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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our 5th conference IOoL 2026 just finished! Three intense days at ELSI in Tokyo, full of great talks and discussions about the origin of life. ✨️ 🏯 Thank you everyone for coming!!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

☄️ Today is the #InternationalAsteroidDay, we reflect on how impacts have shaped planetary chemistry across the Solar System. Asteroids may deliver organic molecules to planetary surfaces 🌍🪐 , opening windows for chemical evolution.

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🌊 Today, on #WorldOceansDay, we acknowledge that Earth's oceans are of astrobiological interest as they are dynamic chemical environments. 🔬 From hydrothermal vents 🌋 to mineral-rich seafloors 🪨, the ocean provides energy, interfaces, and opportunities for complexity to emerge and evolve. 🌍

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🌱 May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity. We acknowledge the richness and complexity of life on Earth. 🧬 From defining what life is to understanding major evolutionary transitions, biodiversity research reveals how life emerges, adapts, and persists.

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

📢 One more day to submit to IOoL26 !!! If you are an early career researcher working in origins of life, don't miss the opportunity to join IOoL26 in Tokyo, at the Earth-Life Science Institute, September 9th to 11th, 2026. 🏯 Submit your abstract here 👇️

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🧬 April 25 is DNA Day — marking the discovery of the double helix and the completion of the Human Genome Project. From self-replicating RNA to proto-genetic systems, understanding the origins of heredity is at the heart of origins of life research! 📸 Wikipedia/Sponk

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The 5th Interdisciplinary Origin of Life meeting for early career researchers (IOoL26) will take place in Tokyo, at the Earth-Life Science Institute, September 9th to 11th, 2026. The call for abstract submission is still open! 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ More info and abstract form 👇 forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🌍 April 22 is International Mother Earth Day! Earth remains the only place we know life has emerged. Understanding how our planet went from molten rock to a thriving biosphere isn't just geology — it's the deepest question in origins of life research! 📸EUMETSAT

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🚀 April 12 is the International Day of Human Space Flight — 65 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit! Every leap beyond Earth deepens our quest to understand life's origins. From Mars to ocean worlds, exploring the cosmos and asking "how does life begin?" are inseparable stories!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📢 Deadline extended! The call for abstracts for #IOoL26 (September 9–11, 2026, ELSI Tokyo) is now open until May 2. Details & submission: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9 Don't miss your chance to join the conversation on how life began! 🌍🔬

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

⏳ Only 10 days left to submit your abstract for IOoL 2026! Don't miss your chance to present your work at OoLEN’s in-person conference and share your latest research with the #OriginsOfLife community! Submit here 👇 forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

⏳ 2 weeks left! Abstract deadline for IOoL 2026 is April 15. Present your work at ELSI in Tokyo this September, meet fellow early-career OoL researchers, and it's free to attend. Submit your abstract: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

⏳ 3 weeks left to submit your abstract for IOoL 2026! Join us in Tokyo, Sept 9–11 at ELSI for OoLEN's biannual meeting for early-career origin of life researchers. 📅 Deadline: April 15 💡 Free registration Don't wait — submit now: forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

March 23 — World Meteorological Day 🌦️ Atmospheres do a lot of heavy lifting for habitability — regulating climate, transporting molecules, and shaping the conditions for chemistry. They're also central to the biosignature debate: how do we tell a sign of life from a false positive? 🔭 📸nat.geo.

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

March 22 — World Water Day 💧 Water isn't just essential for life as we know it — it's a solvent, a transport medium, and a key player in the energy landscapes that may have driven early chemistry. No discussion of habitability is complete without it 🧪 📸greenpeace

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Calling all early-career OoL researchers! 🧪 IOoL 2026 will take place at ELSI in Tokyo, Sept 9–11. Registration is free — submit your abstract by April 15! forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

March 21 — International Day of Forests 🌲 Forests aren't just trees — they're planetary-scale chemistry engines, cycling carbon, releasing aerosols, and shaping entire ecosystems. Understanding how life transforms its environment is key to understanding how it got started 🌎 📸foodtank

