MUSE: METAL UTILIZATION AND SELECTION ACROSS EONS
We are a NASA Interdisciplinary Consortium for Astrobiology Research, tackling fundamental questions about life’s origins on Earth.
We explore key biological innovations that happened throughout Earth’s history and assess their significance in our search for life in the universe. We are based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and part of the NASA Center for Early Life & Evolution.
Key aspects of our research program include:
our PROGRAM partners
Our program brings together a diverse team of researchers from across the scientific spectrum to study the evolution of metal use on Earth.