Volume 37, Issue 4-5

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October 2007

International School on Complexity – Basic Questions about the Origins of Life

Issue Editors:

Pasquale Stano,
Pier Luigi Luisi

33 articles in this issue

Special Issue: Nine Basic Questions on the Origins of Life, International School of Complexity, Erice (Italy), 1 to 6 October 2006.
Alan W. Schwartz
EditorialNotes Open access 09 August 2007 Pages: 301 - 301
Basic Questions About the Origins of Life: Proceedings of the Erice International School of Complexity (Fourth Course)
Pasquale Stano
Pier Luigi Luisi
OriginalPaper 30 June 2007 Pages: 303 - 307
Question 1: Commentary Referring to the Statement “The Origin of Life can be Traced Back to the Origin of Kinetic Control” and the Question “Do You Agree with this Statement; and How Would You Envisage the Prebiotic Evolutionary Bridge Between Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control?” Stated in Section 1.1.
Albert Eschenmoser
OriginalPaper 30 June 2007 Pages: 309 - 314
Question 1: Origin of Life and the Living State
Stuart Kauffman
OriginalPaper 03 August 2007 Pages: 315 - 322
Question 1: Peptide Nucleic Acids and the Origin and Homochirality of Life
Peter E. Nielsen
OriginalPaper 17 July 2007 Pages: 323 - 328
Question 1: The FeS/H₂S System as a Possible Primordial Source of Redox Energy
Mark Dörr
Theodor Alpermann
Wolfgang Weigand
OriginalPaper 14 July 2007 Pages: 329 - 333
Question 2: Raman Spectroscopic Approach to Analytical Astrobiology: The Detection of Key Biomolecular Markers in the Search for Life
Howell G. M. Edwards
OriginalPaper 26 June 2007 Pages: 335 - 339
Question 2: Why Astrobiology?
Sandra Pizzarello
OriginalPaper 03 July 2007 Pages: 341 - 344
Question 2: Why an Astrobiological Study of Titan Will Help Us Understand the Origin of Life
Francois Raulin
OriginalPaper 26 June 2007 Pages: 345 - 349
Question 2: Relation of Panspermia-Hypothesis to Astrobiology
Zbigniew Pawel Zagorski
OriginalPaper 26 June 2007 Pages: 351 - 355
Question 3: The Worlds of the Prebiotic and Never Born Proteins
Cristiano Chiarabelli
Davide De Lucrezia
OriginalPaper 03 July 2007 Pages: 357 - 361
Question 3: The Problem of Macromolecular Sequences: The Forgotten Stumbling Block
Pier Luigi Luisi
OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 363 - 365
Question 4: Short Remarks About the Origin of Homochirality
Vladik Avetisov
OriginalPaper 03 July 2007 Pages: 367 - 370
Question 4: Basic Questions About the Origin of Life: On Chirobiogenesis
Meir Lahav
OriginalPaper 07 July 2007 Pages: 371 - 377
Question 5: On the Chemical Reality of the RNA World
Davide De Lucrezia
Fabrizio Anella
Cristiano Chiarabelli
OriginalPaper 27 June 2007 Pages: 379 - 385
Question 5: Does the RNA-World Still Retain its Appeal After 40 Years of Research?
Pierre-Alain Monnard
OriginalPaper 05 July 2007 Pages: 387 - 390
Question 6: Early Steps of Evolution and Some Ideas About a Simplified Translational Machinery
Knud H. Nierhaus
OriginalPaper 01 August 2007 Pages: 391 - 398
Question 6: How Did Translation Occur?
Peter Strazewski
OriginalPaper 26 June 2007 Pages: 399 - 401
Question 6: Coevolution Theory of the Genetic Code: A Proven Theory
Jeffrey Tze-Fei Wong
OriginalPaper 05 July 2007 Pages: 403 - 408
Question 7: Biosynthesis of Phosphatidic Acid in Liposome Compartments – Toward the Self-Reproduction of Minimal Cells
Yutetsu Kuruma
OriginalPaper 25 July 2007 Pages: 409 - 413
Question 7: Comparative Genomics and Early Cell Evolution: A Cautionary Methodological Note
Sara Islas
Ricardo Hernández-Morales
Antonio Lazcano
OriginalPaper 28 June 2007 Pages: 415 - 418
Question 7: Construction of a Semi-Synthetic Minimal Cell: A Model for Early Living Cells
Giovanni Murtas
OriginalPaper 01 August 2007 Pages: 419 - 422
Question 7: Optimized Energy Consumption for Protein Synthesis
Witold Szaflarski
Knud H. Nierhaus
OriginalPaper 18 July 2007 Pages: 423 - 428
Question 7: The First Units of Life Were Not Simple Cells
Vic Norris
Axel Hunding
K. Sriram
OriginalPaper 10 July 2007 Pages: 429 - 432
Question 7: Modelling Minimal ‘Lipid-Peptide’ Cells
Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo
Fabio Mavelli
OriginalPaper 24 July 2007 Pages: 433 - 437
Question 7: New Aspects of Interactions Among Vesicles
Pasquale Stano
OriginalPaper 03 July 2007 Pages: 439 - 444
Question 7: The Vesicle World: The Emergence of Cellular Life can be Related to Properties Specific to Vesicles
Saša Svetina
OriginalPaper 26 June 2007 Pages: 445 - 448
Question 8: From a Set of Chemical Reactions to Reproducing Cells
Kunihiko Kaneko
OriginalPaper 11 July 2007 Pages: 449 - 453
Question 8: Bridging the Gap Between In Silico and In Vitro Approaches to Minimal Cells
Fabio Mavelli
Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo
OriginalPaper 28 June 2007 Pages: 455 - 458
Question 9: Theoretical and Artificial Construction of the Living: Redefining the Approach from an Autopoietic Point of View
Leonardo Bich
Luisa Damiano
OriginalPaper 14 July 2007 Pages: 459 - 464
Question 9: Minority Control and Genetic Takeover
Kunihiko Kaneko
OriginalPaper 11 July 2007 Pages: 465 - 468
Question 9: Prospects for the Construction of Artificial Cells or Protocells
Pierre-Alain Monnard
H.-J. Ziock
OriginalPaper 07 July 2007 Pages: 469 - 472
Question 9: Quantum Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Electron Tunneling in Photosynthetic Systems of Artificial Minimal Living Cells
Arvydas Tamulis
Vykintas Tamulis
OriginalPaper 03 July 2007 Pages: 473 - 476

