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Abiogenesis Part 1
Proteins and Evolution
Nils Confer, PhD MBA
10/11/2012
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Creation or “Evolution”? Choose!
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“Naturalism” Owns Science…?
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A Belief Based in Ignorance?
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Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Creationist View of Abiogenesis
Evolutionist View of Abiogenesis
Inorganic Materials
Inorganic Materials
Building Blocks
Polymers
Polymers with Advantages
Hypercycle
Protobiont
Bacteria
Multicellular Organisms
Complex and Diverse Life
Complex and Diverse Life
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Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Creationist View of Abiogenesis
Evolutionist View of Abiogenesis
Inorganic Materials
Inorganic Materials
Building Blocks
Polymers
Polymers with Advantages
Hypercycle
Protobiont
Bacteria
Multicellular Organisms
Complex and Diverse Life
Complex and Diverse Life
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Cells are Extremely Complex!
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Cells – Irreducible Complexity?
• Minimal Genome Project
• Smallest natural cells
• LUCA
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The Language of Life –
Communication out of Chaos?
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Ribosomes – Protein Factories
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Ribosomes – Genetic Code to Flesh
and Blood
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Nucleosomes
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Amino Acid Sequence Conservation
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Evenings Outline
• Two camps, two choices, two sides of
coin?
• Cells - a brief introduction
• Ribosomes - protein synthesis
• Protein folding, folds, and “evolution”
• Other examples of protein complexes and
a discussion of “irreducible complexity”
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Protein Complexes
• Ribosomes
• Nucleosomes
• Flagellum
• DNA replication
• DNA transcription
• DNA repair
• Nuclear pore
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Flagellated Motors
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Nuclear Pore Complex
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Science Does Not Advance If We
Do Not Question
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Abiogenesis Part 2
From Inorganic Materials
to LUCA
Nils Confer, PhD MBA
10/18/2012
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