PROJECT FIRST CELL / RESEARCH HORIZON
Chemistry → organization
Investigate defined chemical and compartment-level behavior on the path toward understanding cellular organization.
The first useful result.
Reproducible chemistry or compartment behavior.
Define starting materials, stimulus, measurable chemical endpoint and contamination controls. Distinguish organization, metabolism-like behavior and reproduction.
What the evidence must distinguish.
An organized structure or electrical response is not sufficient evidence of life.
Predefine acceptance criteria and record calibration, controls and uncertainty. A result belongs to the system and conditions in which it was obtained.
Explore the source program.
