Скачать или смотреть LIVE CHAT | 'Origins of Life in the Universe' with Jenny Calahan and Xavier Portillo

Kavli Foundation Program Officer Gregory Mack speaks with inaugural Kavli-Laukien fellows Jenny Calahan and Xavier Portillo about the search for life in the universe. This fellowship is part of a new partnership with the Laukien Science Foundation that supports scholars in the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative.

Jenny Calahan studies planet formation and astrochemistry and earned her Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan. In a recent publication, she and colleagues describe chemistry fueled by ultraviolet rays during later stages of planet formation.

Xavier Portillo studies RNA evolution, and earned his Ph.D. in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from Yale University. His research is aimed at evolving RNA molecules using directed evolution methods. He and collaborators recently witnessed the structural evolution of an RNA enzyme.

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