A case study of last year’s Workshop without Walls on “Molecular Paleontology and Resurrection: Rewinding the Tape of Life.” appears in the July 2011 issue of PLoS Biology. Authors include […]
Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
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NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence meteorites can carry DNA components created in space.
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Research Scientist Position in Synthetic Biology, NASA Ames Research Center
Applications are invited for an experienced research scientist to join NASA Ames indefining the field of Space Synthetic Biology. Applications are being accepted through Friday, May 27, 2011. Building on […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life
Paleobiology During the Genomics Era; An Astrobiology All-access Event
A two-day workshop using NAI remote communications tools will be held on May 12th and 13th, 2011. Real-time participation requires only an internet connection and is available to interested scientists […]
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The Ribosome: Structure, Function & Evolution: An Astrobiology All-access Event
April 1-2, 2011 A two-day symposium using NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) remote communications tools, on “The Ribosome: Structure, Function & Evolution,” will be held on April 1-2, 2011. Real-time participation […]
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Astrobiologists Reproduce RNA Component in Laboratory
NASA astrobiologists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of RNA, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidines exposed to ultraviolet radiation […]
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Just like old times: Generating RNA molecules in water
Appearing in the Nov. 27, 2009, issue (Vol. 284, No. 48) of JBC: A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first […]
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Ribosomes as Ancient Molecular Fossils
Members of NAI’s team at Georgia Tech have a new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution describing an analysis of ribosomal structure and sequence. Their approach chronicles the ribosome’s evolution, […]
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NASA-Supported Researcher Shares in Nobel Prize
Jack W. Szostak, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is among a group of three researchers who have been awarded the 2009 […]
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Effects of a Spaceflight Environment on Heritable Changes in Wheat Gene Expression
Once it was established that the spaceflight environment was not a drastic impediment to plant growth, a remaining space biology question was whether long-term spaceflight exposure could cause changes in […]