{"id":512,"date":"2015-04-07T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genotopia.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2015-04-08T00:49:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T00:49:26","slug":"professor-of-astro-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/512\/professor-of-astro-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor of Astro-what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/today\/pr\/2015\/15-055.html?loclr=rssloc\" target=\"_blank\">Library of Congress<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/astrobiology.nasa.gov\/articles\/2015\/4\/7\/new-library-of-congress-astrobiology-chair-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a> announced my new gig for next year, as the Baruch Blumberg Chair of Astrobiology at the LC. From October 2015 through September 2016, I&#8217;ll be resident at the Library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/512\/professor-of-astro-what\/lucylawlessxenahandsup\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,822\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-1024x701.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-514 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp-624x427.jpg 624w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/LucyLawlessXenaHandsUp.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Why astrobiology? My next project is a biography of DNA. One key part of the book will be the story of how we&#8217;ve come to understand the origins of DNA and the origin of life in an RNA world. So I&#8217;ll be using the unparalleled resources of the Library to\u00a0write the history of origins research since the genome project, as well as working on the rest of the book.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to joining the excellent people at the Library!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/today\/pr\/2015\/15-055.html?loclr=rssloc\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/512\/professor-of-astro-what\/screen-shot-2015-04-07-at-2-40-13-pm\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"989,1218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-07 at 2.40.13 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM-831x1024.png\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-513\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-07 at 2.40.13 PM\" width=\"989\" height=\"1218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM.png 989w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM-122x150.png 122w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM-831x1024.png 831w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-2.40.13-PM-624x768.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Library of Congress and NASA announced my new gig for next year, as the Baruch Blumberg Chair of Astrobiology at the LC. 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