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Jack Szostak (Harvard/HHMI) Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth

Science Communication Lab · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Biology & biotechnologyEvolution & geneticsUniversity lectures & courses

What it is

Jack Szostak's lecture covers how cellular life could have arisen from chemistry on the early Earth, starting from the odds of life elsewhere in the galaxy. It is part of a series on protocells and the RNA world.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a clear, authoritative lecture series on plausible origin-of-life theories.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Jack Szostak has done an excellent series of short videos on the theory”

    Short video series on RNA world theory and supporting experiments

    lawpoop, 2016-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things”

  2. “I found this 3 part talk which discusses how the simplest possible life form might have looked like.”

    Three-part talk on what the simplest possible life form might look like

    21, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Life”

  3. “This series of presentation by Jack Szostak is rather interesting”

    Presentation series on assembling life from simple molecules

    chr1, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “‘Minimal’ cell raises stakes in race to harness synthetic life (2016)”

  4. “Jack Szostak does a pretty good job of outlining how life might have arisen.”

    Clear outline of how life might have arisen

    trevyn, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “New physics needed to probe the origins of life”

  5. “Here's a starter pack”

    Origin of life lecture in a starter pack of resources

    martythemaniak, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “Cellular Automata in the Browser”

  6. “Fun lecture series”

    Lecture series on plausible theories of life's origin

    lovecg, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamander (2019)”

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Topics: abiogenesis, rna world, protocells, jack szostak, biochemistry

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