In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.

Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1989), delivers the Tetelman Fellowship Lecture on the origin of life.

The Tetelman Fellowship at Jonathan Edwards College is among the most prestigious lectureship in the sciences at Yale. The endowment allows Jonathan Edwards College to invite individuals who have made significant contributions to science to deliver a lecture and to meet informally with students and members of the faculty.