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Projects
PITitleSteven BennerLandscapes in Catalytic Nucleic AcidsDavid CatlingEvolution of Oxygen, Biogeochemical Cycles, and HabitabilityGözen ErtemMars Simulation Measurements (MSM): Survivability of Organic Molecules Adsorbed on or Occluded in Minerals under Ionizing RadiationJames FarquharSupport for Drilling in Barberton Greenstone BeltGeorge FlynnCharacterization of Organic Matter in Interplanetary Dust Particles: Analysis of Organic Grain Coatings to Constrain the Production Mechanisms of Early Solar System Organic MatterFriedemann FreundPreformed Complex Organic Molecules from the Matrix of Magmatic MineralsEric GaidosFormation, Evolution, and Detection of Ocean-Bearing Planets Close to Cool StarsDeWayne HalfenTracing Prebiotic Organic Compounds from Interstellar Clouds to the Solar SystemKevin HandLaboratory Investigation of the Workman-Reynolds Effect as Applied to Icy Worlds and Snowball EarthGerald JoyceEvolution of Catalytic RNA and the Origins of LifeSamantha JoyeDistinguishing Biotic and Abiotic Nitrous Oxide Sources in Mars Analog Brines, Sediments, and Soils in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Alan KaufmanGeochronological and Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Origin of AnimalsNiles LehmanEmpirical Examination of Hypercycles in the RNA WorldJames LyonsAbsorption measurements of SO2 isotopologues with application to sulfur isotope mass-independent fractionation during SO2 photolysisLynn MargulisThe NASA Planetary Biology Internship ProgramAndrew MattiodaSpace Environment Viability of Organics (SEVO): Laboratory Studies and Interpretation of the Organisms/Organics Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) Nanosatellite Mission ResultsArnold MillerEpicontinental Seas Versus Shallow Ocean-Facing Settings: Mass Extinction and Diversification in Two Different Worlds?Joseph NuthTrapping Planetary Noble Gases during the Fischer-Tropsch-Type Synthesis of Organic Materials in the Primitive Solar NebulaShuhei OnoLaboratory Photochemistry Experiments to Identify the Source Reaction for the Archean Sulfur Mass-independent Isotope EffectsMatthew PasekPhosphorus Redox Geochemistry on the Early Earth: Extraterrestrial Influences on the Origin and Evolution of Early LifeAndrew PohorilleThe Origin and Early Evolution of Ion ChannelsMark SkidmoreMethane cycling in subglacial sedimentsDavid SummersChemistry Inside Vesicles Driven by Mineral Particle PhotocatalysisJack SzostakProtocells and the Emergence of Cellular LifeOwen ToonThe Faint Young Sun Problem in the Early Biotic Atmosphere of the EarthLaura WasylenkiAssessing Ni Isotope Fractionation During Abiotic ProcessesDouglas WhittetEvolution of Preplanetary Matter in Analogs of the early Solar System: From Spitzer to SOFIA and JWSTDavid WoonTheoretical Studies of the Extraterrestrial Chemistry of Biogenic Compounds: Projects for 2010-2013Kevin ZahnlePhotochemistry and Impact-induced Shock Chemistry of Ancient AtmospheresBelow are the abstracts of proposals selected for funding for the Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology program from the ROSES 07 call for proposals (awarded 2008). Principal Investigator (PI) name, institution, and proposal title are also included. 