A group at The University of Leeds is working with a jet propulsion lab at NASSA to study some of the chemistry that could have possible led to the earliest life on earth. In the video on the link below he is talking about the chemistry of the vents at the bottom of the ocean that could have led to the production of this life! super cool.

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=3504