Astrobiologist, who was included in NASA’s team searching for traces of life in the universe last year, Prof. Dr. Betül Kaçar achieved great success. prof. Dr. Kaçar reanimated a bacterium from 4 billion years ago by cloning it with ancient DNA. Kaçar announced on Twitter that they started to work on developing a new field that would focus on molecules instead of fossils, which will enable understanding of past life.
TRACKING LIFE IN HOME
Turkish scientist Astrobiologist Prof. Dr. Betül Kaçar searches for traces of life in the universe by comparing the biological life of the past, which she revives in a laboratory environment, with data obtained from the solar system and planets outside it. Kaçar became the leader of a team of 12 research groups that will guide NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life in the universe in 2020. Being the first Turk to be appointed to this position, Kaçar wrote his name in history with golden letters. prof. Dr. Kaçar started her studies in the USA after she was awarded by the American Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for the project she applied for when she was a student at Marmara University at the age of 19. Kaçar, who started his doctoral studies on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s at the age of 20, received his doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta in 2010. Betül Kaçar joined Harvard University in 2012, where she worked in the Department of Organism and Evolutionary Biology. He has been working in Astronomy and Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Arizona since 2017. Kaçar holds the title of associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology Earth-Life Science Institute. Kaçar is among the founders of NASA-SAGAN, the only astrobiology education platform in the world for young people who have difficulties in accessing education and information. Support poured in Kaçar’a social media.
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