Dear Colleagues,

This issue consists of papers at the annual meetings of ILASOL, and related topics. ILASOL, Israel Society for Astrobiology and the Study of the Origin of Life, is an Israeli scientific society devoted to life's origin and early evolution, and to Astrobiology-the potential existence and detection of life in the universe.

ILASOL was established in 1987 and has been a member of FAO (the Federation of Astrobiology Organizations) since January 2005. ILASOL holds an annual gathering every year, in which astronomers, physicists, biologists, chemists, geologists, and researchers of other disciplines present works related to life's origin and astrobiology. Its website, https://www.ilasol.org.il/, has a lot of information on current and past activity.

The current issue has contributions from leading researchers in Israel as well as a few prominent guest scientists from abroad. The contributions are spread over various subjects, such as biology, biochemistry, chemistry, astrobiology, and more.

We dedicate this issue to the memory of Prof. Dan Tawfik, who was killed in a climbing accident in 2021, two weeks after he gave the opening lecture of the meeting.

Prof. Tal Mor
Prof. Amri Wandel
Guest Editors

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• astrobiology
• origin of life
• emeregence of translation
• biomolecules
• autocatalytic sets
• exoplanets
• biosignatures
• habitable zone
• chirality
• SETI