Speaker/Affiliation: Anastasia Yanchilina, SETI Institute Title: Self-assembly in hydrothermal vent analogue systems: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Detection Strategies on Ocean Worlds When: Friday, June 5 12:00pm PST  Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Self-organizing mineral precipitation systems known as chemical gardens provide laboratory analogs for hydrothermal environments relevant to the early Earth and icy Ocean Worlds. Their membrane-like mineral […]