Origins of Life on Earth
- Anastassia Kanavarioti, Discussion Leader
- Stanley Miller "Efficient prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidines"
- Alan Weiner "Genomic tags and the evolution of genomic structure"
Polymers of Life
- Alan Schwartz, Discussion Leader
- Albert Eschenmoser "Pyranosyl RNA"
- Leslie Orgel (Formation of polyamides on RNA templates, minerals, and micelles"
- James Ferris (Nucleotide polymerization on mineral surfaces"
Chemical Self-Replication
- Gerald Joyce, Discussion Leader
- Gunther von Kiedrowski "Self-replicating polynucleotide analogues"
- Julius Rebek "Synthetic assemblies"
RNA-Based Evolution
- Andrew Ellington, Discussion Leader
- Jack Szostak "In vitro evolution of novel ribozymes"
- David Bartel "RNA-catalyzed RNA ligation"
- Michael Yarus "RNA-catalyzed aminocyclation"
Origin of the Cell
- John Rummel, Discussion Leader
- P. Luigi Luisi "Self-reproducing liposome systems"
- W. Ford Doolittle "Origin of the eucaryotic cell"
Deep Molecular Phylogeny
- Mitchell Sogin, Discussion Leader
- Peter Gogarten "The last common ancestor"
- Norman Pace "Deep branches of the archael tree"
- Gary Olsen "Ancient diversification of polymerase proteins"
Earth's Earliest Biosphere
- Andrew Knoll, Discussion Leader
- J. William Schopf "Precambrian microbial life"
- David DesMarais "Isotopic signature of the ancient biosphere"
Exobiological Exploration of Mars
- John Kerridge, Discussion Leader
- Jack Farmer "Exploring for a Martian biosphere: The global surveyor program and beyond"
- Phillip Christensen "Composition of the Martian surface"
- Christopher McKay "Analysis of the Mars soil oxidant"
A Planetary Basis for Life
- William Irvine, Discussion Leader
- Robert Brown "Extrasolar planetary systems"
- James Kasting "Circumstellar habitable zones"
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