1. In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Joan “John” Oro (1923–2004)

   • Editorial Board

   EditorialNotes Pages: 297 - 298

2. Ammonia Formation By The Reduction Of Nitrite/Nitrate By Fes: Ammonia Formation Under Acidic Conditions

   • David P. Summers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 312

3. Sodium chloride enhanced oligomerization of l-glutamic acid in aqueous solution

   • kong-jiang wang
   • nan yao
   • chen li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 322

4. The Formation Of Glycerol Monodecanoate By A Dehydration Condensation Reaction: Increasing The Chemical Complexity Of Amphiphiles On The Early Earth

   • Charles L. Apel
   • David W. Deamer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 332

5. Evolving lipid vesicles in prebiotic hydrothermal environments

   • Ryo Furuuchi
   • Ei-Ichi Imai
   • Koichiro Matsuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 343

6. POSSIBLE ORIGIN FOR PORPHIN DERIVATIVES IN PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY – A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY

   • Nigel Aylward
   • Neville Bofinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 368

7. The Structure And Synthetic Capabilities Of A Catalytic Peptide Formed By Substrate-Directed Mechanism – Implications To Prebiotic Catalysis

   • Gideon Fleminger
   • Tal Yaron
   • Akiva Bar-Nun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 382

8. On the Chemical Nature and Origin of Teleonomy

   • Addy Pross

   OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 394

9. A HYPOTHETICAL PATHWAY FROM THE RNA TO THE DNA WORLD

   • Martin A. Line

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 400