PROTOS ERC
@protos-erc.bsky.social
'PROTOS' is an ERC Synergy Grant project funded by Horizon Europe, the European’s Union Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement 101118811.
🔗 Project website: https://protos-erc.eu/
🔗 Project website: https://protos-erc.eu/
🌍 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.
🧪 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.
Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds under a plausible early Earth atmosphere | PNAS
Revealing the origin of life and unambiguously detecting fossil remains of the earliest
organisms are closely related aspects of the same scientifi...
www.pnas.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🌍 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.
🧪 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
🌍 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
July 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🔬 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
🌍 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/...
📖 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/...
Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds in the primordial soup
Recent research challenges the traditional view that the formation of life’s fu...
conf.goldschmidt.info
July 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🧑🏫 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/...
📖 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
@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
July 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🧑🏫 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
@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”
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”
July 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🔬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”
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
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
July 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🌍 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
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!
🌍🧪 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
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May 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 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!
🌍🧪 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
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🌍🔬 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...
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...
May 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌍🔬 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...
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
🌍🧪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
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨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
🌍🧪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.
🔬 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.
The role of silica in the dawn of life on our planet | PROTOS Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission
All information humankind has of the ancient past of our planet comes from analyzing the geological record encoded in rocks. There is, however, no rock record of the first 600 million years of Earth’s...
cordis.europa.eu
March 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌋 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.
🔬 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.