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Key Building Block of Life Detected on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Exploring the Emergence of Life: Phase Separation as a Means of Compartmentalization in Protocell Models
Exploring Jezero Crater with Mastcam-Z, the Scientific Eyes of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
Over the past 20 years our program has trained the next generation of astrobiologists and made significant advances in understanding how to search for life beyond the Earth. Our program offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary dual-title PhD in a home department and Astrobiology, as well as a graduate certificate in Astrobiology. Our alumni have gone on to exciting careers at universities, government labs and elsewhere. Below we showcase the achievements of students, faculty and alumni, and on other pages you can learn about how to apply to our graduate program, learn more about our research and outreach activities, and find out the latest on our colloquium series and public events.
From Our Most Recent Newsletter
Research Highlight
Our UW Astrobiology Program members have made exciting scientific discoveries and published many research updates over the past year. Prof Brook Nunn (Genome Sciences) and her colleagues recently published their work detailing how polar microbes can shed light on ways to detect potential life in icy bodies in our solar system!
Alumni Updates
The UW Astrobiology Program has graduated over 60 alumni, who have exciting careers as faculty members, scientists, university researchers, industry specialists and, entrepreneurs. They’ve all been hard at work this past year and have shared some of their achievements, awards, and scientific publications with us here.
Recent Updates
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The University of Washington hosts research efforts in exoplanet and planetary science and astrobiology, primarily… - Key Building Block of Life Detected on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
An international team, including UW Astrobiology Postdoctoral researcher Fabian Klenner, discovered phosphorus in the form… - The Open Access Era of Exoplanet Characterization at the Onset of Next-Generation TelescopesZoom Link for Colloquium 04/18/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented…
- Astrobiology Graduate Research Rotations PresentationZoom Link for Colloquium 05/16/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Miles…
- Exploring the Emergence of Life: Phase Separation as a Means of Compartmentalization in Protocell Models
Zoom Link for Colloquium 05/09/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented… - Exploring Jezero Crater with Mastcam-Z, the Scientific Eyes of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
Zoom Link for Colloquium 05/02/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented… - The search for evidence of life on EnceladusZoom Link for Colloquium 04/25/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented…
- Astrobiology Graduate Research Rotations PresentationZoom Link for Colloquium 04/04/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Zack…
- Insights into ancient sedimentary environments via three-dimensional reconstructions
Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/04/2023 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented… - “Amino acid decyl esters as membrane forming amphiphiles for abiogenesis”
Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/8/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented…