Louise de Chalonge and I wrote a piece for The Conversation about a handful of interesting papers published in the origin of life field over the last few years 🔬🪨🦠🌊 theconversation.com/unravelling-li… Dublin City University DCU Science and Health DCU Research OoLEN

Recharge and network during lunch while exploring the fascinating poster presentations from our talented researchers. Science never tasted so good! #ChemistryDay #DCUChemistry

Huge congratulations to all of our award winners for their brilliant presentations at Chemistry Day!🏆 Your contributions were truly impressive and inspiring. Keep up the great work! #ChemistryDay #DCUChemistry DCU School of Chemical Sciences

Hey #Teachers! Looking for a fun, easy way to teach about the #Mars2020 Perseverance rover? Check out this #GeologicMap coloring sheet activity! Students color their own geologic map and learn about the geology of #Mars! usgs.gov/news/coloring-…

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#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris – becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics.

A huge congratulations to Louise de Chalonge in receiving 1st place in the Research Visualisation competition organised by Core Technologies DCU. Louise's work will be illustrated by a professional artist. Well done Louise 🏆👩‍🔬 #Astrobiology #microfossils #science

DCU's Life Sciences Institute is a multidisciplinary research centre focused on the study of living organisms. LSI’s more than 70 research teams are focused on addressing global challenges. For more info, you can visit the DCU Life Sciences Institute website at dcu.ie/lifesciences

Would you like to know what taxi drivers think about life in the universe? Here's my book in the French edition.

Meet the team! Next up is research assistant Róisín Dignam 👩‍🔬🪐🌊🌋

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The Astrobiology and the Future of Life meeting is scheduled for October 16–18, 2024, in Houston, Texas. The abstract deadline is August 2, 2024. More information: ow.ly/siRt50SEqeZ #astrofuturelife

Lovely having Maxime Coutant visit our lab and present his work to our team. Looking forward to seeing you again soon 👨‍🔬🌏👽

Next we have Louise de Chalonge talking about protocells and fossilisation on early Earth. #IOoL2024

Last week the ProtoSigns team had an incredible opportunity to attend a talk with former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Thank you Cady for a really exciting and inspiring presentation! 👩‍🚀🚀👩‍🔬

#IOoL2024 was a full success! Many new connections were established and new friends were made. A big thank you goes to our amazing co-organizers Omer Markovitch, Celia Blanko, and especially to local host Yannick Geiger | @yannickgeiger.bsky.social who lead us through these exciting three days! 🙏👏

📢 PLEASE RT! ☁️ M2 Masters Internship in Atmosphere Habitability Modelling 🎓 6-month paid opportunity starting early 2025 🦠 Investigate habitability & microbial ecology of the atmosphere 💻 Theoretical & numerical modelling ☀️ Marseille, France 👨‍🔬 James Bradley @soundslikealloy

Congrats to our amazing research assistant Róisín Dignam who recently graduated in Environmental Sciences and Technology at Dublin City University , her hard work finally paid off and we couldn't be prouder! 👩‍🚀🦜🌍🪐🥍🏄‍♀️🌹🎖️

Last week we had two esteemed researchers visit the ProtoSigns. Mark van Zuilen and Corentin Loron both presented their very interesting work in Dublin City University. It was great to have them! #astrobiology #earlylife #science #originoflife #DCU #geology

🚨 We're hiring! Join our team ProtoSigns as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Modelling of Protocell Membranes. 🧪💻 👉 Details: universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-un… #OriginsOfLife #ComputationalBiology #ComputationalChemistry #AcademicTwitter

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