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#Marchant2011 "Oil droplets mimic early life." ''Nature News'' Feb. 2011. [http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110223/full/news.2011.118.html Read Article]
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#Marchant2011 Marchant, J. "Oil droplets mimic early life." ''Nature News'' Feb. 2011. [http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110223/full/news.2011.118.html Read Article]
 
// News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
 
// News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
#Hanczyc2011 "The line between life and not-life" TED Talk May 2011. [http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life.html Martin Hanczyc TED Talk] "The line between life and not-life" (15 min)
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#Hanczyc2011 Hanczyc, M. "The line between life and not-life" TED Talk May 2011. (15 min). [http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life.html Watch on TED.com]
#Szostak
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#Szostak2011 Szostak, J.W. "Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth" iBIology Lecture. July 2011 (55 minutes). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPGOhXoprU Watch on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPGOhXoprU Jack Szostak Lecture]
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// You can skip past the general intro to minute 10 with the slide "Modern Life".
 
// You can skip past the general intro to minute 10 with the slide "Modern Life".
 
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* Two more lectures. [http://www.ibioseminars.org/lectures/chemicalbiologybiophysics/jack-szostak.html Jack Szostak Lectures on the Origin of Cellular Life on Earth]
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#Szostak2011 Complete series of three Szostak lectures. [http://www.ibioseminars.org/lectures/chemicalbiologybiophysics/jack-szostak.html Watch on iBiology.org]
 
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Protocell consisting of a fatty acid vesicle encapsulating nucleic acids. From ExploringOrigins.org.

Required Reading/Viewing

  1. Marchant, J. "Oil droplets mimic early life." Nature News Feb. 2011. Read Article [Marchant2011]
    News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
  2. Hanczyc, M. "The line between life and not-life" TED Talk May 2011. (15 min). Watch on TED.com [Hanczyc2011]
  3. Szostak, J.W. "Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth" iBIology Lecture. July 2011 (55 minutes). Watch on YouTube [Szostak2011]
    You can skip past the general intro to minute 10 with the slide "Modern Life".
  1. Complete series of three Szostak lectures. Watch on iBiology.org [Szostak2011]