114 proposals were received in response to this opportunity, and 33 were selected for funding.PITitleDale AndersenDeep-water Microbialites in a Perennially Ice-covered Lake: A Key to Interpreting Ancient Microbialite Morphology (2)Steven BennerPrebiotic Routes to Carbohydrates Involving Borate Minerals (2)Jennifer BlankAn experimental study of the generation and enantiomeric enrichment of sugars and amino acids in cometary impacts (2)Robert BlankenshipThe Evolution of Photosynthesis and the Transition from an Anaerobic to an Aerobic WorldRoger BuickArchean paleobarometry (2)Nathalie CabrolThermal Behavior and Detection of Caves on Earth and Mars (2)Zoe CardonLeaping to land -- physiology and phylogenetics of microscopic desert green algae (2)Jennifer EigenbrodeSignatures of Life in Ice (SLIce): A multidisciplinary investigation of organic signatures and habitat of life in surface glacial ice (2)Eric GaucherExploiting paleogenetics and experimental-evolution to reconstruct and recapitulate adaptive evolution (2)M. Reza GhadiriDynamic Covalent Assembly and Selection of Prebiotically Plausible Informational Oligomers (2)Everett GibsonELEMENTAL, ISOTOPIC, AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH'S EARLIEST LIFE: Implications for Recognizing Remnants of Early Microbial Life on Earth and Elsewhere (2)Nancy HinmanExploration of Mineral Associated Bio/organic Signatures: Meeting the Challenge in the Search for Signs of Life (2)Tori HoehlerQuantifying the Habitability of Low-Temperature Serpentinizing Systems (2)Nicholas HudIntercalation Mediated Assembly and the First Informational Polymers of Life (2)Brian HynekCerro Negro, Nicaragua: An analog for assessing the potential for life on early Mars (2)Brian HynekOrganic Biomarkers: Community Diversity and Preservation in Silica-Rich Hydrothermal Systems with Implications to Mars (2)Paul JohnsonChemistry of Biomarkers in Planetary Ices: A Laboratory Investigation (2)Isik KanikA Laboratory Investigation on the Origin and Evolution of Life (2)Paul JohnsonChemistry of Biomarkers in Planetary Ices: A Laboratory Investigation (3)Isik KanikA Laboratory Investigation on the Origin and Evolution of Life (3)James KastingHabitable Planets: Oxygen and Climate (2)Robin KnightMeasuring the abundance of the simplest functional RNAs (2)Pierre-Alain MonnardPrebiotic formation of membranes and the role of membranes in energy uptake: An essential step in the origin of protocellular life (2)Marla MooreInvestigating the Formation, Stability and Enantiomeric Ratios of Non-Protein Amino Acids in Low-Temperature Condensed-Phase Reactions (2)Nicholson WayneSurvival, Growth, and Evolution of Terrestrial Bacteria in Martian Environments (2)Kenneth NollGenome-based Investigations into the Nature of the Common Ancestor of the Thermotogales (2)Dominic PapineauCarbonaceous associations with apatite in Precambrian banded iron formations (2)Radu PopaBiosignatures in Volcanic Rocks - Microweathering of Olivine on Earth and Mars (2)Louise ProckterEffects of radiation damage on the geology of Europa and Ganymede (2)Jason RaymondThe Molecular Basis of Complexity: Using Network Analysis to Understand Evolution (2)Janet SiefertBorrowing Biological Innovation: HGT in an Ancient Mariene Heterotroph (2)Jonathan SilbergTemperature effects on protein evolution (2)Mark SmithOrigins and Functional Potential in Complex Prebiological Molecules: Titan Tholins and related Organics (2)Henry SunBiological Accumulation of D-amino acids in Endolithic Microbial Communities (2)Stephen WoodMars Subsurface Warming at Low Obliquity: Effects on the State and Distribution of Water (2)Current and Past ProjectsPITitleThomas AhrensSub-award from: Do Bugs Survive When Worlds Collide (C. Blank)Ariel AnbarMechanisms of Molybdenum Isotope Fractionation: Assessing a New Tool for the Study of Ancient Ocean RedoxAriel AnbarIn search of early oxygen: Investigation of redox sensitive metal abundances and isotopes in Neoarchean drill coresGustaf ArrheniusSearch for traces of life in Earth's oldest rocksEmma BakesA Prebiotic Photochemical Study of Early EarthBrad BeboutMethanogenesis in Hypersaline Environments: The Use of Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopic Signatures to Evaluate the Biogenicity of Methane in a Mars Analogue Environment