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Origin of Life

BIOLCHEM 713 - Emerging Areas of Biochemistry – a Mini Course consisting of seminars & discussions with the speakers

Fall 2017 – 1 credit* Discussion:10:30AM–11:30AM,4560CMSRB2DepartmentSeminar:12:00PM–1:00PM,NorthLectureHall,MedSciIICourse Director: Dr. Bruce Palfey (brupalf@umich.edu) SeminarsopentotheUniversityCommunity;discussionsforregisteredstudentsonly

5Sep:IntroductoryDiscussion

12Sep:RamanarayananKrishnamurthy,ScrippsResearchInstituteOrigins of Life - Giving Rise to Biological Chemistry from Pre-Biological

Chemistry

10Oct:DavidDeamer,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzHydrothermalfields,notvents:Aterrestrialoriginoflife

17Oct:LorenWilliams,GeorgiaTechSeminarTitleTBA

24Oct:CharlesCarter,UniversityofNorthCarolinaInterdependence,Reflexivity,Fidelity,ImpedanceMatching,andthe

EvolutionofGeneticCoding

14Nov:BurckhardSeelig,UniversityofMinnesotaSeminarTitleTBA

*Toregister,emailegoodwin@umich.eduforcoursepermission.