An interdisciplinary effort to understand chemical organizations at the origin of life

This backstory features the perspectives of three group leaders of a Franco-Indian collaboration on the origin of life, involving efforts to engineer evolvable chemical systems. The researchers explain how they overcame the difficulties to bring empiricist and theorist cultures together and the impo...

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Main Authors: C. Jeancolas, A.Y. Singh, S. Jain, S. Krishna, P. Nghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222021071
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description This backstory features the perspectives of three group leaders of a Franco-Indian collaboration on the origin of life, involving efforts to engineer evolvable chemical systems. The researchers explain how they overcame the difficulties to bring empiricist and theorist cultures together and the importance of such synergy for the future of origin of life research.
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spelling doaj.art-3850951822da40a4b8e8ab5d611d5e052023-01-22T04:41:23ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-01-01261105834An interdisciplinary effort to understand chemical organizations at the origin of lifeC. Jeancolas0A.Y. Singh1S. Jain2S. Krishna3P. Nghe4Laboratoire Biophysique et Évolution, UMR Chimie Biologie Innovation 8231, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France; Department of Philosophy, Durham University, Durham, UKDepartment of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India; Corresponding authorSimons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India; Corresponding authorSimons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India; Corresponding authorThis backstory features the perspectives of three group leaders of a Franco-Indian collaboration on the origin of life, involving efforts to engineer evolvable chemical systems. The researchers explain how they overcame the difficulties to bring empiricist and theorist cultures together and the importance of such synergy for the future of origin of life research.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222021071
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