Word: sasselov
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...Sasselov said that the initiative’s goals are not only scientific but also academic—he hopes that the prospective center for the study of the origins of life will provide more opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students to study and research in the field...
This year, as part of that goal and in tandem with the launch of the initiative, Sasselov and Knoll with co-teach a Core course on the topic, Science A-54, “Life as a Planetary Phenomenon.” And Knoll added that public education—informing the average American, not just Harvard students—on the origins of life, is also a goal of the initiative...
...Sasselov said that student interest in the origins of life was one of the driving factors behind the project. “There are a lot of students...who have come to ask us if we could teach or have a degree or research based on possible pathways to life on other cosmic planets and around other stars,” he said. “We want to provide these kinds of courses...
...Sasselov said that, from both a scientific and educational perspective, now is an optimal time to confront the question of how life formed. New technology, especially in molecular biology, chemistry, and astronomy, has allowed researchers to study the topic in ways previously impossible...
...didn’t people do it 10 years ago, five years ago? The reason why has to do with the ability technically to do thing that were not possible before,” Sasselov said. “They all involve new technology and state of the art methodology...