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These meetings take place every other Thursday for people to catch up on research, give short informal talks or walk us through a paper they’ve worked on or would like to discuss. If you would like to propose a theme, give a short talk, or discuss a paper, please contact the talk organiser.

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If you have a question about this list, please contact: Paul B. Rimmer; Alison Read; Selen EtingΓΌ. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser.

3 upcoming talks and 113 talks in the archive.

James Rogers, Topic TBA

UserJames Rogers (Kavli Senior Fellow in Exoplanets, IoA, Cambridge).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 April 2026, 11:00-12:00

Uri Ryb on Late oxygenation of marine environments revealed by dolomite U-Pb dating

UserUri Ryb (Geochemistry, Hebrew University).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 02 April 2026, 11:00-12:00

Thanja Lamberts on Astrochemistry

UserThanja Lamberts (Astrochemistry, Leiden Observatory).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 19 March 2026, 11:00-12:00

Chance, Necessity, and Cause surrounding the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life

UserEric Smith (Santa Fe Institute).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 12 March 2026, 16:00-17:00

Greg Cooke on "Ecological modelling of hycean worlds"

UserGreg Cooke (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 05 March 2026, 11:00-12:00

Eric Smith, topic TBA

UserD. Eric Smith (Physics, Sante Fe Institute).

HouseLocation TBA.

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 16:00-17:00

CANCELLED: Greg Fournier on Genetic Clocks

UserGreg Fournier (EAPS, MIT).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 19 February 2026, 11:00-12:00

Skyla White on SOUP

UserSkyla White (Cavendish, Cambridge).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 05 February 2026, 11:00-12:00

Gabriel Giger on Endosymbiosis

UserGabriel Giger (Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich).

HouseBattcock, Room TBA.

ClockThursday 29 January 2026, 11:00-12:00

Edouard Barrier on Origins of Life on Deep Ocean Worlds

UserEdouard Barrier (IoA, Cambridge).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 15 January 2026, 11:00-12:00

Shoaib Malik on "Islamic Perspectives on Exotheology"

UserShoaib Malik (Science and Religion, University of Edinburgh).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 08 January 2026, 11:00-12:00

ClΓ udia Jano-Munoz, topic TBA

UserClΓ udia Jano-Munoz (Astrophysics, Cambridge).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Nick Tosca on "Sulfur on Early Earth after a Giant Impact"

UserNick Tosca (Cambridge Earth Science).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Paul B Rimmer on Prebiotic Plausibility

UserPaul B Rimmer (Cavendish, Cambridge).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Amy Bonsor & Richard Anslow on "Exoplanet Composition"

UserAmy Bonsor (IoA, Cambridge) and Richard Anslow (IoA, Cambridge).

HouseRDC Seminar East.

ClockThursday 06 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Intro LCLU Coffee

UserAll of you!.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 30 October 2025, 11:00-12:00

Perig Pitrou on "How can Anthropology contribute to an interdisciplinary definition of Life in the field of Astrobiology?"

UserPerig Pitrou (anthropologist, CNRS senior researcher, Maison FranΓ§aise d’Oxford).

HouseBattcock, Room G05.

ClockThursday 23 October 2025, 11:00-12:00

Sarah Rugheimer on Biosignatures

UserSarah Rugheimer (Edinburgh Observatory).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 October 2025, 11:00-12:00

Surprise LCLU Coffee Discussion! "Through the looking glass: the ban on mirror life research"

UserKira Podolsky (Chemistry & Biology, MIT).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockWednesday 15 October 2025, 11:00-12:00

Jules Macome: Against Epistemic Pessimism in Origins of Life Research

UserJules Macome (Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 29 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

David Russell on Compartmentalization at Life's Origins

UserDavid Russell (Cambridge Biochemistry).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 22 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Nicole Shibley on Ice-Ocean Interactions in the Solar System

User Nicole Shibley (Cambridge, DAMTP).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 08 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Clancy Jiang on the Mn Cycle

UserClancy Jiang (Cambridge Earth Science).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 24 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Rick Anslow & Tereza Constantinou on Icy Moons

UserRick Anslow & Tereza Constantinou (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 10 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Catriona McDonald - The Comet’s Tale: A game of chance.

UserCatriona McDonald (Cambridge IoA).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 03 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee - CANCELLED

UserNone.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Jack Szostak: Primordial Genetic Alphabet?

UserJack Szostak (Chemistry, University of Chicago).

HouseMartin Ryle Large Meeting Room, KICC.

ClockWednesday 19 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Fred Simmons: "Abiogenetic Bias, Axiology, and Teleology."

