1953 ⟶ Stanley Miller: Amino Acid Formation from Simulated Lightning
Stanley Miller showed that amino acids can be formed when si...
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🔬 Fischer Synthesizes Peptide Amino Acid Chains
Hermann Emil Fischer artificially synthesized peptide amino acid chains and thereby shows that amino acids in proteins are connected by amino group-acid group bonds.⟶
BiochemistryOrganic ChemistryHermann Emil FischerProteinsAmino AcidsPeptidesSynthesisEarly 20th Century
Germany🌱 Oparin proposes early Earth's atmosphere composition for origin of life
Aleksandr Oparin proposed that the Earth's early atmosphere contained methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water vapor, and that these were the raw materials for the origin of life.⟶
Origin of LifeOparinBiochemistryAstrobiologyEarly EarthAtmosphere20th Century Biology
Soviet Union🧪 Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life
Stanley Miller: demonstrated that the building blocks of life could arise from primeval soup in the conditions present during early Earth (Miller-Urey experiment)⟶
BiologyAstrobiologyOrigin of LifeStanley MillerMiller-Urey ExperimentPrebiotic ChemistryEvolutionChemical Evolution
United States🧪 Frederick Sanger: Protein Sequence Determination
Frederick Sanger: demonstrated that proteins are sequences of amino acids⟶
BiochemistryProtein StructureAmino AcidsMolecular BiologyCambridgeSanger1950sAnalytical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryScientific Method
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