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Washington D.C.
April 10-12, 2001
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- Could Biochemistry Have Hydrothermal Origins? (3)
- A Chiroselective Peptide Replicator and its Relevance
to Issues Concerning the Origin of Homochirality on
Earth (5)
- Organic Synthesis in Simulated Interstellar Ice
Analogs (7)
- The Origin of Organic Matter in the Solar System:
Evidence from Interplanetary Dust Particles (9)
- Selective Adsorption of L- and D-Amino Acids on
Calcite: Implications for the Origin of Biochemical
Homochirality (12)
- Effectiveness of Hydrogen Sulfide as a Reductant
in Hydrothermal Systems: Implication for Prebiotic
Synthesis of C-H-O-N Compounds (13)
- The Origins of Evolution (16)
- Atmospheric Aerosols in Prebiotic Chemistry (18)
- Stability and Transformations of Nitrogenous Compounds
Under Hydrothermal Conditions (19)
- What is Life? (20)
- Equilibrium Modeling of Hydrothermal Vent Fluid
Cooling and its Application in a Lab-Scaled Reactor
(21)
- BASIC: A New Method for the Isolation of RNA Catalysts
(23)
- Crystallization of a Ni and FeS Protein that Fixes
CO2 into Cell Carbon (24)
- Higher Order Models for Detecting Functional Divergence
When Analyzing the Evolutionary Past (25)
- The Genetics of Extraterrestrial Life? (27)
- Emergence and the Origin of Life (29)
- Hydrothermal Reactions of Pyruvate: Production of
Amphiphilic Molecules and Vesicle Formation (31)
- Functional Proteins from a Random-Sequence Library
(32)
- Evolutionary Accretion of Small Motifs Modulates
RNA Activity (33)
- Synthesis of Alpha-Amino Acids in Hydrothermal Media
from Selected Primitive Starting Compounds (34)
- Molecular Recognition, Catalysis and the Origin
of Life (36)
- Gene Fusion: A Genome Wide Survey (38)
- In-Situ Spectroscopic Observation of Abiotic Chemical
Reactions Producing Organic Matter (40)
- Multiple Catalytic Functions of the Escherichia
coli Fad B Protein Terminal Region: Anatomy of a Promiscuous
Active Site (42)
- MALDI-MS, HPLC-APCI-MS and Solids NMR Analysis of
Hydrogen Cyanide Polymers (43)
- Molecular Dynamics (MD) Lattice Gas for Modeling
Molecular Self-Assembly and Self-Organization Processes
(44)
- Models of Protocellular Structure, Function and
Evolution (47)
- Fate of CO Hydration Products in Anoxic Solution:
The Photochemical and Thermal Decomposition of Na
Formate (49)
- Creating a Proto-Organism Through Lowest Entropy
Departure Path (51)
- Evolution of Proteins (53)
- Expanding the Limits of RNA Catalysis (55)
- Peptide Formation in Hydrothermal Environments (57)
- A Chiroselective Peptide Replicator (58)
- When Can You Attribute Biological Origins to Small
Organic Molecules? (60)
- Alternative Nucleic Acids (61)
- Evolution of Gene Order in Prokaryotes (62)
- Experimental Paleobiochemistry: Understanding Major
Transitions in Life on Earth (64)
- De Novo Catalysts of Biopolymer Synthesis (66)
- Mosaicism in 16S rRNA Genes (67
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- Biogeochemical Processes in Microbial
Ecosystems (73)
- Ecogenomics: Ensemble Analysis of Gene
Expression in Microbial Communities (75)
- Sulfur / Carbonate Springs and Life
in Glacial Ice (77)
- Bioinformatics, Organic Chemistry,
and Paleontology. Building a Comprehensive Model for
Recent Life on Earth (80)
- Methane-Consuming Microbial Consortia
Identified and Studied Using a Novel Combination of
Fluorescent in-situ Hybridization and Ion Microprobe
d13C Analysis (82)
- Composition of Hydrothermal Vent Microbial
Communities as Revealed by Analyses of Signature Lipids,
Stable Carbon Isotopes & Aquificales Cultures (84)
- Application of Fe Isotopes to the Search
for Life and Habitable Planets (86)
- Pigments and Other Biomolecules in
Extreme Antarctic Microbial Habitats: Analogues for
Evaluating Raman Spectroscopic Evidence of Preserved
or Relict Life on Mars? (89)
