CHEDMonday, April 7, 2008

1:30 PM-4:55 PM Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Jasperwood, Oral
Chemical Evolution from Origins of Life to Modern Society
Origins and Evolution
Organizer, Presidings:S. Russell Seidel
Jon M. Friedrich
Lori Zaikowski
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:35 PMThe origin of biomolecules
Antonio Lazcano
2:05 PMPrebiotic selection of the AT base-pair? A physical organic approach to understanding base-pair stability indicates unique stability
Steven C. Zimmerman, Jordan R. Quinn, Isaiah Shavitt, Janet E. Del Bene
2:35 PMSelf-assembly and the origin of the first RNA-like polymers
Nicholas V. Hud, David G. Lynn
3:05 PMIntermission
3:20 PMOrigin of homochirality
Martin Klussmann, Donna G Blackmond
3:50 PMEnergy supplies for the origin of life
Michael Russell
4:20 PMChemical coevolution of life and environment
Ariel D. Anbar
4:50 PMConcluding Remarks

Chemical Evolution from Origins of Life to Modern Society -- Next Session

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008