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This is an unofficial version of the NASA version of the Astrochem lab site at http://web99.arc.nasa.gov/~astrochm/

Origin of Life Links

Origins of Life and Origins of Life--Lecture outlines for the origin and development of life on Earth.
Origin of Life on Earth-- A three week module for undergraduate chemistry classes I am helping to develop.

ISSOL--The International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life.

NASA Ames Space Sciences--Origin of life research and more.
NASA Ames Exobiology--Exobiology research within the above link.
NASA Astrobiology Institute --A grand program designed to cut to the heart of the origin of life via many institutions (Ames, Penn State, UCLA, U. Colorado, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Arizona State, Harvard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, Riverside) with an umbrella of 10 goals, including information on astrochemistry.
NSCORT: Exobiology--Origin of life research, a consortium among UCSD (departments of Chemistry and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)), The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), and The Salk Institute.
NSCORT: The New York Center for Studies of the Origins of Life--Origin of life research at RPI and SUNY Albany.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library Evolution (Biosciences)--Links to journals, books, software, etc. on the origin and evolution of life.

UK Exobiology Network --A site to encourage and promote the science of exobiology within the UK. However, this site (hosted by the Planetary Forum) has material relevant to the field as a whole.