- Iron Geomicrobiology of the Tinto River
(91)
- Imaging and Geochemistry of Black Smoker
Chimneys Using Three-Dimensional Synchrotron X-Ray
Computed Tomography (92)
- Hyperthermophilic Microbial Communities
in Silica-Depositing Yellowstone Hot Springs Exhibit
More Morphological and Sequence Diversity than Previously
Detected (94)
- Flagellate Growth and Survival Under
Conditions Potentially Encountered at Deep Sea Hydrothermal
Vents (96)
- Carbonate Biogenic Structures in Storr's
Lake, Bahamas (98)
- Protection Ways Against Extreme Solar
Ultraviolet Radiation: A Preliminary Study (101)
- Molecular Basis of Spectral Tuning
in Opsins (102)
- Evidence of Novel Eukaryotes in Guaymas
Basin Hydrothermal Vent Sediments: Life at the Extremes
(104)
- Morphological and Metabolic Aspects
of Neutrophilic, Lithotrophic Fe-Oxidizing from Deep-Ocean
Hydrothermal Vents in the Pacific Ocean (106)
- Microbes That Follow the Water (107)
- GEOPULSE: Gene Expression Observations
for Planetary Life Study (109)
- Visible/Near-Infrared and Thermal Infrared
Field Spectroscopy Of Modern And Ancient Calcareous
Tufa Deposits (111)
- The Purification and Characterization
of Superoxide Dismutase from Chloroflexus aurantiacus
and the Effects of UV Radiation on the Activity of
SOD and Catalase in Hydrothermal Mats of Yellowstone
National Park (114)
- Detection and Enumeration of Microbial
Life in the Perennially Ice Covered Lake of the McMurdo
DryValleys (115)
- Mass-Independent Fractionation of Oxygen
Isotopes in Earth's Atmosphere (116)
- Archaeal and Bacterial Diversity in
a Moderately Acidic Thermal Spring (117)
- Cytosolic pH Maintenance in Eukaryotic
Acidophiles (118)
- Hydrothermal Habitats in Astrobiology
(120)
- Potential Evaporite Biomarkers from
the Dead Sea (122)
- Amino Acid Analyses of Acid Hydrolysates
in Desert Varnish (125)
- Visible-Near Infrared Spectroscopy
of Siliceous Sinter, Yellowstone National Park - Search
for Organic Signatures (126)
- Visible-Near Infrared Spectroscopy
of Hyperthermophile Organisms, Yellowstone National
Park (129)
- How Cyanobacterial Distributions Reveal
Flow and Irradiance Conditions of Photosynthetic Biofilm
Formation (131)
- Use of the d13C Associated With Amino
Acid Biosynthesis as a Proxy for Examining the Flow
of Carbon Through Biological Systems (132)
- Observations on Microbial Metabolism
at Extreme Pressures! (134)
- Molecular Survey of Microbial Diversity
in Hypersaline Ecosystems (135)
- Determining Biosignatures by Complexity
Analysis in Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities
(136)
- Deep UV Native Fluorescence Imaging
of Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities (137)
- Novel Archaea in Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal
Vent Sediments: Evidence for Anaerobic Methanotrophy
(138)
- Archaean Park: A Research Project on
Interaction Between Sub-Vent Biosphere and Geo-Environment
(140)
- A Structural and Molecular Approach
for the Study Biomarkers (142)
- Photoendolithic Ecosystems: Molecular
Diversity and Structure (144)
- The Changing Geochemical Environment
of a Thermal Spring May Provide Clues to Environmental
Conditions and Microbial Evolution on Mars (145)
- Eukaryotic Diversity in an Acidic,
Metal-Rich Environment: Spain's Tinto River (147)
- Eukaryotic Diversity in Alkaline Lakes
of the Sandhills Region of Nebraska (149)
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Astrobiology Space Missions: What Will We Find on
Mars, EuropaÖ? (151)
- Invited Speakers Exploring for Martian Life: Recent
Results and Future Opportunities (153)
- Europa: Views from the Galileo Mission (155)
- Oral Presentations The Source of Extraterrestrial
Water in Martian Meteorites (157)
- Radiolytic Chemistry at Europa's Doorstep - The
First Meter (159)
- Beagle 2: The Next Exobiology Mission to Mars (160)
- Europa: Crunchy or Chewy Inside? (163)
- Magnetofossils in Terrestrial Samples and Martian
