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Poster prize winners at Systems Chemistry III

We are pleased to announce the poster prize winners for the Systems Chemistry III conference, which was held in Crete, Greece last month. The conference was sponsored by Journal of Systems Chemistry and many of the presentations were delivered by Editorial Board Members, including co-Editors-in-Chief Günter von Kiedrowski and Sijbren Otto.

Prizes were awarded for the following four posters:

Mirror Symmetry Breaking at Interfaces: Glycine and Alpha-Amino Acids
Celia Blanco, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Spain

A mathematical model of the experimentally established mechanisms responsible for the symmetry breaking transition observed in chiral crystallization experiments was presented.

How “Mutations” Affect the Self-Replication of Peptide Functionalised Macrocycles
Mathieu Colomb-Delsuc, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

New dynamic combinatorial libraries were made from dithiol building blocks functionalized with a peptide chain designed to form beta-sheets.

Two Different Template Replicators Coexisting in the Same Protocell: Stochastic Simulation of an Extended Chemoton Model
Anna Fedor, Eötvös Lorand University of Sciences, Hungary

The minimal cell model, chemoton, and an extended version with two competing template cycles were implemented. The stoichiometric coupling of components in the chemoton ensures that these templates coexist, providing an alternative solution to Eigen's paradox.

Self-Propagating Molecular-Based Assemblies
Leila Motiei, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

An investigation into the formation and properties of self-propagating molecular assemblies, including electrochromic behavior, photovoltaic performance, charge transfer properties and selective permeation of small molecules.

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