📢 Fully funded PhD position at @iactcsic.bsky.social (Granada, Spain) within the @erc.europa.eu Synergy project PROTOS. 🔬 Earth Sciences • Geochemistry • Early Earth 💰 3-year contract 🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2026 More info: protos-erc.eu/phd-silica-g...

🌍 The 1st PROTOS publication reveals that protocells and prebiotic molecules formed together under early Earth conditions. 🧪 In the presence of silica, insoluble organics self-assemble into biomorphic poly-HCN microreactors, a planet-wide organic lab. 🧬 Even life-like shapes may form without life.

🔬 PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social ! 🌍 Subsession: 07h‑P1 – Global geochemical pathways to the origin and survival of life on Earth-like worlds 🧑‍🏫 Poster Presentations 📍 Hall 3A, 3rd Floor (17:30–19:30 GMT+2) #Goldschmidt2025 #PROTOS #Geochemistry #OriginsOfLife

🧑‍🏫 Dr. Christian Jenewein takes the stage for PROTOS third presentation at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social ! 📖 Title: “Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds in the primordial soup” 🕒 15:00 GMT+2 📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

🧑‍🏫 Our second intervention at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social is a keynote talk by PROTOS corresponding PI Prof. Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz. 📖 Title: “The role of silica in the setting of Hadean protoworlds” 🕝 14:30 GMT+2 📍 Club A, 1st Floor, Prague Congress Centre

🔬Opening Presentation by PROTOS @erc.europa.eu at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025 ! Our conference contributions start with a talk by Dr. Smruti S. Rout:: 📖“Interaction of calcite with iron-rich hydrothermal solution leads to anoxic oxidation of iron: implications for early Earth atmosphere”

🌍 PROTOS is present at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social 2025! On July 8, our researchers present new insights into how life may have emerged from Earth’s early geochemical environment. 🔬 Talks on Hadean oceans, protocells, silica catalysis & more! #Goldschmidt2025 #OriginsOfLife #Geochemistry

🚨 Last chance to apply! 🌍🧪 The Postdoctoral Fellow position in the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS project at @naturalis.bsky.social closes in less than 24 hours! 📅 Deadline: May 20, 2025 CEST 🔗 Apply here: www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/... 📍Leiden, The Netherlands 📢 Spread the word!

🌍🔬 Postdoc Opportunity – Mineral Self-Organization & Origin of Life Join the @erc.europa.eu - funded PROTOS project at @dipcehu.bsky.social 🧪 PhD in Natural Sciences or related fields 📍 Donostia-San Sebastián 📅 Start: Sept 1, 2025 🗓️ Deadline: July 15, 2025 🔗 More info: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...

🚨Postdoc Opportunity! 🌍🧪Join the @erc.europa.eu PROTOS Project at @naturalis.bsky.social to study how organic compounds are preserved in silica under early Earth conditions. 💼€3,768–€4,897/mo | Full-time 📅Apply by May 20, 2025 🔗 www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/... #Postdoc #OriginOfLife #PROTOSerc

🌋 The first 600 million years of Earth’s history —the Hadean— remain a mystery, as no rock record of that time exists. 🔬 The @erc.europa.eu Synergy project “The role of silica in the dawn of life on our planet (PROTOS)” has been launched to reveal this.