@copl-eth.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research and teaching on life in the Universe. Bringing together 40+ research groups across ETH Zurich & PSI to explore life’s origins, evolution, and existence beyond Earth. copl.ethz.ch
COPL Special Seminar with Prof. Benjamin Tutolo,
University of Calgary
"Salty Waters: Life’s Origins and Biological Habitability on Earth (and Mars?)"
Monday, 14 July 2025, 15:15pm, NO E 39, ETH Zentrum
@eth-eaps.bsky.social
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We're happy to share that Dr. Gabriel Giger has won the 2025 Origins Federation PhD Prize for his research on lab-induced endosymbiosis, done in the #VorholtLab @ethz.ch. He'll present at the #OriginsFederation annual conference in Chicago this fall.
More: copl.ethz.ch/news/COPL-ne...
Last week, we took a trip into the Bedretto Lab.
Led by Cara Magnabosco, the visit explored her team’s work on rock-breathing microbes living below the surface. Funded by COPL, her research blends metagenomics, cryo-EM & machine learning to study deep life. 🌍🪐 More here: shorturl.at/4I0Dd
Many types of bacteria produce a protein complex that injects toxins into neighbouring cells to eliminate competitors. For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich and Eawag discovered that these killer bacteria also use this weapon to feed on their neighbours.
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Phytoplankton in the ocean is key to CO2 sequestration. Now researchers found a cycle of micronutrients for its growth which was thought of as non-existent.
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COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Prof. Caroline Dorn,
@ethz.ch
"New insights into super-Earths and sub-Neptunes"
Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:30pm, NO D 45, ETH Zentrum
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Breaking news and a great honour for D-BIOL professor Jörn Piel: he wins the very prestigious Jung Prize for Medicine! Our congratulations! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
15.05.2025 06:13 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Prof. Dongyang Huang,
Peking University
"Sequestration of volatiles into cores of rocky planets"
Friday, 16 May 2025, 12:30pm, HIT F 23.2, ETH Hönggerberg
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What if we couldn't find #Life in #Space? Find out on Fraiser Cain's 'Universe Today' podcast, featuring ETH researcher Daniel Angerhausen from the Centre for the Origin and Prevalence of Life.
@copl-eth.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @fcain.universetoday.com
The planned space missions to search for remote life will provide valuable insights even if they do not find any evidence of life, says astrophysicist Daniel Angerhausen. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
16.04.2025 08:45 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Prof. Alexandra Turchyn,
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
"Earth's habitable climate: The role of the ocean crust in regulating the carbon cycle over geological time"
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 12:30pm, HIT F 23.2, ETH Hönggerberg.
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Working on natural or directed evolution?
A 5-day summer school in Lausanne this July will bring together students across fields to explore evolution at multiple scales – molecular to microbial.
Register by 1 May 2025: evolution-school25.epfl.ch
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Prof. Dr. Audrey Vorburger,
@unibe.ch
"The Search for Life in the Outer Solar System"
The seminar will take place on Friday, 11 April 2025, at 12:30pm, in NO D 45, ETH Zentrum.
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@eth-eaps.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the 2025 cohort of NOMIS-ETH postdoctoral fellows. Thomas Drant and @aaffholder.bsky.social are joining the COPL, thanks to the generous support of the NOMIS Foundation.
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@ethzurich.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
Wie kam das Leben auf die Erde? Maria Schönbächler will das herausfinden und untersucht deshalb Meteoriten. Im SRF «Focus»-Podcast gibt sie Einblick in ihre Forschung und ihren Werdegang von der Postbeamtin zur Wissenschaftlerin an der @ethzurich.bsky.social, wo sie seit 10 Jahren lehrt.
01.04.2025 09:32 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Unfortunately, the 101 Lunch Seminar on 2 April with Prof. Klára Hlouchová have been cancelled due to the speaker’s illness.
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COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Prof. Klára Hlouchová
@hlouchova-lab.bsky.social
"Why these amino acids?"
The seminar will take place on Wednesday, 2 April 2025, at 12:30pm, in HIT F 23.2, ETH Hönggerberg.
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@eth-bsse.bsky.social @eth-dbiol.bsky.social
Life requires sufficient #Phosphorus, which is scarce. Researchers in the #OriginOfLife field have found #Answers about where adequate phosphorus existed four billion years ago for life to emerge. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
25.03.2025 10:43 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
Credit: Margot Riggi (@margotriggi.bsky.social), Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry (@mpibiochem.bsky.social)
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
21.03.2025 15:16 — 👍 254 🔁 109 💬 7 📌 15
Promotional image for the AoT event on 26. March 2025.
Astronomy on Tap Zurich is back with its third event "Unlocking the Universe: From Cosmic Beginnings to Invisible Waves!".
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 18.30
New location at Amboss Rampe, Zurich
Be sure to get your free ticket and secure your space.
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COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Dr. Vasil Gaisin
@ethzurich.bsky.social
@eth-dbiol.bsky.social
"Imaging ultra-small microbial cells from deep subsurface environment"
The seminar will take place on Friday, 21 March 2025, at 12:30pm, in HIT F 23.2, ETH Hönggerberg.
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How did life begin? Are we alone? Scientists at @copl-eth.bsky.social explore life’s origins, from early Earth chemistry to meteorite-delivered building blocks. Meanwhile, the LIFE mission, led by Sascha Quanz, searches for biosignatures in exoplanet atmospheres.
Read more: shorturl.at/OEnum
Julia Vorholt wins the 2025 Novonesis Biotechnology Prize for her groundbreaking research on plant microbiomes! Our congratulations to this outstanding achievement! 🎉 biol.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
13.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar with Dr. Craig Walton
NOMIS–ETH Fellow at @copl-eth.bsky.social, @eth-eaps.bsky.social
"New ideas of origins: Earth, life, and animals"
The seminar will take place on Friday, 14 March 2025, at 12:30pm, in NO D 45, ETH Zentrum.
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At the COPL Colloquium, astrophysicist @saraseager.bsky.social talked about her current research on the atmosphere of Venus, showing how its chemistry and cloud characteristics are compatible with Venusian life.
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For decades, scientists have been speculating that Venus’ perpetual cloud cover might host life....
Join the Colloquium with @saraseager.bsky.social to find out, whether Venus could be potentially habitable.
📆 20.02.
🕜 12.30-13.30h
📍 HIT E Siemens Auditorium
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