microbial life /macdonald/taxonomy/term/834/all en New insights into microbial life within oceanic crust via sorted cell 'omics /macdonald/channels/event/new-insights-microbial-life-within-oceanic-crust-sorted-cell-omics-327396 <p>Environmental Biology Seminar Series. Invited speaker: <strong>Professor Jackie Goordial</strong>, University of Guelph; this seminar is hosted by the Whyte Lab</p> <p><strong>Online seminar</strong> from 11:30-12:30 EST</p> Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:41:35 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 307418 at /macdonald Life could exist on Mars today, very close to the surface /macdonald/channels/news/life-could-exist-mars-today-very-close-surface-302609 <p>Scientists tackle the question of what kinds of life might reside now on the Red Planet, and how we might find it.</p> <p>Last week NASA convened a visionary meeting in New Mexico to consider a topic critical to astrobiology—whether life currently exists on Mars, and if so, how to detect it. The site of the conference was near the world-renowned Carlsbad Caverns, which attendees got to visit during a mid-conference workshop.</p> Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:22:49 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 125633 at /macdonald Nearing the limits of life on Earth /macdonald/channels/news/nearing-limits-life-earth-257977 <h3>Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars</h3> <p>Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:32:42 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52037 at /macdonald