Jason P. Dworkin

Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues.

The first cell membranes.

The roads to and from the RNA world.

Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

Organics captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft.

Sequence analysis of trimer isomers formed by montmorillonite catalysis in the reaction of binary monomer mixtures.

Amino acids from ion-irradiated nitrile-containing ices.

The Miller volcanic spark discharge experiment.

Enrichment of the amino acid L-isovaline by aqueous alteration on CI and CM meteorite parent bodies.

Formation of uracil from the ultraviolet photo-irradiation of pyrimidine in pure H2O ices.

On the origin of primitive cells: from nutrient intake to elongation of encapsulated nucleotides.

Prebiotic synthesis of methionine and other sulfur-containing organic compounds on the primitive Earth: a contemporary reassessment based on an unpublished 1958 Stanley Miller experiment.

Distribution and stable isotopic composition of amino acids from fungal peptaibiotics: assessing the potential for meteoritic contamination.

Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment.

Origin and evolution of prebiotic organic matter as inferred from the Tagish Lake meteorite.

Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases.

Enhanced synthesis of alkyl amino acids in Miller's 1958 H2S experiment.

Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites.

Inconclusive evidence for nonterrestrial isoleucine enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites.

Radar-enabled recovery of the Sutter's Mill meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite regolith breccia.