"What advice would you give a high schooler who wants to be an astrobiologist? Would you take a biology or physics major when applying to colleges? "
-
Opportunities in Microbial Genome Sequencing
January 26, 2009 / Posted by: Aaron Gronstal
Microbial Genome Sequencing Program, Fiscal Year 2009
The National Science Foundation has released details on the final year of the Microbial Genome Sequencing Program. This interagency program supports genome sequencing of microorganisms and the metagenomes of mixed microbial communities. One major goal is to make novel genome sequences more valuable to the research community.
By studying genome sequences, researchers can gain valuable insight into how microorganisms function, live and interact with their environments. This information is invaluable for astrobiologists studying the potential for life on other celestial bodies in the solar system. Investigators in the program are focused on topics relevant to astrobiology, including the role microorganisms complex ecosystems and environmentally important geochemical cycles, and the genetic mechanisms behind evolution.
A workshop on Microbial Genomics is to be held for all awardees in the Microbial Genome Sequencing Program. For additional details on the program and submission guidelines, click: here.
For abstracts of recent awards made through this program, click: here.Source: [NSF]
- A Slow Death in the P-T Extinction
- An Alternative Path for the Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation
- A New Pathway to Life's Origin
- Ground Truth
- 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference
- A New Postdoc at NAI Central
- O/OREOS Nanosatellite Success in Orbit
- Astrobiologists among the 2012 Geochemical Fellows
- A Salt-Free Primordial Soup?
- Rethinking an Alien World
