Podcast - Alfred Hopkinson

Alfred recently joined Brett MCGuire on the Astrochem podcast series to discuss his latest work on investigating the molecular building blocks of life under interstellar medium conditions.

In the episode, Alfred dives into insights from his recent Nature Astronomy publication, exploring how complex molecules such as amino acids in Space can reach a higher level of complexity to form the building blocks of proteins.

Listen to the conversation: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5U07MXLcpR1Ocy8nMTAN2X 

Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02765-7 

Read the journey behind the paper: https://communities.springernature.com/posts/amino-acid-energetic-processing-leading-to-extraterrestrial-peptides