MIT NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) node focusing on the foundations of complex life (FCL)

Joined June 2010
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Plenty of media coverage for the recent eurypterid BME Evolutionary Biology paper from the Briggs Lab buff.ly/1LkUnQK

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FCL team member Andrew Knoll attracting a large audience for his #GSA2015 talk on Cambrian Skeletal Biomineralization
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Interesting talk by Huifang Xu on potential role of microbial EPS on dolomite precipitation #GSA2015
FCL team member Erik Sperling speaking NOW on ecological physiology of Earth's 2nd oxygen revolution #GSA2015
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Check out Gordon Love's 9:15 talk at #GSA2015 using biomarkers to track the Neoproterozoic rise of eukaryotes & emergence of metazoa
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Kaufman suggesting Shuram Excursion is due to mixing with methane oxidation signals! #GSA2015
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Victims of vampire microbes mark oldest signs of eukaryote predation #GSA2015 sci.lt/1H0ka5F @ScienceNews
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Many exciting talks to come at #GSA2015 from FCL members, including members of the Summons, Bosak, Briggs and Pruss labs!
Day 2 of #GSA2015. Great start with a packed crowd attending John Grotzinger's talk on recent MSL findings
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Sylvie Derenne and meteorite organic matter. We are trying to study organic everywhere. Fascinating! #IMOG2015
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Cool talk today by Emily Matys on Microbial Mats in Ice-Covered Antarctic Lakes! #IMOG2015
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'Sterols, rocks and molecular clocks' plenary talk by Summons Lab postdoc David Gold #IMOG2015
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Former Summons lab postdoc Florence Schubotz presenting a plenary talk momentarily! #IMOG2015
Astrobiology Australasia Meeting July 10-12 2016 in Perth ish.re/QNRT Not to be missed!

Recent paper by FCL/Summon's lab member, Genming Luo, using biomarkers to explore in Mesoproterozoic biodiversity buff.ly/1REA0aD

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Recent work proposing that diversification of life as a whole is expanding at a constant 'clock-like' rate buff.ly/1e5kYZ6

Recent review on importance of horizontal gene transfer for evolution of life, even in multicellular eukaryotes... buff.ly/1J5h1R8

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New Horizons Returns First-Ever Photo of Pluto’s Surface wired.com/2015/07/new-horizo…

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As New Horizons speeds closer to Pluto, the picture is getting clearer nyti.ms/1M4oZvL
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