Cristina Del Bianco’s (Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento) talk on ‘The Machines are Alive’ provided an introduction to protocell science. 
Left: Observing Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction demonstration in petri dish, Right: much needed coffee break, from the 'interactive wing'.
Observing Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction ('practical abiogenesis') demonstration in petri dish and amplified on screen.
Undertaking 'protolife' experiment with my lab partner Niccolo Casas to get water droplets of cell sized dimensions to express protein.
A discussion in the Grant Museum of Zoology (right) following Brendan Clark's deliberation on 'What is life?' (left). 
Practical demos: self-assembling systems 
Checking out the results from our 'protolife' experiments by visualising the reaction with fluorescence microscope.