NASA selects our project "What life wants: Exploring the Natural Selection of Elements" as one of the Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR). Visit the new >> NASA MUSE.

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Dr. Amanda Garcia is highlighted by the Geological Society of America (GSA) Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division. Read more >>

Dr. Zach Adam receives one of the John Templeton Foundation Ideas Challenge awards with his proposed concept of Subsumed Complexity. Read more about his idea: Subsumed Complexity.

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Latest viewpoint article (2020): Evolutionary History of Bioessential Elements Can Guide the Search for Life in the Universe (ChemBioChem)

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Latest research article (2020): Evolutionary stalling and a limit on the power of natural selection to improve a cellular module (PNAS)

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Research article (2020): Reconstructed ancient nitrogenases suggest Mo-specific ancestry. (Geobiology)

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Dr. Mati Kadzior shares his research with the Finland-based Ferment Radio podcast: Microbial time traveling in the laboratory

Master's student Cathryn Sephus wins the best poster award by the GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division. Her poster is titled: "Shedding light on phototrophic pigment evolution: reconstruction of ancestral rhodopsins".

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Graduate student Katie McGrath wins the NASA Astrobiology Collaboration Award with her proposal titled: Exploring the evolution of bacterial translation machinery. Read More >>>

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John Templeton Foundation Researcher Profile: Q&A: Five Questions with Betül Kaçar

Brooke Carruthers explores the potential of space sciences education for developing critical thinking and inspiring students Read More >>>

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Betul Kacar joins the UN Women Generation Equality Campaign Read More >>>

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