Name: 664. Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Seminar on Prebiotic Molecules in Space and Origins of Life on Earth
Start: 2018-03-19T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2018-03-23T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Physikzentrum Bad Honnef

664. Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Seminar on Prebiotic Molecules in Space and Origins of Life on Earth

from Monday, March 19, 2018 (2:00 PM) to Friday, March 23, 2018 (1:00 PM)

Monday, March 19, 2018
2:30 PM The first steps toward chemical complexity: from pre-stellar cores to protoplanetary disks. I.
The first steps toward chemical complexity: from pre-stellar cores to protoplanetary disks. I.
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Chemical processes and evolution from clouds to disks - Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden Observatory / MPE)

3:15 PM Molecular complexity in star forming regions - Arnaud Belloche (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

3:45 PM Forming Complex Molecules in Early Stages of Star Formation - Eric Herbst (University of Virginia)

5:00 PM THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HOT MOLECULAR CORE G31.41+0.31 - Maite Beltran (INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

5:15 PM Carbon-chain growth in the Solar-type protocluster OMC-2 FIR4 - Francesco Fontani (INAF-Arcetri)

5:30 PM From One to Two Dimensional Interstellar Carbon: A Synthesis of Laboratory, Observations, and Theory - Brett McGuire (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
9:00 AM The first steps toward chemical complexity: from pre-stellar cores to protoplanetary disks. II.
The first steps toward chemical complexity: from pre-stellar cores to protoplanetary disks. II.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Gas phase chemistry and molecular complexity: how far do they go? - Nadia Balucani (Università degli Studi di Perugia)

9:45 AM Chemical Complexity in Pre-stellar Cores - Izaskun Jimenez-Serra (Queen Mary University of London)

10:15 AM Formation of interstellar complex molecules on dust grains - Francois Dulieu (University of Cergy Pontoise)

11:30 AM Protostellar shocks as factories of interstellar complex organic molecules - Claudio Codella

11:45 AM Chemical modelling of formamide and methyl isocyanate in star-forming regions - David Quénard (QMUL)

12:00 PM Complex molecules in PDRs and protoplanetary disks - viviana guzman (Joint ALMA Observatory)

12:15 PM The warm molecular region below the UV-shielded layer in disk atmospheres - Mate Adamkovics (Clemson University)
2:30 PM The Solar System. I.
The Solar System. I.
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Organics in meteorites: Interstellar, solar and/or parent body? - Conel Alexander

3:15 PM Prebiotic molecules in the Solar System, scenarios for the origin of life and implications for the emergence of life - Frances Westall (CNRS-CBM)

3:45 PM Formation of ices in the protosolar nebula and implications for the composition of outer planets - Olivier Mousis (Aix-Marseille Université)

5:00 PM Interstellar ices as a source of complex organic molecules of interplanetary solar system objects - Gregoire Danger (Aix-Marseille University)

5:15 PM Pre- and protostellar roots of cometary volatiles - Maria Drozdovskaya (Center for Space and Habitability, Universität Bern)

5:30 PM A reaction network for Chury’s chemistry - Jan Hendrik Bredehöft (Universität Bremen)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
9:00 AM The Solar System II.
The Solar System II.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Solar System formation and evolution: dynamical models and cosmochemical implications - Alessandro Morbidelli (C.N.R.S.)

9:45 AM Remote studies of organics in cometary comae - Stefanie Milam (NASA/GSFC)

10:15 AM Observations of Organic Chemistry on Titan - Steve Charnley (NASA)

11:30 AM Solid state chemistry driven by 1 keV electrons - Sergio Ioppolo (Queen Mary University of London)

11:45 AM (Sub)millimeter Molecular Observations of Solar System Icy Worlds - Yo-Ling Chuang (National Taiwan Normal University)

12:00 PM Phosphorus: the missing prebiotic element… found in star-forming regions and comets - Víctor M. Rivilla (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, OAA-INAF)
2:30 PM Exoplanets and habitability
Exoplanets and habitability
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Chemical Characterization of Extrasolar Planets - Nikku Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge)

3:15 PM Dynamic and kinetic processes shaping exoplanet atmosphere chemistry - Christiane Helling (University of St Andrews)

