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 […]
NASA Astrobiology Program
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Podcast on the NAI and Astrobiology
Tune into the latest from Omega Tau, a wide-reaching podcast series from Stuttgart, Germany, for an interview with NAI’s Director Carl Pilcher as he talks about NAI, astrobiology, and the […]
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NASA Astrobiology Insitute Researcher Shares in NobelPrize
Jack W. Szostak, a principal investigator with NASA’s Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program and a member of the NASA Astrobiology Insitute, is among a group of three researchers who have […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release
AbSciCon 2010: Session Topic Proposal Deadline Extended
The deadline for proposing Session Topics to AbSciCon 2010 has been extended until September 30. The organizing committee is soliciting community input for session topics. Suggestions will be reviewed by […]
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Three New NASA Postdoctoral Fellows Join The NAI
The NAI has selected three new postdoctoral fellows, Siobhan Wilson, Sanchaya Gupta, and Nancy Akerman as they join NAI teams through the NASA Postdoctoral Program. Nancy Akerman will work with […]
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Recently Published Research from the NAI
Marine Methane Oxidation Without Sulfur A new study in Science from NAI’s Penn State Team shows that the anaerobic oxidation of methane is not solely a sulfate-dependent process. Microbes cultured […]
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NASA Astrobiology Institute Reminder re Planetary Science Decadal Survey White Papers
Dear astrobiology community member: I’m writing to remind you, on behalf of Mary Voytek at NASA Headquarters and myself, that several draft white papers on astrobiology topics have been posted […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, NASA Astrobiology Program, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NAI Director's Seminar: "Application of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in Deep-sea and Coastal Ocean Biomes"
Date/Time: Monday June 29, 2009 11:00AM Pacific Presenter: Chris Scholin, Molecular Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Abstract: In late April 2009, a team of MBARI researchers tested the […]
Posted inNASA Astrobiology Program, Origin & Evolution of Life
Impressions from the San Sebastian meeting Open Questions in the Origin of Life (OQOL)
by Pier-Luigi Luisi The 2009 San Sebastian meeting on OQOL was the follow-up to an analogous meeting held in Erice, Sicily three years ago. The general idea was to identify […]
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Strategic Science Initiatives in the Origins of Life Report from the NAI meeting
By Michael Wilson The NAI held a strategic science initiative workshop in Tempe, AZ on May 13-15, to identify areas where increased collaboration between the funded NAI teams could lead […]