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📢 IOoL 2026 is heading to Tokyo! 🇯🇵 Join us September 9–11 at ELSI for the Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers. 🗓️ Abstract deadline: April 15, 2026 🎓 Open to students, postdocs & early-career PIs 💡 Free registration! Submit yours → forms.gle/xMQBi1YgXsnXzo4A9

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Meet a member! Take a look at Val Karavaeva's scientific interests 🦠 #earlymicrobialevolution #bioenergetics #LUCA #comparative genomics

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The call for abstracts for IOoL 2026 — the Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting — is coming soon! 🧬 This year we're heading to Japan for a week of deep, interdisciplinary discussion on how life began. Stay tuned for details 🇯🇵

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🌍 Today we celebrate the United Nations World Wildlife Day (WWD). We recognize the extraordinary diversity of life on our planet. Every species is the result of a long evolutionary history, shaped by its ecosystem and engaged in a continuous process of change and adaptation. 🧬🌱 📸shutterstock

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Meet a member! Take a look at Silke Asche's bio card to know more about her research and interests ✨️ @silkeasche.bsky.social #OoL #biosignatures #massspectrometry #assemblytheory

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🚀 Five years ago today, #NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars. It is searching for signs of ancient life and collecting rock samples. One day, those samples may come back to Earth and help us learn if life ever existed on Mars. #Mars2020 #Astrobiology

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Save the date! 🇯🇵✨ ▶️ IOoL2026 — Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers 📍 Tokyo, Japan 🗓️ September 9–11, 2026 Indication of Interest form below! #IOoL26 #Japan #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology 📝 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🎂 Happy #DarwinDay! Darwin showed us how life changes over time, but how did life start? That's the focus of OoLEN members' research! From simple chemistry to living systems, the origin of life connects to everything that came after. 🦠🐪

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

February is #BlackHistoryMonth 🌍 Let’s celebrate Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan & Mary Jackson — mathematicians and engineers at NASA who broke barriers in space science. Their legacy reminds us: scientific progress depends on diverse voices and equitable access to discovery. 📸 NASA

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Curious about how life began? OoLEN is a global community for early-career researchers in origins of life and prebiotic chemistry. 🧬🌍 Connect with others across disciplines, find opportunities, and grow together. Join: oolen.org/join Tell us in the replies—what do you work on? #OriginOfLife

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Curious about the origins-of-life community? 🌱 Sign up for the OoLEN newsletter for research highlights, events & opportunities. Something new is landing very soon... 👀 🔗 bit.ly/48Bb7sJ

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) ! 📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍 ▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

And now here’s another great talk by OoLEN member @miquai.bsky.social on agnostic life detection at #BEACON25 #OriginOfLife

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Another incredible talk by OoLEN member @silkeasche.bsky.social at #BEACON25 in Iceland 🚀🇮🇸

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Thank you to everyone for coming! A special thanks to AbGradE and @euroastrobiology.bsky.social for joining forces to make this incredible event here in Iceland 🇮🇸 possible! It was a privilege to collaborate, and we truly owe you for making it all happen! Enjoy the conference excursion tomorrow! 🌋🐑🏔️🌊

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

#FALCON2025 was wrapped up by a career development workshop, featuring @seanfj.bsky.social and Filipa Sousa, giving us valuable and honest advice on how to progress in one's career to becoming a PI and how to write good proposals, as well as a lively poster session.

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The origins of life session during #FALCON2025 featured an amazing keynote talk by our very own @silkeasche.bsky.social, intriguing roundtable discussions about the very definition of life and how to detect it, and, of course, many exciting contributed talks! Thanks to all the speakers! 👏

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

On the first full day of #FALCON2025, we enjoyed an amazing lineup of astrobiology talks, a lovely tour of the botanical gardens, and a great conference dinner. We hope that many new connections will be made between the astrobiology and origins of life communities here in Iceland!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

#FALCON2025 is in full swing, uniting Astrobiology and the Origins of Life sciences in a fun, relaxed gathering surrounded by 🇮🇸 Iceland's picturesque volcanic early Earth analogue landscape. 🌋🧬🦠 Let's go!

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Origin of Life Early-Career Network @oolen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🌟 Attention OoLEN members! 🌟 Join us right now for our exciting conference on Zoom! 🎉 Dive into insightful discussions and connect with fellow members. See you there! #OoLEN #OriginOfLIfe

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