Sarah Stewart Johnson
@biosigs
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Professor, Georgetown; searching for traces of life beyond our planet. She/her. Author of The Sirens of Mars.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2016
The first thing I did when I woke up yesterday to find The Sirens on Mars on the @nytimes 100 Notable Books of 2020 list was go back and reread my acknowledgements. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who helped me bring this book into the world.
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I'm so honored to be named to the 2024 Class of The Explorers Club 50! My fellow honorees are exploring, inspiring, and creating the future—the future of the planet, life upon it, and the boundless possibilities that await us all. @ExplorersClub
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A truly fantastic talk by @Anais_Roussel_1!
Today, @Anais_Roussel_1 from the Johnson Lab gave a stellar talk about investigating biosignatures on the Martian landscape! Her data, experimental methods, and future plans were really out of this world. @biosigs
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Lovely piece about @MaevaMillan’s and her work on @MarsCuriosity… will miss her so dearly when she leaves the lab! https://t.co/2JJ2RvWsHH
@GUBiology @NASAGodddard
college.georgetown.edu
In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, Georgetown Postdoctoral Fellow Maëva Millan and her advisor, Sarah Stewart Johnson, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Biology...
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"Consider the difference between a seashore littered with water-worn pebbles—a situation that could easily be ascribed to a lifeless process—and one strewn with intricately sculpted seashells.” Great reporting on agnostic biosignatures by @nataliejelliot.. https://t.co/03Dft6VjiR
scientificamerican.com
A new theory suggests that searches for molecular complexity could uncover convincing evidence of extraterrestrial life—and do so soon
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“The search for life beyond Earth is surely one of the humanity's greatest undertakings, and if the forecasts of scientists are credible, that search will likely be rewarded within the lifetimes of those of you in attendance today…" -@DavaSobel
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"If you’re the pessimistic type, you probably figure humanity is heading for the exit, we’ll do ourselves in…". -@SethShostak
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@Georgetown @SETIInstitute
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“Can Mars teach us something important about the fragility of life and the conditions that are necessary for it appear and be sustained?" -@shasta721
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@Georgetown @SETIInstitute
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“It remains to be seen whether we will awake to that threat that we have created to our own survival, and change our ways before it's too late...” -@jilltarter
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@Georgetown @SETIInstitute
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“Can examining climate change at a planetary scale bring greater awareness to the magnitude of this challenge, and might that help accelerate more decisive action?" -@nadiamdrake
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@Georgetown @SETIInstitute
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On November 18, @Georgetown and the SETI Institute will unite scholars, journalists, artists and activists in conversations that explore what the search for alien life may reveal about the future of life on Earth. Register to attend https://t.co/EVcIc66TSe
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Looking forward to this... join us on December 8th!
Register Today! The 2021 Book Awards event is December 8 at 7:00 pm ET. Join @FredMLawrence in conversation with @jennshapland, @biosigs, and @a_l_baumgartner. The event is free an open to all. Register here: https://t.co/zsomWb7p8w
#pbkbookawards
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"Life is nothing but an electron looking for a place to rest..." -Albert Szent-Györgyi Interested in electrochemical approaches to life detection? We're hiring a new postdoctoral fellow! Come join our Laboratory for Agnostic Biosignatures Project: https://t.co/tIsWbwJObM
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Check out our ✨new✨review paper on why planetary mass spectrometers continue to play a critical role in space exploration, and in searching for life on other planets--especially those that may not be based on familiar biochemistry 👽 https://t.co/ZN7vbCN1eN
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This is so cool! I am so honored to be selected for this award from @PhiBetaKappa, and amazed to see my book in such great company. Thank you, PBK, and congratulations to @jennshapland and @a_l_baumgartner! #PBKBookAwards
Announcing the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards winners: Jenn Shapland(@jennshapland), Sarah Stewart Johnson(@biosigs), and Alice Baumgartner(@a_l_baumgartner)! https://t.co/s6nFgvNUkF
#PBKBookAwards
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We are hiring! Assistant Professor of Climate Science, Impacts & Security https://t.co/7nQIlkBd8O
@theAGU @climatecareers @coolclimatejobs @climate_jobs @RMetS_Jobs @BlkinGeoscience @DrKateMarvel @KHayhoe @coralsncaves @dan_kammen @eapsMIT @LyssaFreese @apsiainfo
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This *was* a very fun, great event! I was so pleased to be shortlisted for the @HipstersPrize, and doubly pleased to see it go to such an extraordinary person as @ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Everyone should read her beautiful book - congratulations @AstroSamantha!
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What a tremendous honor! Everyone should check out these fifteen wonderful books!
THE SIRENS OF MARS: SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON ANOTHER WORLD by Sarah Stewart Johnson (@biosigs) is a #PBKBookAwards finalist! https://t.co/zmiHW8fEsU
@CrownPublishing
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