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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Today's LCLU Annual Science Day was a deep dive into the origins of everything 🪐 🧬 From Amy Bonsor’s keynote on exoplanet composition to Matthew Powner’s insights into life’s first peptides, the day brought together scholars working in a diverse range of academic fields.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Today is our LCLU Annual Science Day! www.lclu.cam.ac.uk/events/annua... We have many researchers presenting on topics from potentailly habitable distant worlds, to the origins of life via chemistry, biology and philosophy!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Senior Fellowship programme is now open. Further details and how to apply www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/lclu-se... @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
BBC News: Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Happening Today! Join us for a live talk with Professor Nikku Madhusudhan 14:00 BST www.youtube.com/live/yc0757j...
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Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Been hearing rumours of this discovery for some time. At any other time in history, this would dominate the news cycle. These days, it probably won't even make the monologues of late night talk shows.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
📰Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system. #NikkuMadhusudhan will be giving a live talk about these results 📆 17 April 🕑 14:00 BST www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc07.... 📖 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/stro...
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Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
YouTube video by Cambridge University Astronomy
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Fully Paid Scholarships available for women in #astronomy. #TaughtMPhilPSLU @cambridgeastro.bsky.social is excited to 📣 scholarships for Home-fee status female students. #theParasolFoundation and #MurrayEdwardsCollege www.pslu.masters.cam.ac.uk.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
...and it's a wrap. What an incredibly memorable and scientifically stimulating day all participants have had...until the next time!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
@egmitchell.bsky.social making the concluding remarks to the engaging audience & thanking to Selen Etingü and Alison Read for their excellent management & to the co-organizers Ross Findlay, Bence Csakany, Tuhin Ghosh and Abhishek Upadhyay.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Best poster & presentation awards by popular voting goes to Skyla White & Tereza Constantinou, respectively. Moreover, a symbolically honorary award to William McMahon for his talk amidst the only one technical glitch!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
One of the many highlights of annual day symposium has aptly been Didier Queloz's wonderful sciency socks 👌 #Planetary #ArtScience
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Jose Devienne from Physics presents the last talk of the symposium on "You spin me round – Exchange-driven reorientation of magnetic states in magnetite by chiral molecules and (potential) implications for the origin of life".
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
S. Furkan Ozturk from Physics speaks on the Origin of Life's Homochirality: From Magnetic Minerals to a Homochiral Genome.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Euan Furness from Zoology Department talks about Invaders in the Garden of Ediacara: the evolution of the first predatory ecologies.
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Emily Mitchell @egmitchell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Fantastic day ahead at the @lclu.bsky.social Annual Science Day with talks from 9 different departments @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👌
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ziwei Liu speaks on Fractionation of Carbon Isotopes in Carboxysulfitic Chemistry.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Sai Shruthi Murali from Institute of Astronomy talks about Investigation of Stability of HCN Under Wide Range of Geochemical Conditions.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Princess Buma-at from the lab of @egmitchell.bsky.social speaks on "Morphometric analyses of Charniodiscus from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada".
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
2nd poster session and a coffee break is underway!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Catriona McDonald from Institute of Astronomy talks on Determining the efficiency of volatile delivery via cometary impacts.
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ross Findlay from Department of Earth Sciences speaks on "Is there a comet hiding in our meteorite collections?"
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Tuhin Ghosh from Institute of Astronomy talks about giant impact ejecta driving enhanced atmospheric loss!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Joshua Shea from Department of Earth Sciences speaks about mantle melting on Mars with applications for sample return!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Keynote speech by Alex Archibald about what can we learn from bio-signatures on Earth about life in the Universe?
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Participants discussing over the poster session with coffee break and lunch break!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
William McMahon from Department of Earth Sciences, Terrestrial silicate weathering and the emergence of land plants!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Tereza Constantinou from Institute of Astronomy talk about Comparative Biosignature!
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Leverhulme Centre for Origin of Life in the Universe @lclu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Edouard Barrier from Institute of Astronomy talks on Atmospheric dynamics and climates of sub-Neptunes
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