UserFred Simmons (Cambridge Divinity).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Environmental and ecological drivers of early animal evolution

UserIlya Bobrovskiy (Organic Geochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Luis Ohlendorf: Requirements for self-sustained ribozyme evolution

UserLuis Ohlendorf (UCL, Chemistry).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Marc Laflamme on "Ediacaran Endgame: The Rise of Complex Life"

UserMarc Laflamme (Earth Science, University of Toronto Mississauga).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Greg Cooke on 3D Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres

UserGreg Cooke (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

ZoΓ« Lehmann Imfeld: Talking About Mars and Beyond: Narrative Strategies in Science Writing

UserZoΓ« Lehmann Imfeld (UniversitΓ€t Bern, English).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 30 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Sai Shruthi Murali on Prebiotic Chemical Kinetics

UserSai Shruthi Murali (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Christmas Coffee

UserNone.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 05 December 2024, 11:00-12:00

Felix Sainsbury-Martinez on Cometary Impacts on Exoplanets

UserFelix Sainsbury-Martinez (Leeds Astrophysics).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 28 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Pavan Tanna on "Moon-Forming Impacts"

User Pavan Tanna (Cambridge, IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 21 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Margarida Hermida, Topic TBA

UserMargarida Hermida (Kings College London, Philosophy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 07 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

Manuel Scherf on "The evolution and prevalence of Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy"

UserManuel Scherf (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockWednesday 09 October 2024, 11:00-12:00

Jonah Peter: Building the Molecules of Life on Ocean Worlds

UserJonah Peter (Harvard Biophysics).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 19 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

Laurent Wiesenfeld: "The coming of age of Astrochemistry"

UserLaurent Wiesenfeld (Lab. AimΓ©-Cotton CNRS & UniversitΓ© Paris-Saclay).

HouseBattcock, Room G05.

ClockThursday 05 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

Zoe Todd on Prebiotic Chemistry in a Planetary Context

UserZoe Todd (Chemistry & Astronomy, University of Wisconsin).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 11 July 2024, 11:00-12:00

Robin Wordsworth on "β€˜Life beyond planetary gravity wells"

UserRobin Wordsworth (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 27 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Craig Walton on "Teach a man to fish"

UserCraig Walton (ETH Zurich).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Mohammad Farhat on the Earth and the Moon

UserMohammad Farhat (Paris Observatory).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 13 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Siyi Xu on the Composition of Exoplanets

UserSiyi Xu (Gemini Observatory, MIT).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Ben Tutolo on Mars Geochemistry

UserBen Tutolo (Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment; University of Calgary).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 23 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Nidhi Rohit Bangera on ''Production of false-positive Biosignatures on Hot Gas Giants''

UserNidhi Rohit Bangera - OeAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 16 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Chris Oldfield: What counts as a life in the science of life?

UserChris Oldfield (Cambridge Philosophy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 09 May 2024, 11:00-12:00

Jules Macome on Philosophy of Origins of Life Research

UserJules Macome (Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 25 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

Sean Jordan on Venus and Exo-Venus

UserSean Jordan (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 11 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee

UserN/A.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 28 March 2024, 11:00-12:00

David Baum on "On Autocatalytic Chemical Ecosystems and the Origins of Evolution"

UserDavid Baum (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Botany).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 15 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Richard Anslow on Impacts and Prebiotic Chemistry

UserRichard Anslow (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 01 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Barbara Sherwood Lollar on the Hidden Biogeosphere

UserBarbara Sherwood Lollar (University of Toronto Earth Sciences).

HouseBattcock F17 + online.

ClockThursday 25 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Tereza Constantinou on the Link Between Geochemistry and Atmospheres

UserTereza Constantinou (Cambridge IoA).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 18 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Liton Majumdar on the Link Between Planet Formation and Atmospheres

UserLiton Majumdar (NISER, Exoplanets and Planetary Formation Group).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 07 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

Stephane Mazevet on Methanogenesis in Enceladus

UserStephane Mazevet (Nice, Observatoire de la CΓ΄te d'Azur).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 23 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee - Lloyd Demetrius on "The Origin of Cooperation"

UserLloyd Demetrius (Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard).

HouseBattcock F17 + online.

ClockThursday 16 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Sam Roberts on Prebiotic Chemistry

UserSam Roberts (MRC-LMB).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 09 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Dimitar Sasselov on The Central Dogma of Biological Homochirality

UserDimitar Sasselov (Harvard Astronomy).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 26 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Alejandro Paredes on Numerical modeling of radiation-induced reactions

UserAlejandro Paredes (UNAM, Earth Science).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 19 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Skyla White on Exploring the Kinetics of Prebiotic Reaction Networks

UserSkyla White (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 12 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

Paul B Rimmer on Prebiotic Fitness Landscapes

UserPaul B Rimmer (Cambridge Physics).

