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Session Overview
Session
MS-62: The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Time:
Thursday, 19/Aug/2021:
10:20am - 12:45pm

Session Chair: Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz
Session Chair: Giuseppe Falini
Location: Club C

50 1st floor

Invited: Boaz Pokroy (Israel), Abel Moreno (Mexiko)


Session Abstract

Since the time when the Earth was a lifeless planet, abiotically made organic molecules have interacted with minerals. The process of molecular recognition at the organic-mineral interface has evolved giving rise to hybrid structures of increasing complexity ranging from the molecules that are the bricks of life to the hierarchical structures typical of biominerals such as bones, teeth, and shells. The evolutionary development of biominerals has followed their functional role, with vital properties that have been added over time in the respect of an optimal use of available resources with minimal energy demand. Understanding the formation mechanisms of biominerals is a source of inspiration for the synthesis of new materials. All these topics are the subjects of the session.

For all abstracts of the session as prepared for Acta Crystallographica see PDF in Introduction, or individual abstracts below.

 


Introduction
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Presentations
10:20am - 10:25am
ID: 1793 / MS-62: 1
Introduction
Oral/poster

Introduction to session

Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Giuseppe Falini



10:25am - 10:55am
ID: 1376 / MS-62: 2
Materials and minerals
Invited lecture to session
MS: The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Keywords: Bio-inspired, band gap engineering

Incoporation of amino acids into inorganic crystalline hosts: from biomineralization to bio-Inspired band gap engineering

Boaz Pokroy

Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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10:55am - 11:25am
ID: 1490 / MS-62: 3
All topics
Invited lecture to session
MS: The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Keywords: calcium carbonate; biomineralization, intramineral proteins, eggshells, characterization

The role of intramineral proteins involved into the biomineralization of calcium carbonate in eggshells formation. Implications to the dinosaurs´ extinction

Abel MORENO, Nerith Rocío ELEJALDE-CADENA

Instituto de Química. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

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11:25am - 11:45am
ID: 327 / MS-62: 4
Bursary application
Oral/poster
MS: Texture, strain and structure in metals and ceramics, Complex structures of minerals and inorganic materials, The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Keywords: chemical gardens, self-organization, biomorphs, early Earth, Soda lakes

Crystal texture of mineral self-organized structures from soda lake water and their implication to early Earth and prebiotic chemistry

Melese Getenet, Juan Manuel García-Ruiz

Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas–Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

Bibliography
4. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla, C. Monitoring mineral precipitation sequence of Lake Magadi soda lake: A multi-technical approach. EGU 2021 assembly. Abstract accepted for virtual presentation
3. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla, C. In Situ Monitoring of Mineral Precipitation Sequence from Acoustically Levitated Droplets of Lake Magadi Brine, East African Rift Valley. GE3C 2021 symposium (Spain) (Virtual oral presentation)
2. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla C. Mineral Precipitation from Soda Brines, Lake Magadi, Rift Valley (Kenya). AGU 2020 fall meeting (Virtual poster presentation). https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505653.2
1. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Verdugo-Escamilla, C., Guerra-Tschuschke, I. Mineral Vesicles and Chemical Gardens from Carbonate-Rich Alkaline Brines of Lake Magadi, Kenya. Crystals 2020, 10, 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10060467
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11:45am - 12:05pm
ID: 1432 / MS-62: 5
Materials and minerals
Oral/poster
MS: The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Keywords: biomineralization, red alga, Mg-calcite

Structure and properties of coralline red alga: from helical configuration to alternating layers

Nuphar Bianco-Stein, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy

Technion, Haifa, Israel

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12:05pm - 12:25pm
ID: 1114 / MS-62: 6
Materials and minerals
Oral/poster
MS: The mineral/life interface - prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials
Keywords: Biomineralization, X-ray diffraction computed tomography, Orientation mapping

Non-destructive 3D orientational mapping of bone using diffractive X-ray tomography

Fredrik K. Mürer1, Sophie Sanchez2, Kristin Olstad3, Marco Di Michiel4, Basab Chattopadhyay1, Dag W. Breiby1,5

1PoreLab, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway; 2Uppsala University, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Norbyvägen 18 A, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden.; 3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.; 4ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.; 5Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Campus Vestfold, 3184 Borre, Norway.

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