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Aaron Halpern

Aaron Halpern

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Profile Display Name:	Aaron Halpern
E-mail Address:	aaron.halpern.15@ucl.ac.uk
Start Year	2019 (Cohort 6)
Research interests:	Life’s Origin Astrobiology Origin of the Genetic Code Evolution of Informational Systems Cultural Evolution
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PhD Project

PhD Title	The origins of the genetic code in protocells
Research Theme	Past Life and Environments
Primary Supervisor	Nick Lane
Primary Institution	UCL
Secondary Supervisor	Andrew Pomiankowski
Secondary Institution	UCL
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Publications	Stuart A Harrison, Raquel Nunes Palmeira, Aaron Halpern, Nick Lane (2022) A biophysical basis for the emergence of the genetic code in protocells BBA Bioenergetics DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148597 Silvana Pinna, Cäcilia Kunz, Aaron Halpern, Stuart A. Harrison, Sean F. Jordan, John Ward, Finn Werner, Nick Lane (2022) A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency PLOS Biology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001437 Aaron Halpern, Lilly R. Bartsch, Kaan Ibrahim, Stuart A. Harrison, Minkoo Ahn, John Christodoulou, Nick Lane (2023) Biophysical Interactions Underpin the Emergence of Information in the Genetic Code MDPI Life DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/life13051129
News & Blogs	Rethinking the origins of life, New Humanist

Activities

Conferences and Workshops	NERC student conference 2021. Poster: Molecular dynamics explorations of the ancient chemistry of translation. Nerc student conference 2022. Talk: The origin of the genetic code via biophysical interactions. AbGradEPEC 2023. Talk: Biophysical interactions underpin the emergence of information in the genetic code.
Internship(s)	Financial Services Culture Board 11/08/2021 – 11/11/2021.
DTP Activities	Student Representative 2022/23

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