On the role of chirality in astrobiology.
On the "universality of biology" (a term originally introduced by Richard Dawkins) we refer the reader to the list of papers.
Selection of publications(in Italian) Chela-Flores, J. (1997). Origine ed evoluzione della vita: Solo sulla Terra? Invited talk in a series of popular discussions of science topics studied at ICTP, addressed to the general public. Trieste17-23 March. (The "Week of Physics".)
Chela-Flores, J. (1999a) Gli alberi della vita (Parte I); Gli alberi della vita (Parte II); Gli alberi della vita (Parte III). In: Carlo Maria Martini Orizzonti e limiti della scienza Decima Cattedra di non credenti. Eds. Elio Sindoni and Corrado Sinigaglia. (In "Scienze e Idee", directed by Giulio Giorello. Raffaello Cortina Editore: Milano, pp.43-50. cf. also, Una cattedra per dialogare.
Seckbach, J., Westall, F. y Chela-Flores, J. (2000). Introducción a la astrobiología. En: "Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds: Adaptation to Exotic Environments" Volumen 2 de la serie "Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats", ed. Joseph Seckbach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Capítulo 25, pp. 367-375. Traducción del texto cortesía del Dr. Roberto Aretxaga, Bilbao, 2002. Reproducido en Cibernous, 2002 (http://www.cibernous.com/).
Chela-Flores, J. (2001). La astrobiología, un marco para la discusión de la relación hombre-universo. Principia (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) 18, pp. 12-18.
Chela-Flores, J. (2003). Marco cultural de la Astrobiologia. Letras de Deusto (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao), nº 98, Vol. XXXIII, enero-marzo de 2003: pp. 199-215.
Chela-Flores, J. (2005a). Fisica y Biologia en la Busqueda de Vida en el Universo, Principia (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) by invitation. In press.
Chela-Flores, J. (2005b). Bioseñales en el Sistema Solar. presented by invitation at the Astrobiology Conference: "Ab Inition: Orígenes del Universo, la Tierra, la Vida y la Inteligencia", Facultad Experimental de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad de Carabobo (UC),Valencia, Venezuela, 7 July 2005, to be published by UC Press.
Chela-Flores, J. (2008). Los fundamentos físicos y biológicos de la búsqueda de vida en el universo. In: Vida en el universo Del mito a la ciencia. Ricardo Campo (ed.) La Fundación Anomalía (Spain, 2008).
Chela-Flores, J. (2004). The New Science of Astrobiology From Genesis of the Living Cell to Evolution of Intelligent Behavior in the Universe. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands (Paperback edition of the 2001 publication).
Chela-Flores, J., Owen, T. and Raulin, F. (2001). The First Steps of Life in the Universe. Proceedings of the Sixth Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution. Trieste, Italy, 18-22 September, 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Selection of ppt talks (in Spanish) Chela-Flores, J. (2005). "Bioseñales en el Sistema Solar", presented by invitation at the Astrobiology Conference: "Ab Inition: Orígenes del Universo, la Tierra, la Vida y la Inteligencia", Facultad Experimental de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Republica Bolivariana deVenezuela, 7 July 2005.
In Italian Chela-Flores, J. (2004). L'astrobiologia La scienza della vita nell'universo (Popularization of Astrobiology). Public Presentation at the Olimpiadi italiane di astronomia-Trieste 2004, organized by the Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, July 8.
In English Chela-Flores, J. and Messerotti, M. (2005). Constraints on the origin of life on Earth due to the physics of the ancient Sun, IV Convegno della Ricerca Italiana in Fisica Solare e Relazione Sole-Terra (18-20 Ottobre 2005). Sessione 6 - Relazione Sole-Terra: Variabilita' ed Attivita' del Sole, Giovedi', 19 Ottobre, 2005.
Chela-Flores, J. (2005) Astrobiology and Astronomy: Their Common Frontiers, Seminar at INAF / Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Wednesday, 23 November 2005, Villa Bazzoni,via Bazzoni, 2.
Chela-Flores, J. (2006a). The Abdus Salam International Advanced School on Space Weather (smr 1749), 2 May - 19 May 2006 (Session on "Space weather at other planets"):
Lecture 1: Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part I Introduction to Astrobiology. (Friday, May 19, 2006).
Lecture 2: Origin, Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System: Constraints from Space Weather. Part II Implications of Space Weather for the Search of Life. (Friday, May 19, 2006).
Chela-Flores, J. (2006b). Evolution of the universe: From Astrophysics to Astrobiology.
One-day Meeting on "Origins" at Accademia dei Lincei, Roma, Monday, 22 May, 2006.Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Astrophysics and Astrobiology: A common search for our origins, Astrophysics Colloquium at SISSA. By invitation of its organizer (Andrea Ferrara), 13 February.
Chela-Flores, J., Kumar, N., Seckbach, J., Tewari, V. C. (2008) Distinguishing between signatures of past life and nonlife, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-01158, 2008 EGU General Assembly April 2008.
Chela-Flores, J. , Bhattacherjee, A. B., Dudeja, S., Kumar, N. and Seckbach, J. (2009) Can the biogenicity of Europa's surfical sulfur be tested simultaneously with penetrators and ion traps? Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0, 2009, EGU General Assembly 2009. The Austria Centre, Vienna, 22 April. A pdf version is available.
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