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Can we experimentally demonstrate a cascade of mechanisms that can produce life from scratch? Such an undertaking requires prebiotic and evolutionary modelling by applying a diverse set of physical, chemical, biological, geological, astronomical and theoretical techniques in a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach. What the CRC 235 Emergence of Life offers to its graduate students is a dense and interdisciplinary network of researchers from different scientific institutions, using the collaborative approach as the main path. The projects within the CRC 235 are jointly designed and led by two principal investigators (PIs) with complementary expertise, supervising two PhD students. The PhD students involved with all the projects are connected to the others through the Graduate School of the CRC, a training network which aims to make the students familiar with the complex and multifaceted details of the Emergence of Life question and the state-of-the-art research methodology. The curriculum of the Graduate School covers general and specific scientific training in compact courses as well as interdisciplinary seminars and conferences and transferable skill workshops. These elements are embedded into monthly meetings, annual retreats and biannual summer schools. Additional support is offered by the GraduateCenter.

CRC 235 - PhD in Emergence of Life