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Forschung zur frühen Evolution, dem Ursprung des Lebens und der Entstehung des Stoffwechsels durch H2-abhängige CO2-Reduktion an hydrothermalen Quellen auf der frühen Erde, zu Endosymbiose, Zellevolution und Genomevolution.
Forschung zur frühen Evolution, zum Ursprung des Lebens und zur Entstehung des Stoffwechsels durch H2-abhängige CO2-Reduktion an hydrothermalen Quellen auf der frühen Erde, zur Endosymbiose, Zellevolution und Genomevolution.
Forschung zur frühen Evolution, dem Ursprung des Lebens und der Entstehung des Stoffwechsels durch H2-abhängige CO2-Reduktion an hydrothermalen Quellen auf der frühen Erde, zu Endosymbiose, Zellevolution und Genomevolution. Zum Inhalt springen Zur Suche springen de/en |Intranet|Portale|ULB-Katalog Willkommen! Institut für Molekulare Evolution Nächste Ebene öffnen Startseite Institut Prof. Dr. William F. Martin Kontakt Anreise Team Publikationen Lehre Nächste Ebene öffnen Bachelorstudiengang Biologie Masterstudiengang Biologie Masterstudiengang Molekulare Biomedizin Animationsfilme Populärwissenschaft Forschung Seminar Reihe Lehrerfortbildung Resources Talks Stellenangebote de/en |Intranet|Portale|ULB-Katalog © 2026 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Institut für Molekulare Evolution Menü schließen Zur Übersichtsseite Institut für Molekulare Evolution Startseite Institut Prof. Dr. William F. Martin Kontakt Anreise Team Publikationen Lehre Nächste Ebene öffnenNächste Ebene schließen Bachelorstudiengang Biologie Masterstudiengang Biologie Masterstudiengang Molekulare Biomedizin Animationsfilme Populärwissenschaft Forschung Seminar Reihe Lehrerfortbildung Resources Talks Stellenangebote HHU Math.-Nat. Fakultät Biologie Institut für Molekulare Evolution Institut für Molekulare Evolution Willkommen am Institut für Molekulare Evolution an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Unsere Forschungsinteressen sind frühe Evolution, der Ursprung des Lebens, die Entstehung des Stoffwechsels durch H2-abhängige CO2-Reduktion an hydrothermalen Quellen auf der frühen Erde, Endosymbiose, Zellevolution und Genomevolution. Aktuelles 20.02.2026 Graduation | Loraine Schwander Loraine Schwander successfully finished her doctorate with the thesis entitled "Probing the origin of microbial cells in a geochemical context". 19.02.2026 Graduation | Luca David Modjewski Luca Modjewski successfully finished his doctorate with the thesis entitled "Phylogenetische Analyse der anaeroben Corrinsynthese und Glykolyse im Kontext früher metabolischer Evolution". 03.12.2025 Corporate Video | KoWi KoWi (Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisation) has launched a Corporate Video highlighting EU research funding and KoWi as an advisory institution. The video aims to spark interest in EU research funding and demonstrates that KoWi provides information, advice and training on all aspects of the EU Framework Programme. Bill Martin was motivated by KoWi to submit grants to the ERC. In the Corporate Video, he encourages everyone to explore the services that KoWi offers, and how they can help to identify new research opportunities. 09.07.2025 Graduation | Nico Bremer Nico Bremer successfully finished his doctorate with the thesis entitled "Rekonstruktion von Eigenschaften und Gengehalt der ersten eukaryotischen Zellen". 28.05.2025 Ranking | Best Scientists: Molecular Biology research.com has released the 2025 edition of the Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Molecular Biology: William Martin is ranked 20 in Germany Germany ranking 10.04.2025 Press | Knowable Magazine © Knowable Magazine The Knowable Magazine, published an article about William Martin and his research on the origin of life: At the dawn of life, did metabolism come first? 