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COMPLEX SYSTEMS SEMINAR | UM-ICAM: The Origin of Life

Friday, April 5, 2013

4:00 AM

340 West Hall

Time	Description
8:30 - 9:00	Coffee and Snacks
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome: Jim Allen Opening Remarks, TBA
Morning Session	Chair: Robert Deegan Niles Lehman (Portland State University)
9:15 - 10:00	Molecular Cooperation at the Origins of Life
10:00 - 10:15	Discussion
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Stuart Kauffman (University of Vermont)
10:45-11:30	What is Life and Can We Create It?
11:30 - 11:45	Discussion
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch and Poster Viewing
Afternoon Session	Chair: Sharon Glotzer George Whitesides (Harvard University)
1:00 - 1:45	Thinking about the Origin of Life
1:45 - 2:00	Discussion Irene A. Chen (University of California, Santa Barbara)
2:00 - 2:45	RNA Fitness Landscapes
2:45 - 3:00	Discussion
3:00 - 3:30	Coffee Paul M. Chaikin (New York University)
3:30 - 4:15	Artificial Life
4:15 - 4:45	Closing Discussion
4:45	Adjourn

Descriptions of the talks can be found here.

Speaker:	George Whitesides, Paul Chaikin, Stu Kaufman, Irene Chen, and Niles Lehman