Meteorite ALH84001 (164)
- Poster Presentations Astrobiology Investigations
at a Martian Hematite Site (167)
- Confirmation of Spectrally Interpreted Mineralogy
of Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CA: Applications
to Identification of Evaporite Minerals on the Martian
Surface (170)
- High Resolution Chemical Study of ALH84001 (172)
- Organization of P, S, and Fe Inclusions in a Freshwater
Magnetococcus (173)
- Laboratory Studies of Hydrocarbon Nucleation on
Tholin Particles and Thin Organic Films: Application
to Titan's Atmosphere (175)
- A New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological
Applications (176)
- Astrobiology with ESA Science Missions (178)
- AFM and XPS Analysis of Fossilized Microorganisms
(179)
- Mars Volatile and Climate History: Relevance to
Life (181)
- Iron Isotope Measurements in Meteorites and Terrestrial
Rocks (183)
- Isotopic Biosignature in Calcite Formed During
Weathering of Basalt: Implications for Past Life on
Mars, Early Life on Land, and ALH 84001 (185)
- Follow the Water, Beware the Brine: Astrobiological
Implications of Aqueous Seeps on Mars (187)
- Consequences & Artifacts: Terrestrial Findings and
Martian Analogues of an Air-Water Interface (189)
- Isotopic Analysis of High and Low Temperature Components
of Tagish Lake: Anatomy of a New, Very Primitive Carbonaceous
Chondrite (191)
- Abiotic Versus Biotic Weathering Of Olivine As Possible
Biosignatures (194)
- Thermal Desorption/GCMS Analysis of Astrobiologically
Relevant Organic Materials (197)
- Possible Biologic Features in Martian Meteorite
Nakhla (198)
- Volcano-Ice Interactions and the Exploration for
Extant Martian Life (201)
- The Organic Content of the Tagish Lake Meteorite
(204)
- Detecting Organic Molecules on Mars (205)
- Biotechnology Approaches to Life Detection (206)
- Application of Computer Tomography for Life Detection
(209)
- Dry Mars: Parched Rocks and Fallen Dust (210)
- Concomitant Microbial Carbonate Precipitation and
Maskelynite Alteration by Archaeoglobus fulgidus (212)
- Visualization of Microbial Biomarkers by Scanning
Electron Microscopy (214)
- SNC Meteorites, Organic Matter and a New Look at
Viking (216)
- Salts in Martian Meteorites: A Complex Martian History
(219
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The Evolution of Early Life on Earth: An Analogue
for Extraterrestrial Environments (223)
- Evolutionary Genomics Focus Group (225)
- Protistan Microfossils in Early Mesoproterozoic
Rocks (226)
- Lithosphere-Hydrosphere Interactions on the Hadean
(>4.0 Ga) Earth (228)
- The Evolution of O2 and CO2 in the Atmosphere (231)
- Geochronological Constraints on Early Animal Evolution
and the Significance of the Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary
(233)
- Pelobionts: Ancient Eukaryotes or Degenerate Protists?
(235)
- Considerations for Evaluation of Isotopic Evidence
for Biological Activity (237)
- Deep Bilaterian Phylogeny: The Evolution of Adaptation
to Extreme Environments (240)
- Environmental Conditions of the Early Earth at the
Time of the Earliest Microfossil Record (242)
- Glacial Eustasy and the Flux of Iron from Midocean
Ridge Hydrothermal Systems (244)
- Biogeochemistry of the 1640 Ma McArthur River (HYC)
Lead-Zinc Ore and Host Sediments, Northern Territory,
Australia (246)
- Carbon Dioxide Cycling and the Climate of Ancient
Earth (248)
- Poster Presentations A Model for Evolution of the
Seawater Oxygen Isotope Composition (249)
- Ecophysiological Changes in Microbial Mats Incubated
in a Greenhouse Collaboratory (251)
- The Evolutionary Position of Nematodes (253)
- Detection of Morphological Fossils of Microbial
Communities at Life's Upper Temperature Limit: An
Astrobiological Search Strategy for Evidence of Biofilms
(254)
- Biogenic Methane and the Rise of Oxygen (256)
- Constraints on Early Mantle Redox State (258)
- How Does C. elegans Respond to Altered Gravity?
