| − | '''Felisa Wolfe-Simon''' (b. 1978) is an American microbial geobiologist and biogeochemist. In 2010, Wolfe-Simon led a team that discovered GFAJ-1 ("Give Felisa A Job"), an arsenate-resistant bacterium that they claimed was capable of substituting arsenic for a small percentage of the phosphorus in its DNA, even implying that they were extra-terrestrial in origin. GFAJ-1 was isolated from arsenic-rich Mono Lake in California. Her team used a radioactive arsenate isotope (73-As) and exotic but inconclusive X-ray absorption studies (XAS measurements) at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).<ref>http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i29/Two-Studies-Rebut-Arsenic-Based.html</ref> | + | '''Felisa Wolfe-Simon''' (b. 1978) is an American microbial geobiologist and biogeochemist. In 2010, Wolfe-Simon led a team that discovered GFAJ-1 ("Give Felisa A Job"), an arsenate-resistant bacterium that they claimed was capable of substituting arsenic for a small percentage of the phosphorus in its DNA, even implying that they were extraterrestrial in origin. GFAJ-1 was isolated from arsenic-rich Mono Lake in California. Her team used a radioactive arsenate isotope (73-As) and exotic but inconclusive X-ray absorption studies (XAS measurements) at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).<ref>http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i29/Two-Studies-Rebut-Arsenic-Based.html</ref> |
| − | Wolfe-Simon is highly educated in biology and chemistry and oceanography. She recieved a Bachelor of Music in [[Oboe]] Performance and Ethnomusicology at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Curiously, Kathleen "Kat" M. Walsh (AKA "Mindspillage") plays the [[bassoon]] and viola. | + | Wolfe-Simon is highly educated in biology and chemistry and oceanography. She received a Bachelor of Music in [[Oboe]] Performance and Ethnomusicology at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Curiously, Kathleen "Kat" M. Walsh (AKA "Mindspillage") plays the [[bassoon]] and viola. |