24.03.2025 Publication | PNAS Bacteria on steroids Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2025) doi: 10.1073/pnas.2503396122 07.03.2025 Commentary | Comment on Schlikker et al. FEBS J (2024) Mariarita Bertoldi and Gianluca Molla wrote a comment on one of our latest papers (Schlikker et al. FEBS J (2024)): Protometabolic functions of pyridoxal: A link between early amino acid synthesis and enzyme evolution FEBS J (2025) doi: 10.1111/febs.70056 15.11.2024 Painting | Helena Kauppila Helena Kauppila visualized the Moon-Forming Impact, inspired by and with scientific advice from William Martin. Helena Kauppila is a visual artist with a doctorate in mathematics, deeply fascinated by complex systems and the phenomena of emergence. Have a look on her website and more paintings from her here. 14.11.2024 Graduation | Delfina Henriques Pereira Delfina Henriques Pereira successfully finished her doctorate with the thesis entitled "Cofactors and H2 metabolism at the origin of life". 27.06.2024 Publication | CRC Press The Geochemical Origin of Microbes CRC Press, Boca Raton (2024) doi: 10.1201/9781003378617 Abstract 31.07.2024 Publication | Accounts of Chemical Research Chemical antiquity in metabolism Acc Chem Res (2024) doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00226 21.03.2024 Publication | PNAS Ferredoxin reduction by hydrogen with iron functions as an evolutionary precursor of flavin-based electron bifurcation Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 121:e2318969121 (2024) doi: 10.1073/pnas.2318969121 Press release HHU (English) Pressemitteilung HHU (Deutsch) Overview of attention 15.03.2024 Publication | Science Work in this publication was funded by the German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP 2476/2 -1). Cryptic diversity of cellulose-degrading gut bacteria in industrialized humans Science 383:eadj9223 (2024) doi: 10.1126/science.adj9223 Press release HHU (English) Pressemitteilung HHU (Deutsch) Overview of attention 24.02.2024 Podcast | Ole schaut hin William Martin speaks about the origin of life Evolutionsbiologe Professor Martin erklärt, wie das Leben entstanden ist Award | William Martin William Martin receives the 2023 Kimura Motoo Award by The Motoo Kimura Trust Foundation for the Promotion of Evolutionary Biology: For the outstanding works on “early evolution of eukaryotic organisms” 13.12.2023 Graduation | Alexander MacLeod Alexander MacLeod successfully finished his doctorate with the thesis entitled "On the phylogenetic distribution of plastid developmental components in the chloroplastida". 17.07.2023 Verlängert/Extended: Ausstellung/Exhibition | Der Ursprung des Lebens/The Origin of Life Exhibition in the University Library: Der Ursprung des Lebens /The Origin of Life Zweisprachige Ausstellung/Bilingual exhibition Deutsch/English Verlängert/Extended: Aug 27, 2023 03.07.2023 Graduation | Falk Nagies Falk Nagies successfully finished his doctorate with the thesis entitled "Patterns and causes of gene evolution over long evolutionary distances in prokaryotes ". 13.06.2023 Exhibition | Grün, Steine, Erde – Unsere Welt im Wandel Exhibition in the botanical garden: Grün, Steine, Erde – Unsere Welt im Wandel Website for the exhibition 10.05.2023 Exhibition | Der Ursprung des Lebens/The Origin of Life © ULB/Christof Neumann Exhibition in the University Library: Der Ursprung des Lebens /The Origin of Life Zweisprachige Ausstellung/Bilingual exhibition Deutsch/English May 10 – July 20, 2023 11.03.2023 Podcast | Reason with Science William Martin speaks about the origin and early evolution of life 08.02.2023 Publication | Genome Biology and Evolution The ancestral mitotic state: Closed orthomitosis with intranuclear spindles in the syncytial last eukaryotic common ancestor Genome Biology and Evolution evad016 (2023) doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad016 Mehr Nachrichten im Archiv: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Pause Play Institutsleitung Prof. Dr. William F. 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