Life is a stable state of matter away from equilibrium, the appearance of which has always puzzled mankind. It emerged at least once in the Universe, and the fact that we know (and are) the outcome of this successful event, provides us with valuable insights. For instance, for its ubiquity in the current living systems, the existence of a compartment (the cell membrane) must have been one of the crucial aspects also at the early stages of life.All commonly accepted scenarios for the onset of life formation include extreme environments, with very high temperatures of often > 100 °C and, in some cases, high hydrostatic pressure up to 1000 bar. Therefore, it is mandatory to study the impact of such conditions on the proto-cells membranes (prot...
The prebiotic organization of chemicals into compartmentalized ensembles is an essential step to und...
Our objective is to help explain how the earliest ancestors of contemporary cells (protocells) perfo...
Conceptually, the most robust way to explain how primitive cell-like structures acquired and increas...
La vie est un état stable de la matière hors équilibre, dont l'origine a toujours intrigué l'humanit...
International audienceOrigin of life scenarios generally assume an onset of cell formation in terres...
International audienceTerrestrial life appeared on our planet within a time window of [4.4-3.5] bill...
Most of Earth’s biotopes are under extreme environmental conditions, e.g. distant from the optimal l...
At some point in early evolution, life became cellular. Assuming that this step was required for the...
The origin-of-life problem has been traditionally conceived as the chemical challenge to find the ty...
Archaea are the main inhabitants of the harshest environments on Earth. This tolerance to extreme co...
A central event in the origin of life was the self-assembly of amphiphilic, lipid-like compounds int...
International audienceModern phospholipid membranes are known to be in a functional, physiological s...
Vesicles formed from single-chain amphiphiles (SCAs) such as fatty acids probably played an importan...
Self-assembling single-chain amphiphiles available in the prebiotic environment likely played a fund...
Earth’s crust and primordial ocean formed more than 4 billion years ago and life is believed to have...
The prebiotic organization of chemicals into compartmentalized ensembles is an essential step to und...
Our objective is to help explain how the earliest ancestors of contemporary cells (protocells) perfo...
Conceptually, the most robust way to explain how primitive cell-like structures acquired and increas...
La vie est un état stable de la matière hors équilibre, dont l'origine a toujours intrigué l'humanit...
International audienceOrigin of life scenarios generally assume an onset of cell formation in terres...
International audienceTerrestrial life appeared on our planet within a time window of [4.4-3.5] bill...
Most of Earth’s biotopes are under extreme environmental conditions, e.g. distant from the optimal l...
At some point in early evolution, life became cellular. Assuming that this step was required for the...
The origin-of-life problem has been traditionally conceived as the chemical challenge to find the ty...
Archaea are the main inhabitants of the harshest environments on Earth. This tolerance to extreme co...
A central event in the origin of life was the self-assembly of amphiphilic, lipid-like compounds int...
International audienceModern phospholipid membranes are known to be in a functional, physiological s...
Vesicles formed from single-chain amphiphiles (SCAs) such as fatty acids probably played an importan...
Self-assembling single-chain amphiphiles available in the prebiotic environment likely played a fund...
Earth’s crust and primordial ocean formed more than 4 billion years ago and life is believed to have...
The prebiotic organization of chemicals into compartmentalized ensembles is an essential step to und...
Our objective is to help explain how the earliest ancestors of contemporary cells (protocells) perfo...
Conceptually, the most robust way to explain how primitive cell-like structures acquired and increas...