and on MarsLuann BeckerTraces of Catastrophe at the End PermianSteven BennerExploring Plausibly Prebiotic Routes to Ribonucleosides. Borate minerals, water-poor environments, and organic chemistry that connect the interstellar medium to the RNA world.Steven BennerResurrecting Src Homology 2 Domains Near the Origin of Multicellularity. Resurrecting Phosphotyrosine-Binding Proteins and Their Binding Phosphorylated Partners. Co-Evolution of Signal Transduction Paths Involved in Metazoan MulticellularitySteven BennerReconstructing Ancient LifeMax BernsteinA Laboratory Study of Low-Temperature Ice Photo-Chemistry as a Contributor to the Chemical, Chiral, and Isotopic Diversity of Meteoritic Amino AcidsMax BernsteinLaboratory Studies of Interstellar and Solar System Radiation Processing as a Source of Organic MoleculesDebashish BhattacharyaEndosymbiotic Gene Transfer and the Evolution of the First Photosynthetic EukaryotesRobert BlankenshipThe evolution of photosynthesis and the transition from an anaerobic to an aerobic world (2)Kristie BoeringNESSF (Chu): Experimental investigations of photochemically-generated organic aerosols and implications for climate, habitability, and the search for life on early Mars and early EarthTimothy BralowerBiotic Recovery After Mass Extinction: Ecological Response to the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary Event (1)Adrian BrearleyDistribution, origins and parent body processing of carbonaceous material in chondritic meteorites: Insights from in situ characterization using energy filtered transmission electron microscopyWilliam BrinckerhoffOrganic Synthesis in Hypervelocity ImpactsRoger BuickMetamorphism of Archean biosignatures: constraining the appearance of life on Earth and the search for fossils on MarsDonald BurkeDESCOPE: Metabolic Kinase Ribozymes to Model RNA World Enzymology and Evolution (Aims 2 & 3 only)Sherry CadyRecognizing the Signatures of Thermophilic Biofilms: Cellularly Preserved Microfossils and Cellular RemnantsWilliam CaseyWhat are the Mg Isotopic-Signals for Photosynthesis?David CatlingEvolution of Biogeochemical Cycles and the Earth's Early AtmosphereMary ChapmanUpper Triassic Mass Extinction Event: Study Of 214 Ma And 201 Ma Rocks On The Colorado PlateauSteven CharnleyInterstellar Precursors of Meteoritic Organics - A Theoretical StudyGeorge CooperEnantiomeric and Isotopic Analysis of sugar derivatives and recently discovered compounds in carbonaceous meteoritesHelen DeWittGSRP: Hydrogen's role in the production of organic hazes on early Earth and the outer planets; The effect of increased hydrogen mixing ratio on organic haze production on the early EarthBradley De GregorioGSRP: Resolving the biogenicity of Earth's oldest microfossils using electron energy-loss and X-ray absorption spectroscopies.David DeamerOrigin and function of membranes in primitive cellular life.David Des MaraisLight Element Biogeochemistry of Microbial Communities in EvaporitesIngrid DesilvestreASASO Close-OutJocelyne DiRuggieroMolecular Basis for Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions of Halophilic MicroorganismsJocelyne DiRuggieroEngineering Technologies for ExtremophilesRobert DoritSamy El-ShallNew Pathways for the Formation of Complex Organics and Prebiotic Synthesis in the Gas Phase, in Nano Clusters, and on Dust Grain SurfacesPaul FalkowskiDESCOPE: Biosignatures in Evolving Planetary Atmospheres (Tasks 1 & 2 only)Jack FarmerGeomicrobiology and Fossil Biosignatures of Cold-Spring Carbonates (Tufas), Mono Lake (CA) and the Pleistocene Lahonton BasinJames FarquharSulfur triple isotope stratigraphy of Archean Drill Core materialJames FerrisStudies of Photochemical Processes on TitanJames Ferris[NSCORT] Origins of Life: From Interstellar Molecules to IntronsBrian