3:45 PM The chemical composition of protoplanets in a fragmenting disc - John Ilee (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Electron-induced formation of formamide and isocyanic acid in condensed mixtures of carbon monoxide and ammonia - Fabian Schmidt (Universität Bremen)

5:15 PM Origins of Phosphorus Nitride in Star-forming Regions - Chiara Mininni (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

5:30 PM Formation of interstellar methanol ice prior to the heavy CO freeze-out stage - Danna Qasim (Leiden Observatory)

5:45 PM ASTRONOMICAL TRIPLETS: ALMA OBSERVATIONS OF C2H4O2 ISOMERS IN SGR B2 (N) - Ci Xue

5:45 PM Chemical reactions in interstellar ices deposited on grains - Phillip Seeber (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Heidelberg)

5:45 PM Nitrogen fractionation in high-mass star forming cores across the Galaxy - Laura Colzi (University of Florence)

5:45 PM The CORE Project: Chemical complexity of AFGL 2591 - Caroline Gieser (MPIA)

5:45 PM The efficiency of driving chemical reactions by a physical non-equilibrium is kinetically controlled - Tobias Goeppel (Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich)

5:45 PM Chemical differentiation in the inner envelope of a young high-mass protostar - Timea Csengeri

5:45 PM THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL UV IRRADIATION FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ASTROPHYSICAL ICES IN ELIAS 29 - Will Robson Monteiro Rocha (University of St. Andrews)

5:45 PM The effect of multi grain network in chemical composition in the ISM. A study of dense clouds using Nautilus multi grain code - wasim iqbal (Postdoctoral Researcher)

5:45 PM Studying the Photo-Stability of Amino Acids in Water Ice upon Vacuum UV Irradiation - Vincent Kofman (Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University)

5:45 PM Two Complex Organic Molecules - Yi-Jehng Kuan (National Taiwan Normal University)

5:45 PM Experimental study of the chemical network of the hydrogenation of Methyl Isocyanide (CH$_3$NC) on interstellar dust grains - Thanh Nguyen

5:45 PM COMPLEX MOLECULE FORMATION IN TMC-1: A new approach using the physico-chemical ProDiMo code - Will Robson Monteiro Rocha (University of St. Andrews)
Thursday, March 22, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of biosignatures under simulated planetary conditions - Zita Martins

9:45 AM Organic chemistry in the atmosphere of the early earth - Nathalie Carrasco (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin)

10:15 AM From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology: the role of extraterrestrial ices in the build-up of a prebiotic chemistry on telluric planets. - Louis Le Sergant d hendecourt (CNRS)

11:30 AM Thermal gradients – a natural choice to support the origins of life - Christof Mast (LMU Munich)

11:45 AM Fluid inclusions in Archaean rocks as window to the early evolution of organic molecules on Earth - Heinfried Schöler (Institute of.Earth Science, University of Heidelberg)

12:00 PM A Search for Phosphorus-bearing molecules in Solar-type Star Forming Regions - Bertrand Lefloch (CNRS/IPAG)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Prebiotic Chemistry: Synthesis and Selection - Matthew Powner (UCL)

3:15 PM Prebiotic origin of nucleosides in a formamide context - Lorenzo Botta

3:45 PM Exploring the emergence of complexity with microfluidic droplets - Rebecca Turk-MacLeod (University of Glasgow)

5:00 PM The ethanol tree: possible gas-phase formation routes of glycolaldehyde, acetic acid and formic acid in ISM - Fanny Vazart (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)

5:15 PM Recent Advances in Our Understanding of the Prebiotic Molecular Complexity in Astronomical Environments. - Anthony Remijan (NRAO)
Friday, March 23, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM RNA-catalyzed RNA replication - Phil Holliger (MRC-LMB)

9:45 AM Transport reaction cycles as a prebiotic driving force - Ulrich Gerland (Technical University of Munich)

10:15 AM Prebiotic and Synthetic RNA worlds - Hannes Mutschler (MPI of Biochemistry)

11:30 AM From quantum computational physics to the origins of life - A. Marco Saitta (Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne)

11:45 AM Pyrite surface pre-treatment drives amino-acids molecular interaction process - Eva Mateo-Marti (Centro de Astrobiologia (INTA-CSIC))

12:00 PM Towards a microfluidic reactor for autonomous, microfluidic synthesis of RNA - Victor Sojo (LMU (Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich))