应蚁瑞钦研究员邀请，澳大利亚新南威尔士大学副教授Albert C. Fahrenbach将于10月22日（周四）访问我所并在矿物楼4楼行星科学中心会议室做报告。欢迎大家参加并积极讨论！

     报 告 人：Albert C. Fahrenbach 副教授

      报告题目：Prebiotic RNA Chemistry

 报告时间：10月22日（周四）下午15:00

      报告地点：矿物楼4楼行星科学中心会议室

      报告简介：   

      The question of how life first arose on Earth remains one of the deepest challenges in science. A wealth of evidence supports the idea of an early RNA world – predating DNA and proteins – in which RNA fulfilled dual roles as both genetic material and catalyst. This hypothesis is supported by RNA’s ability to act as a template, the catalytic activities of ribozymes and the RNA-based core of the ribosome. While the RNA world is widely accepted, its origins from prebiotic chemistry and early evolution remain subjects of active debate. A central challenge is understanding how sufficiently long and functional RNA sequences could have formed abiotically or through primitive metabolic processes. In this talk, I will showcase some of the prebiotic RNA chemistry research taking place in the Fahrenbach group that aims to tackle this challenge.

      报告人简介：

      Albert C. Fahrenbach，现任澳大利亚新南威尔士大学副教授、澳大利亚天体生物学研究中心主任，主要从事原始地球环境中生命物质化学演化的研究。他于西北大学攻读博士学位期间，师从2016年诺贝尔化学奖得主Fraser Stoddart教授，从事人工分子机器的设计与合成研究，并于2013年获得有机化学博士学位。随后在2009年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主Jack Szostak教授指导下开展生命起源相关研究。2017至2018年间任日本东京工业大学地球生命研究所（ELSI）副教授。迄今已在Science、Nature、Nature Communications、Nature Chemistry、PNAS等国际权威期刊发表论文70余篇。