FieldsSupernova Remnant--Heliosphere Collisions and Transport of Live Radioisotopes: Three Dimensional SimulationsGeorge FlynnCarbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Identification and Characterization in Interplanetary Dust Particles: An Examination of Primitive Organic Matter from the Solar System and the Interstellar MediumGeorge FoxDESCOPE: The Origins of Translation and Early Evolution of Life (Riboswitch module only)Stephen FreelandBioinformatic Analysis of Genetic CodingFriedemann FreundHydrogen in the Rock ColumnEric GaucherInferring Ancient Local Environments Based on Resurrected Elongation Factor Proteins: From the Origins of Modern Bacteria to Eukaryotic Endosymbioses: Paleo-Evolutionary GenomicsM. Reza GhadiriNESSF (Beierle): Potentially Prebiotic Peptide Based Oligomers for Dynamic Recognition of DNA and RNAEverett GibsonDESCOPE: Carbon Chemistry of Martian Materials and Analogs (Task 2 only)Daniel GlavinInvestigating the Distribution and Isotopic Composition of Purines and Pyrimidines in Carbonaceous MeteoritesGerald GogartenExploration of Sequence Space and the Evolution of the Genetic CodeJason GoodmanDynamics of Hydrothermal Plumes on Europa: Implications for Surface Geology and Potential BioenergeticsRobert GrimmNuclear-Magnetic Resonance and Electrical Measurements of Unfrozen Water in Mars-Analog Materials: Implications for Habitability at Subfreezing Temperatures on MarsDavid GrinspoonThe Longevity of Oceans on Terrestrial PlanetsDouglas HamiltonDust as a Vehicle for the Transfer of Organics Between WorldsJoe HartmanSupport for Exo/Evo users of Ames Vertical Gun RangeJudith HerzfeldSolid State NMR Studies of Prebiotic ScenariosTori HoehlerProgram Support: California Academy of Sciences AdvisorChristopher HouseMediation of Early Microbial Evolution and Ecology by Cyanide Inhibition?Faqing HuangThioester-Centered Metabolic Systems Based on Catalytic RNAYongsong HuangCompound-specific isotopic study of carbonaceous chondrites: implications for the origin of meteoritic organic compoundsNicholas HudIntercalation and Reversible Backbone Linkages: A New Approach to the Origin and Replication of Life's First Informational PolymersDirk Iwata-ReuylMolecular and genetic investigations of RNA stability in hyperthermophilic ArchaeaDavid JablonskiEvolutionary Dynamics of Planetary Biodiversity Gradients: Origin, Maintenance and Future of Latitudinal TrendsRichard JaffeQuantum Chemistry Study of Prebiotic Geochemistry Mechanisms: Reduction Reactions on Mineral SurfacesGerald JoyceEvolution of Catalytic RNA and the Origins of Life (Partial)James KastingClimate and Life on Early Earth and MarsAlan KaufmanA Stratigraphic Study of pCO2 Variations across Neoproterozoic Glacial Cycles through Ion Microprobe Carbon Isotope Analysis of Organic-Walled MicrofossilsAlan KaufmanEmpirical Estimates of Proterozoic CO2 Levels by In-Situ Ion Microprobe Carbon Isotope Analysis of Organic-Walled MicrofossilsAbby KavnerGeochemical Signatures of Biological Charge Transfer ProcessesFabien KenigMolecular fossils in Archean and Proterozoic sediments and metasediments: Multidimensional gas chromatography, high pressure catalytic hydrogenation and synthesis of butyloid standards. (Rephase?)Martin KennedySecular rise of clay minerals as a control on the rise off oxygen and advent of multicellular lifeJoseph KirschvinkMagnetofossils: A Novel Biosignature of Ancient EcosystemsPaul KnauthIsotopic Paleotemperatures at Key Times in the Early History of LifeAndrew KnollNeoproterozoic evolution and environmental change: Integrated experimental and geological approachesRamanarayanan KrishnamurthySearch for Potentially Primordial Genetic Systems.Niles LehmanDevelopment of generalized RNA recombinase ribozymesNiles LehmanA Self-assembling Collectively