Scientists uncover a multibillion-year epic written into the chemistry of life

Harrison B. Smith, Liam M. Longo, Shawn E. McGlynn et al., Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024

Amino acid crisis on carbonaceous meteorites and asteroid Ryugu

Yamei Li, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Yasuhito Sekine et al., Science Advances, 2023

Discovery of novel RNA-binding peptides not found in nature

Shota Nishikawa, Naohiro Terasaka, Kosuke Fujishima et al., Biomacromolecules, 2023

Shedding Light on the Synthesis of Sugars Before the Origin of Life

Ruiqin Yi et al., JACS Au, 2023

How membraneless compartments can teach us about the first cells on Earth

Tony Z. Jia, Biophysical Reviews, 2023

How salts drove the first (membraneless) protocells to grow

Chen Chen and Tony Z. Jia et al., Small Methods, 2023

New study shows how simpler nucleic acids can be generated in primitive environments

Ruiqin Y, Tony Z. Jia and Shawn Erin McGlynn et al., Chemical Communications, 2023

Liquid-liquid phase separation: A closer step to understanding life origin and evolution

Tony Z. Jia et al., Peptide Science, 2023

Overcoming the challenges to synthesising iron–sulfur proteins outside the glovebox

Shota Nishikawa, Shawn Erin McGlynn, Kosuke Fujishima et al., ACS Synthetic Biology, 2023