Episode 10/13: Lipids // A Course on Abiogenesis by Dr. James Tour

Dr. James Tour - Jesus, Science, Faith, Origin of Life & Abiogenesis

In this episode, Dr. James Tour teaches the 4th class of compounds needed for life: lipids and phospholipids, including their structures and organizational assemblies. With the thousands of different lipid structures identified in cell membranes, a discussion of whether simple lipid bilayers can be suitable cell membranes is had. Dr. Tour then looks at various syntheses as potential routes to fatty acids, bringing prebiotic relevance into the equation. With relay syntheses, chain swapping, and …