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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210102133
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Continuous Reaction Networks that Model Chemical Evolution of RNA. This Project aims to develop experimental models for chemical evolution that may have happened on the early Earth and which were important to the emergence of life. This Project expects to uncover synthetic pathways for ribonucleotide production using a combination of ionizing radiation and dry-wet cycles. Expected outcomes include an increased understanding of the range of physical and chemical parameters that will allow for ribonucleotide production to occur under the proposed geochemical settings. The knowledge gained in this Project will benefit the understanding of the chemical evolution of complex chemical mixtures relevant to early Earth environments and provide new mechanisms for how ribonucleotides could have arisen abiotically.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2021
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $390,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Astrobiology | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Radiation and Matter | Organic Geochemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |
