John Sutherland (chemist)

John D. Sutherland is a chemist at Medical Research Council (UK) (MRC), Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Protein & Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division.[1]

In 2009, in an article in Nature, Sutherland announced that he had discovered a possible mechanism to explain how nucleotides could have combined naturally to form the building blocks life.[2] In June 2012, Sutherland, along with his former colleague, the chemist Matthew Powner, from University College London, won the Origin of Life Challenge.[3]

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  2. ↑ Nicholas Wade, "Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be the Starting Point for Life", New York Times, 13 May 2009. Accessed 12 December 2012.
  3. ↑ John Sutherland co-wins the Origin of Life Challenge Announcement

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