NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

Virus Focus Group

NAI Virus Focus Group inaugural meeting, October 2002

Ken Stedman, Co-Chair
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
kstedman@pdx.edu

Baruch Blumberg, Co-Chair
NASA, Life Sciences Division
BS_Blumberg@fccc.edu

The 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.

Recent Activities

The Virus Focus Group met, most recently, at the 2007 Annual American Society for Virology meeting, from July 14-18, 2007, in Corvallis, Oregon.

Journals

Kenneth Stedman, Baruch S. Blumberg. Astrobiology. 2005, 5(4): 441-443.
doi:10.1089/ast.2005.5.441. The NASA Astrobiology Institute Virus Focus
Group Workshop and Field Trip to Mono and Mammoth Lakes, CA, June 22–24,
2004 Link

A report of the NAI Virus Focus Group Field Trip to Mono and Mammoth
Lakes, California June 22-25, 2004 Link

Related Links

Viruses Relevant to Space Exploration: Marist College Scientist Infected
with Curiosity Link

Virus Hunters Link