Read the latest Review in #Biopolymers: A material-based panspermia hypothesis: The potential of polymer gels and membraneless droplets by Mahendran Sithamparam, Nirmell Satthiyasilan, Chen Chen, Tony Z. Jia and Kuhan Chandru.

Februari 22, 2022  | 

Students from IPI, Mahendran Sithamparam and Nirmell Satthiyasilan, published their first hypothesis paper on astrobiology. In the paper they described a new version of the Panspermia hypothesis, suggesting that polymeric gels may have kicked-started the origins of life on earth, and may also contribute to developing new tools for terraforming other planets.
The paper was published in collaboration with Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), at the Tokyo Insitute of Technology.