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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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A three-day workshop using NAI remote communications tools will be held on November 8, 9 & 10, 2010. Participants will discuss 'top down' origin of life research, which will ultimately allow us to rewind the evolutionary record of biochemical processes and assemblies.
Organized by John Peters and Loren Williams, PIs of the NAI's Montana State University and Georgia Tech teams, a primary goal of the workshop is to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations across the community.
Session topics will include:
Phylogenetic Studies on Key Enzymes Involved in Information Pathways and Metabolism
The Evolutionary History of Protein Synthesis
Minerals to Enzymes - Bridging the Gap Between Metal Based Abiotic and Biological Chemistry
Phylogenetic Reconstruction/Resurrection - A Glimpse into Extinct Biochemistry
What can Modern Biological Energy Transformation Systems Tell Us About Conditions on the Early Earth?
Linking the Evolutionary Record to the Geological Record
The workshop is open to the worldwide science community and will be accessible via internet browser. Details, including abstract submission and registration forms, are on the NAI website athttp://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/ool-www '> http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/ool-www . The abstract submission deadline is October 1, 2010.
