023
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ELSI Seminar: JAXA’s Strategic Small-Body Sample Return Program: From Hayabusa/Hayabusa 2 to MMX
October 18, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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The 9th ELSI/ Kavli IPMU/ IRCN Joint Public Lecture series “Quest for Origins”
October 10, 2023Event Date：2023/11/05
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Registration open for 12th ELSI International Symposium in collaboration with CO World project
October 10, 2023Event Date：Tuesday-Friday, 9-12 January 2024
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ELSI Seminar: In search of phase transitions from chemistry to life
October 10, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Registration open for Hayabusa2 Ryugu Sample Display Exhibition
October 5, 2023Event Date：28-29 October 2023
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ELSI student receives Best Student Poster Award from the International Association of Geochemistry
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How membraneless compartments can teach us about the first cells on Earth
October 3, 2023Tony Z. Jia, Biophysical Reviews, 2023
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How salts drove the first (membraneless) protocells to grow
October 2, 2023Chen Chen and Tony Z. Jia et al., Small Methods, 2023
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Why Decolonize Science? Perspectives from Astronomy at UN Science Summit at 78th UN General Assembly
September 27, 2023Event Date：Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 09:00–10:00 UTC / 18:00–19:00 JST
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ELSI Seminar: Nanoscale Insights: Exploring Life’s Origins through Hydrothermal Vents
September 26, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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ELSI Seminar: Atmospheres of super-Earths/sub-Neptunes with magma ocean
September 21, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 27 September 2023
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How membraneless compartments can teach us about the first cells on Earth
October 3, 2023Tony Z. Jia, Biophysical Reviews, 2023
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How salts drove the first (membraneless) protocells to grow
October 2, 2023Chen Chen and Tony Z. Jia et al., Small Methods, 2023
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New study shows how simpler nucleic acids can be generated in primitive environments
September 11, 2023Ruiqin Y, Tony Z. Jia and Shawn Erin McGlynn et al., Chemical Communications, 2023
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Liquid-liquid phase separation: A closer step to understanding life origin and evolution
September 1, 2023Tony Z. Jia et al., Peptide Science, 2023
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Overcoming the challenges to synthesising iron–sulfur proteins outside the glovebox
August 30, 2023Shota Nishikawa, Shawn Erin McGlynn, Kosuke Fujishima et al., ACS Synthetic Biology, 2023
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A new Earth for geophysicists
July 31, 2023George Helffrich et al., Geophysical Journal International, 2023
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How to make “sand” on Titan?
July 31, 2023Eito Hirai, Yasuhito Sekine, Natsumi Noda et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
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ELSI scientists illuminate previously unrecognised features in the deep Earth
July 24, 2023Jun Su, Christine Houser, John W. Hernlund et al., Geophysical Journal International, 2023
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Life detection techniques inspired by developments and tools in physical and biological sciences
July 21, 2023Tony Z. Jia et al., Space: Science and Technology, 2023
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The state-of-the-art in primitive polyester synthesis and microdroplet assembly
March 29, 2023Tony Z. Jia et al., Biophysics and Physicobiology, 2023
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The genetics of temperature adaptation: how does life thrive in extreme conditions?
March 27, 2023Paula Prondzinsky, Shawn Erin McGlynn et al., DNA Research, 2023
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What is the evolution of rubble-pile asteroids? — Avalanches, and the formation of top-shaped asteroids and rubble-pile satellites
December 1, 2022K. Sugiura et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022
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Carbonyl migration along the entire carbonyl chain of sugars highly influences the stability and chirality of sugars
December 1, 2022Ruiqin Yi, Chemistry—A European Journal, 2022
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How the origin of life could have arisen from a “Liquid Crystal World”
November 30, 2022Tony Z. Jia et al., Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022
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Physicochemical properties of reaction microenvironments can inform future prebiotic chemistry experiments
October 31, 2022Tony Z. Jia et al., Life, 2022
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ELSI scientists dissect ancient molecular structures in memory of protein evolution pioneer Prof. Dan Tawfik
October 31, 2022Liam M. Longo, Hayate Hirai, Shawn E. McGlynn, Protein Science, 2022
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Polyester chemistry highlights possible role of microdroplets in the origin of life
October 19, 2022Rehana Afrin, Tony Z. Jia et al., Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2022
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Coacervates as a cradle for the evolution of structured proteins
October 6, 2022Liam Longo et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022
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ELSI student receives 1st Place Prize at GENSEKI2023 – science pitch competition
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Introducing ELSI Science-Art Resident of FY2023 – Kayo Nomura
November 1, 2023 -
ELSI student receives Best Student Poster Award from the International Association of Geochemistry
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Could humans survive on planet Namek in Dragon Ball? ELSI Director answers!
September 1, 2023 -
Call for Artists for ELSI Science-Art Residency FY2023
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ELSI scientist Tony Z. Jia receives the ‘Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences’ research award
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NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean
July 5, 2023Yasuhito Sekine, Kento Furuya and Shuya Tan has discovered phosphorus – an essential chemical element for life – locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Enceladus.
