Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
@alexchampagne.bsky.social
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathis Group @ Arizona State University.
Agnostic life-detection strategies, complexity and origins of life.
Also maintains the OoL digest: https://buttondown.com/ooldigest
https://alexandrechampagne.io
Agnostic life-detection strategies, complexity and origins of life.
Also maintains the OoL digest: https://buttondown.com/ooldigest
https://alexandrechampagne.io
Happy to share some amazing news… 🎉
I successfully defended my PhD last month! It’s been a wonderful 17-year journey through four degrees across two very different fields. I’m grateful for everyone who helped along the way — and excited for what’s next.
Which brings me to update #2…
I successfully defended my PhD last month! It’s been a wonderful 17-year journey through four degrees across two very different fields. I’m grateful for everyone who helped along the way — and excited for what’s next.
Which brings me to update #2…
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Happy to share some amazing news… 🎉
I successfully defended my PhD last month! It’s been a wonderful 17-year journey through four degrees across two very different fields. I’m grateful for everyone who helped along the way — and excited for what’s next.
Which brings me to update #2…
I successfully defended my PhD last month! It’s been a wonderful 17-year journey through four degrees across two very different fields. I’m grateful for everyone who helped along the way — and excited for what’s next.
Which brings me to update #2…
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The deadline is this Friday! You should apply to attend— it sounds like it’s going to be a blast!!! 💥
We are excited to announce the Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution (𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘) workshop. This first edition will be hosted in Copenhagen on the first week of February.
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!
Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The deadline is this Friday! You should apply to attend— it sounds like it’s going to be a blast!!! 💥
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I'll be featured at the outreach event of the Science Café in Nijmegen 🇳🇱, talking about astrochemistry and the origins of life and its building blocks in space and on early Earth.
Stop by if you're in the area on Thu, Oct. 23, 7.45 PM. Admission is FREE, and there will be jazz! 🎶🎷🌌🔭☄🦠
Stop by if you're in the area on Thu, Oct. 23, 7.45 PM. Admission is FREE, and there will be jazz! 🎶🎷🌌🔭☄🦠
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I'll be featured at the outreach event of the Science Café in Nijmegen 🇳🇱, talking about astrochemistry and the origins of life and its building blocks in space and on early Earth.
Stop by if you're in the area on Thu, Oct. 23, 7.45 PM. Admission is FREE, and there will be jazz! 🎶🎷🌌🔭☄🦠
Stop by if you're in the area on Thu, Oct. 23, 7.45 PM. Admission is FREE, and there will be jazz! 🎶🎷🌌🔭☄🦠
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How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social
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The University of Rochester has a faculty position opening in complexity science as well as other domains of theoretical physics. Please apply to join us in
studying the “physics of life” and other subjects
apply.interfolio.com/173432
studying the “physics of life” and other subjects
apply.interfolio.com/173432
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September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The University of Rochester has a faculty position opening in complexity science as well as other domains of theoretical physics. Please apply to join us in
studying the “physics of life” and other subjects
apply.interfolio.com/173432
studying the “physics of life” and other subjects
apply.interfolio.com/173432
Santa Fe, NM 🌵🏜️🌄
September 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Santa Fe, NM 🌵🏜️🌄
Iceland 🇮🇸🌋✈️
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Iceland 🇮🇸🌋✈️
👇
🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) !
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
👇
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Here is our new paper that we're really excited about. What makes a cell different from a rock? The answer we argue is the USE of information. But information carries meaning and that changes everything if we want to understand the "physics of life".
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Physics of Life: Exploring Information as a Distinctive Feature of Living Systems
Living systems are defined by their active acquisition and use of information. This Roadmap surveys current research on life's information processes and their importance for the search for life beyond...
journals.aps.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here is our new paper that we're really excited about. What makes a cell different from a rock? The answer we argue is the USE of information. But information carries meaning and that changes everything if we want to understand the "physics of life".
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Reposted by Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) !
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🧪 Curious how chemistry becomes biology? Join OoLEN’s open seminar Thu Sep 12, 06:30 UTC (15:30 JST / 08:30 CEST) !
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
📣 We’ll share a short yearly update, then Tony Z Jia dives into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets on Early Earth. 🫧🌍
▶️ Live stream: youtube.com/@OoLEN_org
Reposted by Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
Interested in moving/establishing your research group in Ireland?
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
I'd love to see more #originoflife #astrobiology researchers join us here!
Feel free to contact me directly to discuss!
@abgradcon.bsky.social @oolen.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
I'd love to see more #originoflife #astrobiology researchers join us here!
Feel free to contact me directly to discuss!
@abgradcon.bsky.social @oolen.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Interested in moving/establishing your research group in Ireland?
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
I'd love to see more #originoflife #astrobiology researchers join us here!
Feel free to contact me directly to discuss!
@abgradcon.bsky.social @oolen.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
I'd love to see more #originoflife #astrobiology researchers join us here!
Feel free to contact me directly to discuss!
