Water is essential for life, but anhydrobiotic tardigrades can survive almost complete dehydration.
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Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Emergence And Maintenance Of Stable Coexistence During A Long-term Multicellular Evolution Experiment
The evolution of multicellular life spurred evolutionary radiations, fundamentally changing many of Earth’s ecosystems.
Posted inAstropharmacy / Biotechnology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Microbiology & Virology, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Press Release, Radiation, Space Stations
A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration
The greatest hazard for humans on deep-space exploration missions is radiation. To protect astronauts venturing out beyond Earth’s protective magnetosphere, advanced passive radiation protection is highly sought after.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Enhanced Assembly Of Bacteriophage T7 Produced In Cell-free Reactions Under Simulated Microgravity
On-demand biomanufacturing has the potential to improve healthcare and self-sufficiency during space missions.
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Mcr-Dependent Methanogenesis In Archaeoglobaceae Enriched From A Terrestrial Hot Spring
The preeminent source of biological methane on Earth is methyl coenzyme M reductase (Mcr)-dependent archaeal methanogenesis.
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
The Reproduction Process Of Gram-positive Protocells
Protocells are, by definition, the most primitive predecessors of biological cells, devoid of all complex molecular biological processes.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Autotrophic Biofilms Sustained By Deeply-sourced Groundwater Host Diverse CPR Bacteria Implicated In Sulfur And Hydrogen Metabolism
Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) bacteria are commonly detected yet enigmatic members of diverse microbial communities.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microgravity, Press Release, Radiation, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Assessing The Nucleotide-Level Impact Of Spaceflight Stress Using RNA-Sequencing Data
Understanding the effects of space radiation and microgravity on DNA integrity is critical to assess the impact of long-term spaceflight.
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Early Selection Of The Amino Acid Alphabet Was Adaptively Shaped By Biophysical Constraints Of Foldability
Whereas modern proteins rely on a quasi-universal repertoire of 20 canonical amino acids (AAs), numerous lines of evidence suggest that ancient proteins relied on a limited alphabet of 10 ‘early’ […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Host-associated Phages Disperse Across The Extraterrestrial Analogue Antarctica
Extreme Antarctic conditions provide one of the closest analogues of extraterrestrial environments. Since air and snow samples, especially from polar regions, yield DNA amounts in the lower picogram range, binning […]