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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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Once upon a time, all life on Earth was alien. But eventually, strange single-celled organisms thriving on a harsh planet gave way to complex, multicellular organisms made up of the basic building blocks we associate with life today, including carbon, oxygen and nitrogen. NASA announced this week that a new collaboration of astrobiology researchers across the country, working together under a Research Coordination Network called LIFE, will spend the next five years dedicating their efforts to understanding this journey from alien to familiar. Frank Rosenzweig, professor in the School of Biological Sciences, will co-lead the effort, along with former College of Sciences postdoctoral fellow Betül Kaçar, now an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
