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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Origin of Life
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 17:30:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 17:30:33 1985
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I got this bit of information from Paul Dolber.  He said I could post
it.  I thought it might be of interest to some in this newsgroup.

> 	at the June 3-7, 1985 Association
> for Biology Laboratory Education workshop/conference, one of the workshops
> is entitled and described as below:

> 	Origin of Life by Phillip Mason, Berry College. I. Pro-
> 	tenoid and Microsphere Production. Techniques and
> 	materials will be provided for the production of
> 	protein-like amino acid polymers (protenoids). After
> 	protenoid formation, primitive conditions will be
> 	simulated to synthesize microspheres, observe their
> 	behavior, and compare and contrast certain properties
> 	(osmotic activity) with "primitive" eukaryotic cells.

Paul's not sure about the location.  Las Vegas, perhaps.

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