@abgradcon.bsky.social @oolen.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
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And now here’s another great talk by OoLEN member @miquai.bsky.social on agnostic life detection at #BEACON25 #OriginOfLife
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And now here’s another great talk by OoLEN member @miquai.bsky.social on agnostic life detection at #BEACON25 #OriginOfLife
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Another incredible talk by OoLEN member @silkeasche.bsky.social at #BEACON25 in Iceland 🚀🇮🇸
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another incredible talk by OoLEN member @silkeasche.bsky.social at #BEACON25 in Iceland 🚀🇮🇸
Keynote on the habitability of ocean worlds 🌊 @ #BEACON2025 #Astrobiology
July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Keynote on the habitability of ocean worlds 🌊 @ #BEACON2025 #Astrobiology
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Awesome talk by @klauspaschek.bsky.social at the #BEACON conference in Reykjavik ! 🚀 #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology
July 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Awesome talk by @klauspaschek.bsky.social at the #BEACON conference in Reykjavik ! 🚀 #OriginOfLife #Astrobiology
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Thank you to @oolen.bsky.social for inviting me to give a keynote on progressing from Postdoc to PI in Iceland! I met so many promising ECRs!
Scouted some fieldwork locations while I was there too so can't wait to return for sampling!
@erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social
Scouted some fieldwork locations while I was there too so can't wait to return for sampling!
@erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Thank you to @oolen.bsky.social for inviting me to give a keynote on progressing from Postdoc to PI in Iceland! I met so many promising ECRs!
Scouted some fieldwork locations while I was there too so can't wait to return for sampling!
@erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social
Scouted some fieldwork locations while I was there too so can't wait to return for sampling!
@erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social
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#FALCON2025 was wrapped up by a career development workshop, featuring @seanfj.bsky.social and Filipa Sousa, giving us valuable and honest advice on how to progress in one's career to becoming a PI and how to write good proposals, as well as a lively poster session.
June 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#FALCON2025 was wrapped up by a career development workshop, featuring @seanfj.bsky.social and Filipa Sousa, giving us valuable and honest advice on how to progress in one's career to becoming a PI and how to write good proposals, as well as a lively poster session.
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Thank you to everyone for coming! A special thanks to AbGradE and @euroastrobiology.bsky.social for joining forces to make this incredible event here in Iceland 🇮🇸 possible! It was a privilege to collaborate, and we truly owe you for making it all happen! Enjoy the conference excursion tomorrow! 🌋🐑🏔️🌊
June 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thank you to everyone for coming! A special thanks to AbGradE and @euroastrobiology.bsky.social for joining forces to make this incredible event here in Iceland 🇮🇸 possible! It was a privilege to collaborate, and we truly owe you for making it all happen! Enjoy the conference excursion tomorrow! 🌋🐑🏔️🌊
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The origins of life session during #FALCON2025 featured an amazing keynote talk by our very own @silkeasche.bsky.social, intriguing roundtable discussions about the very definition of life and how to detect it, and, of course, many exciting contributed talks! Thanks to all the speakers! 👏
June 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The origins of life session during #FALCON2025 featured an amazing keynote talk by our very own @silkeasche.bsky.social, intriguing roundtable discussions about the very definition of life and how to detect it, and, of course, many exciting contributed talks! Thanks to all the speakers! 👏
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On the first full day of #FALCON2025, we enjoyed an amazing lineup of astrobiology talks, a lovely tour of the botanical gardens, and a great conference dinner. We hope that many new connections will be made between the astrobiology and origins of life communities here in Iceland!
June 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On the first full day of #FALCON2025, we enjoyed an amazing lineup of astrobiology talks, a lovely tour of the botanical gardens, and a great conference dinner. We hope that many new connections will be made between the astrobiology and origins of life communities here in Iceland!
Reposted by Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
Had a great time presenting my work on Assembly Theory and molecular phylogenetics at the GRS and GRC on Molecular Mechanisms of Evolution in Boston, and the FALCON origin of life and astrobiology conference at Reykjavik. Feeling inspired!
June 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Had a great time presenting my work on Assembly Theory and molecular phylogenetics at the GRS and GRC on Molecular Mechanisms of Evolution in Boston, and the FALCON origin of life and astrobiology conference at Reykjavik. Feeling inspired!
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#FALCON2025 is in full swing, uniting Astrobiology and the Origins of Life sciences in a fun, relaxed gathering surrounded by 🇮🇸 Iceland's picturesque volcanic early Earth analogue landscape. 🌋🧬🦠
Let's go!
Let's go!
June 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#FALCON2025 is in full swing, uniting Astrobiology and the Origins of Life sciences in a fun, relaxed gathering surrounded by 🇮🇸 Iceland's picturesque volcanic early Earth analogue landscape. 🌋🧬🦠
Let's go!
Let's go!
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Poster printed and ready for #BEACON2025! See you next week, @euroastrobiology.bsky.social!
June 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Poster printed and ready for #BEACON2025! See you next week, @euroastrobiology.bsky.social!