"What type of organisms might live on Mars? I've studied Archaea, but do scientist think there might be any other types of organisms?"
Intro
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Virus Focus Group
Ken Stedman, Co-Chair
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
kstedman@pdx.eduBaruch Blumberg, Co-Chair
NASA, Life Sciences Division
BS_Blumberg@fccc.eduThe purpose of the NAI Virus Focus Group is to provide a forum for researchers from many disciplines, both within the NAI and the broader science community, to define and address fundamental questions in astrovirology, review the current state of knowledge in this area, and formulate new areas of research to advance our understanding of how viruses may have influenced the origin and evolution of life here on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the Solar System.