Opportunity for educators and high school juniors and seniors with a passion for learning and space biology can apply for NASA GeneLab for High Schools virtual training program.
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NASA 2023 Summer Space Life Sciences Training Program
NASA’s Ames Research Center Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) will soon be opening the application for the 2023 summer program. We’re excited that we will be holding this year’s […]
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AbGradCon 2021: Lessons in Digital Meetings, International Collaboration, and Interdisciplinarity in Astrobiology
The Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) is an annual conference both organized for and by early career researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students as a way to train the next generation of […]
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GeneLab For High School Students (GL4HS) Program Is Expanding Into U.S. Schools
The GL4HS program is a 4-week intensive summer program hosted by NASA Ames Research Center and funded by NASA’s Space Biology program. 2021 was the 5th year of the popular […]
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SLSTP Students Publish Paper Showing Bacteria Exposed to Space Show Lasting Genomic Changes
Samples of Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032, an endospore-forming bacterial strain, were externally mounted on ISS in the EXPOSE facility and with full UV exposure. While nearly all the bacterial spores were […]
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ASU Online Science Course On Habitable Worlds
Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration recently released new research on its flagship Smart Course, Habitable Worlds, published in the peer-reviewed journal, Astrobiology. The study found that […]
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Online Course: Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life by The University of Edinburgh. Self-paced online course. Statement of Accomplishment: None. Subtitles: English. Learn about the origin and evolution of life and […]
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Back-to-School Time for Astrobiologists
When NASA’s Pathfinder mission landed on Mars in 1997, public interest soared. The space agency was nearly overwhelmed by phone calls and emails from citizens who wanted to know what […]