Volume 37, Issue 4-5

Special Issue: Nine Basic Questions on the Origins of Life, International School of Complexity, Erice (Italy), 1 to 6 October 2006.

Basic Questions About the Origins of Life: Proceedings of the Erice International School of Complexity (Fourth Course)

Question 1: Origin of Life and the Living State

Question 1: Peptide Nucleic Acids and the Origin and Homochirality of Life

Question 1: The FeS/H₂S System as a Possible Primordial Source of Redox Energy

Question 2: Raman Spectroscopic Approach to Analytical Astrobiology: The Detection of Key Biomolecular Markers in the Search for Life

Question 2: Why Astrobiology?

Question 2: Why an Astrobiological Study of Titan Will Help Us Understand the Origin of Life

Question 2: Relation of Panspermia-Hypothesis to Astrobiology

Question 3: The Worlds of the Prebiotic and Never Born Proteins

Question 3: The Problem of Macromolecular Sequences: The Forgotten Stumbling Block

Question 4: Short Remarks About the Origin of Homochirality

Question 4: Basic Questions About the Origin of Life: On Chirobiogenesis

Question 5: On the Chemical Reality of the RNA World

Question 5: Does the RNA-World Still Retain its Appeal After 40 Years of Research?

Question 6: Early Steps of Evolution and Some Ideas About a Simplified Translational Machinery

Question 6: How Did Translation Occur?

Question 6: Coevolution Theory of the Genetic Code: A Proven Theory

Question 7: Biosynthesis of Phosphatidic Acid in Liposome Compartments – Toward the Self-Reproduction of Minimal Cells

Question 7: Comparative Genomics and Early Cell Evolution: A Cautionary Methodological Note

Question 7: Construction of a Semi-Synthetic Minimal Cell: A Model for Early Living Cells

Question 7: Optimized Energy Consumption for Protein Synthesis

Question 7: The First Units of Life Were Not Simple Cells

Question 7: Modelling Minimal ‘Lipid-Peptide’ Cells

Question 7: New Aspects of Interactions Among Vesicles

Question 7: The Vesicle World: The Emergence of Cellular Life can be Related to Properties Specific to Vesicles

Question 8: From a Set of Chemical Reactions to Reproducing Cells

Question 8: Bridging the Gap Between In Silico and In Vitro Approaches to Minimal Cells

Question 9: Theoretical and Artificial Construction of the Living: Redefining the Approach from an Autopoietic Point of View

Question 9: Minority Control and Genetic Takeover

Question 9: Prospects for the Construction of Artificial Cells or Protocells

Question 9: Quantum Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Electron Tunneling in Photosynthetic Systems of Artificial Minimal Living Cells

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