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Introducing ELSI Science-Art Resident of FY2022 – Madoka Naito
June 19, 2023ELSI selected Madoka Naito as the 'ELSI Science-Art Resident' for FY2022. Madoka Naito is an artist from Okinawa who explores humans' innate creativity and uniqueness as nature.
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ELSI professor Kei Hirose elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society
May 11, 2023The former director and current PI of ELSI, Professor Kei Hirose was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society
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ELSI Professors receive the prestigious international research award
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JUICE Mission livestream features ELSI Director, Yasuhito Sekine
April 12, 2023 ELSI Director and JUICE project scientist, Yasuhito SekineEvent Date：2022/4/13
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ELSI Annual Public Lecture 2023 ‘Hayabusa2: Unlocking the Mysteries of Life’ lecture videos are available online
February 16, 2023Videos of lectures by Associate Professor Elizabeth Tasker (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)) and Specially Appointed Associate Professor Hiroyuki Kurokawa (ELSI)
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ELSI Director Yasuhito Sekine was awarded the JSPS Prize
December 20, 2022ELSI Director Yasuhito Sekine was awarded the 19th（FY2022）JSPS Prize
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Orientation Webinar for the Earth-Life Science Course as part of the International Graduate Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology (commencing from September 2023)
December 12, 2022Orientation Webinar for the Earth-Life Science Course
Event Date：26 January 2023
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ELSI supervised, Tokyo Tech graduate students receive Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences Awards
October 31, 2022 -
ELSI’s Tony Z. Jia receives the best general oral presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Biological Sciences in Space
October 31, 2022 -
Launch of the Falling Walls Engage Hub Japan
October 6, 2022Bringing together Japanese and international perspectives on science communication and engagement
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Call for Artists for ELSI Science-Art Residency FY2022
September 9, 2022Application is closed
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ELSI Seminar: Crossing the salty divide: the Great Oxidation event, cyanobacterial evolution, and the marine-terrestrial barrier?
November 15, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 22 November 2023
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Origins of Life Symposium at IUPAB2024
November 13, 2023Event Date：24-28 June 2024
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ELSI seminar: Space Flight Mechanics
November 8, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 8 November 2023
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ELSI Outreach Activities at Koudaisai 2023 (Tokyo Tech Festival)
October 27, 2023Event Date：28-29 October 2023
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ELSI Seminar: The fate of water on carbonaceous asteroids from Ryugu samples
October 26, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 1 November 2023
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ELSI Seminar: JAXA’s Strategic Small-Body Sample Return Program: From Hayabusa/Hayabusa 2 to MMX
October 18, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 25 October 2023
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The 9th ELSI/ Kavli IPMU/ IRCN Joint Public Lecture series “Quest for Origins”
October 10, 2023Event Date：2023/11/05
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Registration open for 12th ELSI International Symposium in collaboration with CO World project
October 10, 2023Event Date：Tuesday-Friday, 9-12 January 2024
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ELSI Seminar: In search of phase transitions from chemistry to life
October 10, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Registration open for Hayabusa2 Ryugu Sample Display Exhibition
October 5, 2023Event Date：28-29 October 2023
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Why Decolonize Science? Perspectives from Astronomy at UN Science Summit at 78th UN General Assembly
September 27, 2023Event Date：Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 09:00–10:00 UTC / 18:00–19:00 JST
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ELSI Seminar: Nanoscale Insights: Exploring Life’s Origins through Hydrothermal Vents
September 26, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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ELSI Seminar: Atmospheres of super-Earths/sub-Neptunes with magma ocean
September 21, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 27 September 2023
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ELSI Seminar: Isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase: new insights into editing and antibiotic resistance mechanisms
September 19, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
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Korea-Japan Joint Workshop of Bottom-up Synthetic Biology
September 5, 2023Event Date：Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
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5th Japan SciCom Forum 2023 to be held in Okinawa on 21-22 November
July 24, 2023Register for free by July 31 and join the conference
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Orientation Webinar for the Earth-Life Science Course as part of the International Graduate Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology (commencing from April 2024)
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47th Annual Meeting of The Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Life Japan
March 14, 2023Event Date： 28 and 29 March, 2023
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Nurturing graduate students with science communication skills
July 18, 2023 -
Communicating about life beyond Earth and other big news
July 11, 2023 -
Placing science outreach centre-stage in Japan
July 5, 2022Interview with ELSI's Director of Communications, Thilina Heenatigala
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ELSI graduate course tackles fundamental questions of life
July 5, 2022Interview with Professor Tomoaki Matsuura and Professor Ryuhei Nakamura
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The dawn of evolution: ELSI’s quest for extra-terrestrial life
July 5, 2022Interview with new ELSI Director, Yasuhito Sekine
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Ten years of ELSI: Earth, life and a new research culture in Japan
July 5, 2022Interview with former ELSI Director, Kei Hirose
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Role of ELSI’s CRAY computer cluster
June 16, 2022 Koichiro UmemotoThe CRAY XC30, which has continued to run since the establishment of ELSI, is a computer cluster with 960 CPUs. It will be replaced for performance and other reasons but has been a significant part of my Earth & planetary science research.
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