Autocatalytic Set of RNA OligomersNiles LehmanNESSF (Burton): Selection in Vitro of a Ribonucleotide Reductase RibozymeHarold LevisonThe Coupling of Outer Solar System Architectures to the Habitability, Hazards and Environment on Planets Near the Sun and Other StarsVince LiCataMolecular Mechanisms for the Persistence, Protection, and Repair of DNA and Proteins under Extreme Radiation, UV Light, and Dessicating ConditionsDonald LoweOrigin and implications of early Archean barite and associated sedimentary deposits in the 3.3-3.2 Ga Fig Tree Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, and their relationship to major tectonic, impact, and environmental eventsJames LyonsQuantum chemical and chemical kinetics calculations of sulfur and sulfur exchange reactions related to mass-independent fractionation of sulfur isotopesTimothy LyonsOxygen Isotope Composition of Carbonate-Associated SulfateLoris MagnaniA Galactic Formaldehyde Survey to Identify the Galaxy's Habitable ZoneLynn MargulisThe NASA Planetary Biology Internship Program (Year 2 funding issue...)Scot MartinPrebiotic Metabolic Systems Driven by Colloidal Semiconductor PhotocatalysisMark MartindaleThe Evolution of the Regulation of Cell-Cell Adhesion in a Basal MetazoanTom McCollomExperimental Investigation of Prebiotic Organic Geochemistry in Hydrothermal EnvironmentsDavid McKayPresumptive Mineral and Morphological Biosignatures in Terrestrial Samples and Martian MeteoritesDavid McKayMars Sample Return StudyAdrian MelottDo Gamma Ray Bursts Damage Planetary Biospheres?Stephen MojzsisExploring the Late Heavy BombardmentLisa MonacoMonitoring of environmental contaminationBiswarup MukhopadhyayA Novel Coenzyme F420-Dependent Sulfite Reductase from Methanocaldococcus Jannaschii: A Component of a Primitive Cell Biosynthesis and Detoxification SystemDianne NewmanInvestigating the Localization, Regulation and Biosynthesis of 2-Methylhopanoids (Inst. Xfer) (1)Nora NoffkeMicrobially Induced Sedimentary Structures of Mesoarchean Ages - New Biosignatures for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life [share w/ MFRP]Kenneth NollHorizontal Gene Transfer Into and Among the Thermotogales: Occurrence and Functional ImplicationsJoseph NuthNatural, Iron-Silicate-Grain Catalyzed, Simultaneous, Fischer-Tropsch and Haber-Bosch Synthesis of Nitrogen-Bearing prebiotic Molecules in Protostellar NebulaeShuhei OnoA Multi-Proxy Search for Atmospheric Oxygen in the 2.9 Ga Pongola Supergroup, Southern AfricaRonald OremlandDESCOPE: Continued Investigations ofRonald OremlandAcetylene as a Substrate for the Development of Anaerobic Microbial Ecosystems on Primordial Earth: Implications for Microbial Life on Planets and Satellites with Jovian/Titan-like Atmospheres.Thomas OrlandoNon-Thermal Generation of Prebiotic and Complex Organic Molecules within Interstellar and Planetary IcesMatthew PasekReduced Phosphorus Assemblages as Sources of Reactive P the Origin and Evolution of Early LifeMark PatzkowskyControls on Paleozoic Rates of Taxonomic Evolution: Ecology, Environment and PreservationAlexander PavlovMethane and sulfur in the Archean atmosphere. Organic and sulfur aerosols as UV-shields, "food" and climate drivers in the Archean environment.Yvonne PendletonDESCOPE: The Origin and Evolution of Organic Material in the Interstellar Medium: From Stardust to Planetesimals (observations only)Michail PetaevSearch for Impact-Related Materials at the P-T BoundarySandra PizzarelloMETEORITIC AMINO ACIDS AS ASYMMETRIC CATALYSTS IN PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRYAndrew PohorilleComputer Modeling of Protein-mediated Protocellular FunctionsAndrew PohorilleMechanisms and early evolution of protocellular transportSusannah PorterUsing Skeletal Microstructure to Understand Early Animal