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 28 September 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee

UserN/A.

HouseThirkill Room, Old Court, Clare College.

ClockThursday 14 September 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee Summeries

UserSummer Interns.

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 31 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee: The Puzzle of Planet Formation

UserJoanna Drazkowska, MPS GΓΆttingen.

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 24 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Coffee - How to Build a Planet

UserAnders Johansen (Lund).

HouseBattcock, Room TBA.

ClockThursday 17 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

How to Build a Planet - Ingredients -- with Martin Suttle

UserMartin Suttle (Open University).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 10 August 2023, 11:00-12:00

(Afternoon Tea) Sy Garte - Accurate Self Replication and Life

UserSy Garte (Rutgers).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 20 July 2023, 15:00-16:00

Marrick Braam - The Space of Chemical Complexity in Exoplanet Atmospheres

UserMarrick Braam (Edinburgh).

HouseBattcock, Room F17.

ClockThursday 06 July 2023, 11:00-12:00

Annelies Mortier - Extrasolar Planets and their Stars

UserAnnelies Mortier (Birmingham).

HouseBattcock, Room location TBA.

ClockThursday 08 June 2023, 11:00-12:00

Philipp Spillmann - Anomalies and Life in the Universe

UserPhilipp Spillmann - Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 25 May 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Discussion with Dieter Braun: Godwin Room, Clare College

UserDieter Braun (LMU, Munich).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 11 May 2023, 11:00-12:00

Abhishek Upadhyay - Signatures (4 'R's) of biological life: Reproduction, Replication, Respiration & Rhythms

UserAbhishek Upadhyay - Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

Introductions

UserEveryone!.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 13 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

Eran Tal - Measurement in Science (Afternoon Tea)

UserEran Tal (McGill University).

HouseBattcock, F17.

ClockThursday 06 April 2023, 15:00-16:00

Christopher Shingledecker - The Fate of Sulfur in the Interstellar Medium

UserChristopher Shingledecker, Benedictine College.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 30 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Casey Platnich - DNA and Data Storage

UserCasey Platnich - Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Furkan Ozturk - Magnetic Fields and Solving the Chirality Problem

UserFurkan Ozturk - Harvard.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 02 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

Callum Fairbairn & Nathan Magnan - Streaming Instabilities and Planet Formation

UserCallum Fairbairn & Nathan Magnan, DAMTP, Cambridge.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 16 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

LCLU Afternoon Tea with Corinna Kufner

UserCorinna Kufner (Harvard).

HouseBattcock, F17.

ClockThursday 09 February 2023, 15:00-16:00

Jonathan Jiang on Climate and Exoplanets

UserJonathan Jiang, NASA JPL.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 02 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

Cyrille Jeancolas - Philosophy of Origins and Astrobiology

UserCyrille Jeancolas, University of Durham.

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 19 January 2023, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin: Sulfur Redux

UserPaul Rimmer (Cambridge).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 10 November 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin

UserAndrew Buchan (IoA).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 27 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin: Natural Selection and Purpose

UserSeth Hart (University of Durham).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 29 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee in Godwin Room - Synthetic Biology

UserCamillo Moschner (Cambridge).

HouseGodwin Room, Clare College.

ClockThursday 01 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Atmospheric-interior connection of super-earths and sub-neptunes

UserHilke Schlichting (UCLA).

HouseInstitute of Astronomy .

ClockTuesday 31 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Protocells - between chemistry and biology

UserFilip Boskovic (Cavendish Laboratory).

HouseWolfson Seminar South, Trinity College .

ClockThursday 19 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Arts and humanities and life in the universe

UserDr Andrew Davison (Faculty of Divinity).

HouseVenue to be confirmed.

ClockThursday 05 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Do anthropic arguments really work?

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 21 April 2022, 11:00-12:00

Galactic cosmic ray environment for young stars and planets

UserDonna Rodgers-Lee (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 07 April 2022, 11:00-12:00

Coffee

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 17 March 2022, 11:00-12:00

Phosphorus mineral evolution and prebiotic chemistry (part 2)

UserCraig Walton (Department of Earth Sciences).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 03 March 2022, 11:00-12:00

Phosphorus mineral evolution and prebiotic chemistry

UserCraig Walton (Department of Earth Sciences).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 17 February 2022, 11:00-12:00

Aerial Biospheres

UserSean Jordan (IoA).

HouseAdrian House Seminar Room, Trinity College.

ClockThursday 03 February 2022, 11:00-12:00

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