OoL digest — July 25th edition (PART 1)
So much research published this week that I decided to split the digest in two parts. Today, we have several papers in the field of astrobiology: Bains presents another reanalysis of phosphine as a biosignature on Venus, and Cable reports on Titan’s organic chemistry chemistry and mineralogy, highlighting future research avenues, anticipating on NASA’s Dragonfly mission in the coming decade. Jahmidi-Azizi examines protein-ligand interactions in conditions analogue to Mars’s, and Paradise presents ExoPlaSim, a Global Climate Model extension of the original PlaSim that is designed to be applicable to a wider range of planetary conditions. Finally, in systems biology we have a paper by Brunk presenting a set of simple criteria for evaluating OoL scenarios. Happy reading !!
Astrobiology
Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes – Bains et al. – Astrobiology
Titan in a Test Tube: Organic Co-crystals and Implications for Titan Mineralogy – Cable et al. – Accounts of Chemical Research
The Effects of Temperature and Pressure on Protein-Ligand Binding in the Presence of Mars-Relevant Salts – Jahmidi-Azizi et al. – Biology
ExoPlaSim: Extending the Planet Simulator for Exoplanets – Paradise et al. – preprint
Systems biology
‘Whole Organism’, Systems Biology, and Top-Down Criteria for Evaluating Scenarios for the Origin of Life – Brunk et al. – Life