Updates

How we engineered sPL.001 using directed evolution

Pioneer Labs found the terrestrial microbe that was closest to being up to the task, and evolved it to work better on Mars.

The first microbe for Mars

Substack update from Pioneer Labs

Can you terraform Mars?

Nature terraforming game

A reference architecture for biomanufacturing habitats from Martian resources

Architecture by Pioneer Labs

How to export life to Mars

Science & Technology article in The Economist

Scientists want to turn the Red Planet green

Scientific American article

The future of space exploration depends on better biology

Leader article in The Economist

Engineered dust could help make Mars habitable

Science & Technology article in The Economist

The case for Mars terraforming research

Nature Astronomy perspective

Engineered, heat-absorbing dust nanoparticles

Space.com article about Mars warming research

GrowEverything Biotech Podcast

Podcast with Erika Debenedictis

Designer Microbes Aid Space Exploration Efforts

Synthetic biology offers a toolkit to engineer microbes

"Let's go do that"

A conversation with Astera resident Erika Alden DeBenedictis

Mars Terraforming Workshop Proceedings

The outcomes of the second Mars Terraforming Workshop

A night sky full of living worlds

A conversation with Astera Resident Edwin Kite

Greening the Solar System

Asterisk Magazine piece

Feasibility of keeping Mars warm with nanoparticles

Science Advances paper

Extraterrestrial Habitats: Bioplastics for Life Beyond Earth

Researchers demonstrate algae growth under Mars-like pressures

The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars

Communications Biology paper