In this roundtable, biologists who study life in the Earth’s atmosphere will discuss how airborne microorganisms survive and reproduce in the unique, dynamic conditions of Earth’s troposphere and how their research could apply to Venus. What factors need to be learned about Venus and its past and present environments to help determine whether or not it ever had or has life in its clouds? Approaches such as these can help shape future observations of Venus and provide a way to interpret the data that’s retrieved – whether that’s an actual sample or a view from a telescope.
Panelists
- Kevin Dillon, Rutgers University, United States
- Diana Gentry, NASA Ames Research Center, United States
- Noam Izenberg, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
- David J. Smith, NASA Ames Research Center, United States
*Times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5:00)
December 2020
From Monday, 14 December 2020 01:00 PM
To Monday, 14 December 2020 02:00 PM
Event
ended
More Information
- Download the presentation slides (pdf)
- NASA Aerobiology
- KP Dillon et al. (2020) Cyanobacteria and algae in clouds and rain in the area of puy de Dôme, Central France Applied and Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01850-20
- C Jaing et al.(2020) Sierra Nevada sweep: metagenomic measurements of bioaerosols vertically distributed across the troposphere. Sci Rep 10, 12399 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69188-4
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