Biomineralization and Phylogenetic Relationships of Early AnimalsAnna-Louise ReysenbachMetabolic Plasticity in Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Acquificales: Models for the Evolution of Early Metabolisms on Earth?Raphael RosenzweigRevised: Evolution of Genome Architecture in de novo Yeast SpeciesRobert RyeDeveloping Model-Based Temperature Constraints for the ArcheanOrlando SantosInnovative Concepts in ExobiologyJohn ScaloBiological Implications of Variations in the Cosmic Ray Flux at Planetary SurfacesCaleb ScharfThe Formation and Evolution of Tidally Heated Habitable ZonesJuergen SchieberInvestigating Morphological and Isotopic Biosignatures of Terrestrial Iron Bacteria -A Potential Mars AnalogFrancis SchmidtRibozyme Evolution by TransactivationMartin SchoonenDESCOPE: Role of Minerals in Prebiotic Chemistry (Tasks 1 & 2 only)Mitchell SchulteExperimental determination of the partial molal heat capacities and volumes of aqueous organic compoundsAlex SessionsInvestigating the Localization, Regulation and Biosynthesis of 2-Methylhopanoids (Inst. Xfer) (2)Daniel ShainEnergetic Requirements of Cold Temperature AdaptationEverett ShockHydrothermal Ecosystems in a Solar System ContextJanet SiefertGordon Conference on the Origin of LifeJanet SiefertThe Genotype and Phenotype of Last Common Ancestors and the Evolution of Molecular Innovation (1)Mark SmithTitan Tholins: Origins and Definitive Functional Potential for Prebiological ChemistriesGlenn StarkAbsorption measurements of SO2 isotopologues with application to sulfur isotope mass-independent fractionation during SO2 photolysisJohn Stoltz[Sub-award from Oremland] DESCOPE: Continued Investigations ofDaphne StonerThe Search for Life on Worlds Around Other Stars: A Spectroscopic Analysis of Volatile Biogenic Signatures Emanating from Geothermal EnvironmentsDaphne StonerA Strategy for Identifying Microbial Signatures in Heterogeneous Iron-Bearing Minerals: Spatially-Correlated Optical and Chemical Imaging of Microbial-Mineral InteractionsPaul StrotherA Comparative Study of Precambrian and Cambrian Terrestrially-Derived Organic RemainsDavid SummersEnergy Transduction Inside Vesicles by the Photochemical Formation of NADH and Amino Acids with Colloidal TiO2 ParticlesRoger SummonsGlobal Biogeochemical Transitions: Molecular and Isotopic Markers for Biogeochemical Processes During Major Redox Shifts in the Ocean-Atmosphere SystemDawn SumnerDepth Gradients in Neoarchean Ocean Chemistry and Microbialite MorphologyChristopher SwitzerDESCOPE: Search for a Prebiotic Replicator (alternative backbone only)Jack SzostakReplicating Vesicles and the Emergence of LifeHenry ThroopPhoto-evaporation and the Stability and Evolution of Volatiles in Pre-planetary DisksMargaret TolbertLaboratory Studies of Early Earth Hazes: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer and Optical MeasurementsMargaret TolbertAerosols and Clouds on Early EarthLarry VoorheesNASA Postdoctoral ProgramDavid WardMolecular and geochemical analysis of hot spring cyanobacterial and Chloroflexus mats as stromatolite analogsArthur WeberPrebiotic Synthesis of Autocatalytic Products from Formaldehyde-Derived Sugars as the Carbon and Energy SourceArthur WeberPrebiotic synthesis of autocatalytic and self-replicating molecules from sugars as the primary carbon substrateDouglas WhittetEvolution of preplanetary matter in analogs of the early solar systemErik WinfreeEnzyme-Free In-Vitro Evolution of DNA Tile Crystals as Model Primitive OrganismsDavid WoonTheoretical Studies of the Extraterrestrial Chemistry of Biogenic Elements and CompoundsShuhai XiaoProbable Eukaryote Fossils Preserved in ArcheanKevin ZahnleSub-award from: Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles and the Earth's Early Atmosphere (Catling)Kevin