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August 31 - September 3, 2009
Mistaken Point Excursion and Field Work, Newfoundland
A group meeting of the MIT Astrobiology Institute Team in Newfoundland
November 24, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific:
The Great Mass Extinction - a Sudden Event or a Slow Moving Train-Wreck?
(On-line seminar by Roger Summons)
A great mass extinction took place 252 million years ago when approximately 90% of the existing marine taxa were lost. Both the magnitude of the extinction and the slowness of the subsequent faunal radiation are enigmatic...
November 11, 2008:
2009 International Choanoflagellate Workshop, June 11 - 14, 2009, University of California, Berkeley
Over the past several years, the study of choanoflagellates has yielded important advances in fields as diverse as ecology, evolution, biomechanics, cell biology, genomics, and taxonomy. By bringing together researchers from these disparate fields, we hope to establish choanoflagellates as a powerful new model system and contribute to the growth of an interactive and dynamic scientific community.
July 8, 2008:
All initial team content is posted.
June 7, 2008:
The first developmet version of Web site is released.