[ExI] Abiogenesis under extremes of pressure

[Giovanni Santostasi]

Kelly just post the link for everybody. It is an interesting topic.
Giovanni

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Only a very casual observer of the origins of life field, but I wonder if
> > any work is being carried out to see if biologicals can be produced under
> > extremely high or low pressures. Proteins and other organic compounds
> (and,
> > heck, lots of things) behave differently under very high or very low
> > pressure. I'm not saying this will be the magic bullet -- squeeze some
> amino
> > acids, lipids, and other goodies under a hundred atmospheres for a few
> days
> > and out will crawl something we'll all recognize as alive -- but I'm
> > wondering if anyone is pursuing this approach.
>
> Dan,
>
>  I think you would find the work of Robert M. Hazen very interesting.
> His book "Genesis" talks exactly about abiogenesis under high
> pressure. He has an entire chapter entitled "Under Pressure". He
> started life as a geologist, so this was pretty natural for him to
> think about.
>
>  If you prefer video instead, you can look for his TLC class on the
> subject which is very interesting, but takes some time to work
> through. Contact me off list if you can't find it.
>
> -Kelly
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