ZahnlePhotochemistry and impact-induced shock chemistry on Earth, Titan, comets, and beyondAaron ZentThe Role of Oxidants in the Martian RegolithAubrey ZerkleFractionation of multiple sulfur isotopes during biological sulfur oxidationDale AndersenDeep-water microbialites in a perennially ice-covered lake: A key to interpreting ancient microbialite morphology (1)Steven BennerPrebiotic Routes to Carbohydrates Involving Borate Minerals (1)Jennifer BlankAn experimental study of the generation and enantiomeric enrichment of sugars and amino acids in cometary impacts (1)Robert BlankenshipThe Evolution of Photosynthesis and the Transition from an Anaerobic to an Aerobic World (ROSES 2007)Roger BuickArchean paleobarometry (1)Nathalie CabrolThermal Behavior and Detection of Caves on Earth and Mars (1)Zoe CardonLeaping to land -- physiology and phylogenetics of microscopic desert green algae (1)Jennifer EigenbrodeSignatures of Life in Ice (SLIce): A multidisciplinary investigation of organic signatures and habitat of life in surface glacial ice (1)Eric GaucherExploiting paleogenetics and experimental-evolution to reconstruct and recapitulate adaptive evolution (1)M. Reza GhadiriDynamic Covalent Assembly and Selection of Prebiotically Plausible Informational Oligomers (1)Everett GibsonElemental, Isotopic, and Structural Characteristics of Earth's Earliest Life: Implications for Recognizing Remnants of Early Microbial Life on Earth and Elsewhere (1)Nancy HinmanExploration of Mineral Associated Bio/organic Signatures: Meeting the Challenge in the Search for Signs of Life (1)Tori HoehlerQuantifying the Habitability of Low-Temperature Serpentinizing Systems (1)Nicholas HudIntercalation Mediated Assembly and the First Informational Polymers of Life (1)Brian HynekCerro Negro, Nicaragua: An analog for assessing the potential for life on early Mars (1)Linda JahnkeOrganic Biomarkers: Community Diversity and Preservation in Silica-Rich Hydrothermal Systems with Implications to Mars (1)Paul JohnsonChemistry of Biomarkers in Planetary Ices: A Laboratory Investigation (1)Isik KanikA Laboratory Investigation on the Origin and Evolution of Life (1)James KastingHabitable Planets: Oxygen and Climate (1)Robin KnightMeasuring the abundance of the simplest functional RNAs (1)Pierre-Alain MonnardPrebiotic formation of membranes and the role of membranes in energy uptake: An essential step in the origin of protocellular life (1)Marla MooreInvestigating the Formation, Stability and Enantiomeric Ratios of Non-Protein Amino Acids in Low-Temperature Condensed-Phase Reactions (1)Nicholson WayneSurvival, Growth, and Evolution of Terrestrial Bacteria in Martian Environments (1)Kenneth NollGenome-based Investigations into the Nature of the Common Ancestor of the Thermotogales (1)Victoria OrphanMicron-scale microbiological and microgeochemical characterization of sulfur cycling in microbial mats: a paired nanoSIMS sulfur isotope and CARD-FISH approachDominic PapineauCarbonaceous associations with apatite in Precambrian banded iron formations (1)Radu PopaBiosignatures in Volcanic Rocks - Microweathering of Olivine on Earth and Mars (1)Louise ProckterEffects of radiation damage on the geology of Europa and Ganymede (1)Jason RaymondThe Molecular Basis of Complexity: Using Network Analysis to Understand Evolution (1)Janet SiefertBorrowing Biological Innovation: HGT in an Ancient Mariene Heterotroph (1)Jonathan SilbergTemperature effects on protein evolution (1)Mark SmithOrigins and Functional Potential in Complex Prebiological Molecules: Titan Tholins and related Organics (1)Henry SunBiological Accumulation of D-amino acids in Endolithic Microbial Communities (1)Stephen WoodMars Subsurface Warming at Low Obliquity: Effects on the State and Distribution of Water (1)February 9, 2012
