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== Required Reading/Viewing ==
 
== Required Reading/Viewing ==
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We'll discuss two different types of chemically synthesized "protocells".
  
 
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// News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
 
// News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
 
#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]
 
#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]
#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]
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#Toyota2009 pmid=19351200
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// Paper describing the chemistry behind the movies.
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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.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/evolution-ecology/jack-szostak-part-1.html Watch on iBiology.org]
 
// 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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#ExploringOrigins
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// Website further describing the components of Szostak protocells.
 
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# pmid=http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life.html
 
#Szostak2011b Complete series of three Szostak lectures. [http://www.ibioseminars.org/lectures/chemicalbiologybiophysics/jack-szostak.html Watch on iBiology.org]
 
#Szostak2011b 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

We'll discuss two different types of chemically synthesized "protocells".

Error fetching PMID 19351200:
  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. Error fetching PMID 19351200: [Toyota2009]
    Paper describing the chemistry behind the movies.
  4. Szostak, J.W. "Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth" iBIology Lecture. July 2011 (55 minutes). Watch on iBiology.org [Szostak2011]
    You can skip past the general intro to minute 10 with the slide "Modern Life".
  5. [ExploringOrigins]
    Website further describing the components of Szostak protocells.
  1. =http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life.html [pmid]
  2. Complete series of three Szostak lectures. Watch on iBiology.org [Szostak2011b]