(259)
- Late Archean Biomarkers in Carbonates from the Hamersley
Basin, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia (261)
- Biotic Recoveries from Mass Extinctions: Insights
into Evolutionary Innovation (263)
- Genes Involved in Photosymbiotic Interactions (265)
- Modeling the Evolution of Food Webs Under Biogeochemical
Constraints (267)
- A Genomic Timescale for the Origin of Eukaryotes
(268)
- Microbial Mats as Self-Regulating Systems (269)
- Using Homolog Groups to Create a Whole-Genomic Tree
of Free-Living Organisms: An Update (270)
- Towards an Understanding of the Late Archean Sulfur
Cycle (272)
- The Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Neoproterozoic
Seawater Sulfate: Implications for a Snowball Earth
(274)
- Photochemical Modeling of Mass-Independent Sulfur
Isotope Fractionation in Low-O2 Atmospheres (276)
- Proterozoic CO2 Levels Estimated from in-situ Carbon-Isotopic
Compositions of Organic-Walled Microfossils (278)
- NAI Evolutionary Genomics Focus Group Plans for
Investigating the Metazoan Radiation (Cambrian Explosion)
in the Context of the Snowball Earth (280)
- Constraining Sulfate and Oxygen Availability in
the Mesoproterozoic Ocean (282)
- Geology and Age of Supracrustal Rocks, Akilia Island,
Greenland: New Evidence for a >3.83 Ga Origin of Life
(284)
- Sedimentary Parameters Controlling Occurrence and
Preservation of Microbial Mats in Siliciclastic Depositional
Systems (286)
- How Much Did Horizontal Gene Transfer Contribute
to Early Evolution?: Quantifying Archaeal Genes in
Two Bacterial Lineages (287)
- Dissolution Kinetics of Natural Uraninite and the
Evolution of Atmospheric Oxygen (289)
- Hydrocarbon Haze as a Source of Low-13C Late Archean
Kerogens (291)
- The Anoxygenic Filamentous Phototrophs: (1) Recent
Advances in Diversity and Phylogeny (2) The Place
of Chloroflexus in High Iron Hot Springs (293)
- Independent Land Colonization Events by Myriapods
and Hexapods During the Neoproterozoic (295)
- Characterization of a Carbonic Anhydrase from an
Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Archaeon
(296)
- Molecular Evolution Analysis of Photosynthesis (297)
- Geochemical and Isotopic Investigation of Paleozoic
Paleosols Formed Under Varying Redox Conditions (298)
- Archean Sulfates from Western Australia: Implications
for Earth's Early Atmosphere and Ocean (301)
- Neodymium Isotope Investigation of a Precambrian
Weathering Profile: Hokkalampi Paleosol, North Karelia,
Eastern Finland (303)
- Shallow to Deep Water Transitions on Early Archean
Subsiding Platforms, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South
Africa (305)
- The Combined Detection of Morphological and Molecular
Biomarkers: Implications for Astrobiology (306)
- Earth's Orbital History Revisited (308)
- Development of Cyanobacterial Mats on Soil Surface
Under an Oxygenated Atmosphere 2.6 Gya Ago at Schagen,
Eastern Transvaal, South Africa (309)
- Organic Carbon, S, Mo, U, and V in the Archean and
Paleoproterozoic Black Shales (311)
- Maximum Likelihood Mapping as Tool for Comparative
Genome Analyses (313
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Astrobiology Space Missions: What Will We Find Outside
Our Solar System? (317)
- Extrasolar Planets (319)
- Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA) (320)
- Prospects for the Detection of Earths Orbiting Other
Stars (321)
- Large and Complex Organics in Space (322)
- Eddington: A European Mission to Search for Earth-Like
Habitable Planets (323)
- Planetary Formation: Fast or Rare? (324)
- Gas Giant Protoplanet Formation: Rapid or Slow?
(327)
- On the Threshold of Inorganic Life (329)
- Shock Chemistry in the Inner Solar Nebula (331)
- Volcanically Induced Climate Change on CO2-Dominated
Terrestrial Planets (333)
- Searches for Planets and Brown Dwarfs (335)
- Numerical Modeling of Solar System Dust Environments
(336)
- The Runaway Greenhouse Effect on Earth and other
Planets (337)
- Detecting and Identifying Organic Molecules in Space
- The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept
(339)
- Identifying Young, Nearby Stars (340)
- A New Approach to Planet and Asteroid Formation
(341)
- Supergreenhouse Molecules and the Limits of the
Habitable Zone (343)
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Education and Public Outreach (345)
- Building Community in Astrobiology Through Education
and Public Outreach (347)
- Connect with Education and Public Outreach on Your
Team (348)
- Astrobiology Education and Outreach at Penn State
(349)
- Astrobiology at Arizona State University: Program
Overview and Research/Outreach Highlights (351)
- SPACELINE, a Bibliographic Database for Astrobiology:
Capabilities and Issues (353)
- An Astrobiology Microbes Exhibit and Education Module
(355)
- Fly Me to the Moon: A System for Technologically
Enhanced Outreach (357)
- micro*scope and Biose-IT - Web Based Resources for
Promoting Awareness of Microbial Biodiversity (358)
- Bacterial Paleontology as a Course of the Lectures
for the Students- Geologist and Paleontologist of
Moscow University (360
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