NETWORK: GLOBAL40+ COUNTRIES
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CHEMISTRY
BECAME LIFE

The Network of Researchers on the Chemical Emergence of Life. Chemists, biologists, geologists and astronomers working the same question from forty countries — and putting the answer within everyone's reach.

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03E MAG ISSUES
01 / WHAT WE DO

THREE QUESTIONS,
ONE NETWORK

READ ABOUT NoRCEL
01

HOW DID LIFE START?

Chemists, biologists, geologists and astronomers arguing the same question under one roof — through our conferences, the Gap Map and the NoRCEL Dictionary.

02

WHO GETS TO DO IT?

ASEN and the LatAm Hub build astroscience capacity in the Global South, with training, colloquia and outreach run by researchers on the ground.

03

WHAT PLANET KEEPS IT?

The Blue Earth Project takes the same chemistry outward — habitability, climate and the conditions that let a living world stay living.

02 / INITIATIVES

SIX PROGRAMMES

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03 / WHAT'S ON

EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

ALL EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

12SEP 26
ONLINE · FREE

NoRCEL ERA LAUNCH

Opening session and curriculum overview for the new education programme.

—TBC
CONFERENCE

8th NoRCEL CONFERENCE

Dates and call for abstracts to be announced.

—2027
COLLOQUIUM

LATAM HUB · 4th COLLOQUIUM

Planning underway with our Latin American members.

JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES

∞OPEN
CALL FOR PAPERS

3E MAGAZINE · VOL 2 / ISSUE 4

Articles, essays and student pieces welcome. Rolling deadline.

∞OPEN
VOLUNTEER

GAP MAP CONTRIBUTORS

Help build the "unreview" of universal biology.

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04 / THE 3E MAGAZINE

OUR QUARTERLY, FREE

ALL ISSUES
3EVOL 2 · ISSUE 3 · JUL 2026

LATEST ISSUE OUT NOW

Environment, Energy and Existence — written by our members for anyone who wants to read it. Seven issues since January 2025, all free, all archived on ResearchGate.

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05 / READ & WATCH

PUBLICATIONS & TALKS

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06 / MEMBERSHIP

JOIN THE NETWORK

Open to researchers, students, teachers and interested non-scientists across more than forty countries. There is no fee. You get the meetings, the magazine, the members' zone and the people.

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