ASU’s Beyond Center and the University of Glasgow seek 1–2 full-time researchers to advance Assembly Theory methods, build cheminformatics databases, and establish protocols/standards for origins-of-life research. Work jointly with Profs. Sara Walker (ASU) and Leroy Cronin (Glasgow), primarily in Tempe with periodic time in Glasgow. Responsibilities include software/pipeline development, data standards, theory for life detection, publications, and cross-lab coordination. Required: PhD in Chemistry/Physics/Computer Science (or related), strong programming, and research record.

The new book "Physician Wellness and Resilience: Narrative Prompts to Address Burnout", edited by Pauline Davies, Beyond Center affiliate faculty, from Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication and Dr. Cynthia M. Stonnington of the Mayo Clinic, explores the pressing issue of physician burnout and provides strategies to enhance mental well-being and resilience.

What is life and how does one recognize it? asks Walker, an astrobiology professor at Arizona State University, in her bold debut. Defining life is a deceptively tricky endeavor, she argues, noting that the claim popular in scientific circles that “life is a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution” would mean that worker bees aren’t alive because they can’t reproduce.