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...We’re trying to figure out what are possible pathways from simple chemistry to the molecules of life that we know, hence could this have happened on other planets of other stars, are we alone in the universe,” said Professor of Astronomy Dimitar D. Sasselov, who is heading the project...
...Sasselov said that the initiative will benefit from collaboration across a range of disciplines. Researchers from five scientific areas, including earth and planetary sciences, organismic and evolutionary biology, molecular biology, chemistry, and astronomy, will work on the project...
...Sasselov said that the researchers do not see themselves participating in that debate—“we started this [initiative] before the debate was even there,” he said—although the initiative’s findings are likely to find their way into the controversy. Knoll added that many of the researchers feel that debate should be the stuff of philosophers and religious groups, not of scientists...
...Sasselov and his team have received a small sum of seed money to develop a more comprehensive proposal for space in Allston, and while the initiative will likely receive some space in Cambridge within the next few years, the ultimate goal is to move into a center of its own in Allston...
Professor of Astronomy Dimitar D. Sasselov said he foresees further research in this area throughout the coming year...