Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
TY102
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Katrina Twing
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Microbiology
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https://calendar.weber.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=71732

 

Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

Katrina I. Twing, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and National Academy of Science representative at the Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science symposium in Kyoto, Japan

Join us as Professor Twing answers the questions, what environmental conditions did the first life on Earth need to evolve, and could unique deep-sea volcanoes hold the answer? We'll explore Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life what is - and is not - known about the first microbes on Earth and where they came from.

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