Amit Kahana
@amitkahana.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Cronin group at the University of Glasgow. Researching the origin of life, assembly theory, biochemistry and evolution. He/Him. Imperpetuum mobile, dancer in the rain.
Amitkahana.site
Amitkahana.site
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It was absolutely incredible to have the honor of giving the “Mendel Lecture” at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno, where Mendel lived and worked. While Mendel is the greatest hero of genetics, the lessons from his story were never learned 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It was absolutely incredible to have the honor of giving the “Mendel Lecture” at the Augustinian Abbey in Brno, where Mendel lived and worked. While Mendel is the greatest hero of genetics, the lessons from his story were never learned 👇
4+ years into this project and I'm still spending my weekends wrestling with data and interpretation. It's not coming easy but I promise it's coming
October 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
4+ years into this project and I'm still spending my weekends wrestling with data and interpretation. It's not coming easy but I promise it's coming
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Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship! 🤩
I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project!
Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!
I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project!
Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!
UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
www.ukri.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship! 🤩
I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project!
Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!
I am really grateful to my colleagues at Cambridge Biochemistry for their support and to the UKRI for believing in me and funding this project!
Stay tuned for Research Assistant and Associate positions available!
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I wrote some thoughts on NASA's most recent announcement about 'potential biosignatures' on Mars in the Irish Independent today:
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
@protosignslab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
@protosignslab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
Dr Seán Jordan: Was there ancient life on Mars? My DCU team are doing our bit to assess Nasa’s latest discovery
On Wednesday, Nasa announced that the Perseverance rover had identified potential biosignatures – signs of ancient life – on Mars.
www.independent.ie
September 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I wrote some thoughts on NASA's most recent announcement about 'potential biosignatures' on Mars in the Irish Independent today:
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
@protosignslab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
@protosignslab.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @dcu-lsi.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
The relief when you finally understand the trends in the data.
August 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The relief when you finally understand the trends in the data.
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🧪 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
Honored to act as guest editor for a special issue in MDPI Life, together with my good friend and mentor Doron Lancet. It's a great platform for progressing concepts in the field beyond current paradigms, especially for early career scientists. Drop a message if you are interested!
brnw.ch/21wUITi
brnw.ch/21wUITi
brnw.ch
August 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Honored to act as guest editor for a special issue in MDPI Life, together with my good friend and mentor Doron Lancet. It's a great platform for progressing concepts in the field beyond current paradigms, especially for early career scientists. Drop a message if you are interested!
brnw.ch/21wUITi
brnw.ch/21wUITi
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My postdoc position is open again! If you’re interested and did not get your application in last time, please send one by end of this week! Start date asap, latest by end of Fall. ‼️
🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e...
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
July 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My postdoc position is open again! If you’re interested and did not get your application in last time, please send one by end of this week! Start date asap, latest by end of Fall. ‼️
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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
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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I'm so excited to be on my way to #FALCON2025, our first jointly organized early-carrer conference of AbGradE and @oolen.bsky.social in Reykjavik 🇮🇸🌋! Can't wait to meet everyone and talk exciting science! 🤩
More info
oolen.org/news-and-events/in-person-meetings/falcon2025
and
abgrade.eu/falcon2025
More info
oolen.org/news-and-events/in-person-meetings/falcon2025
and
abgrade.eu/falcon2025
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm so excited to be on my way to #FALCON2025, our first jointly organized early-carrer conference of AbGradE and @oolen.bsky.social in Reykjavik 🇮🇸🌋! Can't wait to meet everyone and talk exciting science! 🤩
More info
oolen.org/news-and-events/in-person-meetings/falcon2025
and
abgrade.eu/falcon2025
More info
oolen.org/news-and-events/in-person-meetings/falcon2025
and
abgrade.eu/falcon2025
Science is not a sum-zero game - be generous with your ideas. Give them away, and everyone wins.
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Science is not a sum-zero game - be generous with your ideas. Give them away, and everyone wins.
Accidentally spilled my experiment. I'll have to repeat it tomorrow.
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Accidentally spilled my experiment. I'll have to repeat it tomorrow.
Saying it now - my crazy project works and it's important. So happy about it.
April 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Saying it now - my crazy project works and it's important. So happy about it.
Officially Doctor Amit.
April 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Officially Doctor Amit.
What I expect from a peer review process is good constructive cooments that aim to improve my science. Some reviewers clearly use this opportunity for personal attacks and to vent frustrations without properly addressing the work. I don't mind rejection, but give me a good fair reason for it.
April 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What I expect from a peer review process is good constructive cooments that aim to improve my science. Some reviewers clearly use this opportunity for personal attacks and to vent frustrations without properly addressing the work. I don't mind rejection, but give me a good fair reason for it.
Assembly Theory is a generalized constructive neutral theory of evolution
January 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Assembly Theory is a generalized constructive neutral theory of evolution
Rereading my thesis for spelling errors and it's actually really good I'm pleased with it
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Rereading my thesis for spelling errors and it's actually really good I'm pleased with it
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Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!
The current paper I'm writing is difficult and fights back. I think it's good and I bet it will look great in the end, but it's a struggle. No pain no gain though
December 27, 2024 at 10:29 PM
The current paper I'm writing is difficult and fights back. I think it's good and I bet it will look great in the end, but it's a struggle. No pain no gain though
Christmas gives me the quiet I need to thoroughly examine my data for interesting trends. What didn't make sense before or was dismissed can now take shape.
December 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Christmas gives me the quiet I need to thoroughly examine my data for interesting trends. What didn't make sense before or was dismissed can now take shape.
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Come and join our team here at the ProtoSigns Lab in DCU as part of our ERC funded project!
We're making some really exciting discoveries around protocell membrane formation with implications for the origin of life and the search for life elsewhere in our solar system!
#originoflife #modeling
We're making some really exciting discoveries around protocell membrane formation with implications for the origin of life and the search for life elsewhere in our solar system!
#originoflife #modeling
Postdoc position available in our lab in DCU!
We’re looking for a computational modeller passionate about protocell membranes, origins of life, and biosignature detection to join our ERC funded project. 🧬💻
Full job details and apply here:
universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...
#OriginsOfLife
We’re looking for a computational modeller passionate about protocell membranes, origins of life, and biosignature detection to join our ERC funded project. 🧬💻
Full job details and apply here:
universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...
#OriginsOfLife
Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Modelling of Protocell Membranes | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
universityvacancies.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Come and join our team here at the ProtoSigns Lab in DCU as part of our ERC funded project!
We're making some really exciting discoveries around protocell membrane formation with implications for the origin of life and the search for life elsewhere in our solar system!
#originoflife #modeling
We're making some really exciting discoveries around protocell membrane formation with implications for the origin of life and the search for life elsewhere in our solar system!
#originoflife #modeling
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PhD alert! I have two ERC-funded PhD positions to uncover the chemical origins of life (Oct 2025). *UK fees only*. Projects described here: www.lclu.cam.ac.uk/studentship-...
Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): Jan 7th!
Please share within your networks!
Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): Jan 7th!
Please share within your networks!
LCLU PhD Studentships | Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe
Applications are now open. The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe and the University of Cambridge are committed to widening participation in postgraduate students at the University of Cambridg...
www.lclu.cam.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 8:43 PM
PhD alert! I have two ERC-funded PhD positions to uncover the chemical origins of life (Oct 2025). *UK fees only*. Projects described here: www.lclu.cam.ac.uk/studentship-...
Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): Jan 7th!
Please share within your networks!
Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): Jan 7th!
Please share within your networks!
Mind blown. What even is life
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
www.biorxiv.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Mind blown. What even is life