The next episode of Ask an Astrobiologist will take place on April 14 at 10:00 Pacific Time (17:00 UTC). Tune in on SAGANet or watch on the NASA Astrobiology Facebook page. Ask questions in the chat or use #AskAstrobio on Twitter to ask questions and engage with other audience members.
The guest for this episode is Dr. Betül Kaçar. Dr. Kaçar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona. She and her team explore the molecular mechanisms of evolution, the origin(s) of life, and the distributions of life in the cosmos. Dr. Kaçar uses a paleophenotyping method to resurrect ancient genes within modern organisms. Outside of her incredible career in research, she’s also an educator and was one of the co-founders of SAGANet! You can learn more about her work at https://www.ancientbiology.org/
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