Abiogenesis Part 2 From Inorganic Materials to “LUCA” Nils Confer, PhD MBA 10/18/2012

1. Abiogenesis Part 2 From Inorganic Materials to “LUCA” Nils Confer, PhD MBA 10/18/2012

2. Evenings Outline • Review • The building of a cell - requirements • Conclusions

3. Creation or “Evolution”? Choose!

4. 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 Two Sides of the Same Coin?

5. Cells are Extremely Complex!

6. Cells – Irreducible Complexity?

7. The Language of Life – Communication out of Chaos?

8. Ribosomes – Protein Factories

9. Nucleosomes

10. Flagellated Motors

11. Nuclear Pore Complex

12. 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 Building a Cell - Requirements

13. Comments from Textbook • “Clearly there are dangers in introducing the cell through its evolution: the large gaps in our knowledge can be filled only by speculations that are liable to be wrong in many details. We cannot go back in time to witness the unique molecular events that took place billions of years ago.”

14. Comments from Textbook • “…surprisingly easy…” • “The developing earth had immense advantages over any human experimenter, it was very large and could produce a wide spectrum of conditions.” • “…were selected…” • “…preferred…”

15. Comments from Textbook • “Simple organic molecules such as amino acids and nucleotides can associate to form polymers.” • “The origin of life…requires self promotion.” • “The need for containment is easily fulfilled…”

16. The Amazing Cell