COPL

In September 2022, ETH Zurich established the ETH Zurich Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) and our research group has been engaged in the activities of the Centre from the very first day. By bringing together researchers from different disciplines – at the moment more than 40 research groups who share a common scientific vision are involved – the Centre aims to address the following scientific objectives:

• Investigating processes that generate the molecular building blocks for life and drive the transition to emergent biological entities
• Quantifying the capability of planetary environments to meet, maintain and diversify conditions for complex life and how life shapes planetary environments
• Characterizing the diversity of planetary environments and their ability to host life
• Investigating non-standard life and life in extreme environments

More information about the Center can be found here: https://copl.ethz.ch