Join us for a panel called "Life from chemistry: How did it happen?" on the prebiotic chemistry path to protocells in the lab. The panel will feature three scientists, who will each deliver a 25-minute talk followed by five minutes for Q&A. After the inter-connected talks, Professor Dimitar Sasselov will moderate a 30-minute panel discussion. The event's three panelists are:

• Professor Karin Oberg (Astronomy): astrochemical advances in origins of life studies;
• Professor John Sutherland (Laboratory of Molecular Biology): advances in prebiotic chemistry;
• Professor Jack Szostak (Chemistry & Chemical Biology): advances in protocells in the lab.

Sponsored by the Origins of Life Initiative.