Pfiffner, S.M. & Pratt, L.M. (2008). Challenges for Coring Deep Permafrost on Earth and Mars. Alpine and Polar Microbiology Conference. Baniff, Alberta, Canada.
Pfiffner, S.M. (2008). What do membrane lipids tell us about the microorganisms living in extreme environments?. SPIE Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XI. San Diego, CA.
Pfiffner, S.M. (2008). Examining microbial community profiles form natural acid rock drainage at Peekaboo Gulch Colorado. American Society for Microbiology. Boston, MA.
Pfiffner, S.M. (2006). The Search for Life in the Deep Subsurface: Membrane Lipid Biosignatures. Geological Society of America. Philadelphia, PA.
Pfiffner, S.M. (2008). Challenges for coring deep permafrost on Earth and Mars. Astrobiology Journal, 8(3).
Pfiffner, S. (in press). Permafrost drilling at High lake mine, Nunavut. Astrobiology.
Pfiffner, S.M. (2007). Challenges for coring deep permafrost on earth and mars. Astrobiology, submitted.
Pfiffner, S.L. (2006). Accurate stoichiometry of magnetite as a test fro biogenesis and its application in search for biomarkers in Banded Iron Formations and earliest life on Earth and the other planets [Abstract]. Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Beijing, China.
Pfiffner, S. (Submitted, 2007). Permafrost drilling at High lake mine, Nunavut. Astrobiology.
Onstott, T.C., Mislowack, B., Lin, L.-H., Davidson, M.M., Gihring, T.M., Moser, D.P., Fredrickson, J.K., Brockman, F.J., Pfiffner, S.M., Phelps, T.J., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E.A., Sherwood Lollar, B., Ward, J., Lippmann, J., Litthaur, D. & van Heerden, E. (2004). Does the lack of energy limit deep subsurface life?. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans LA.
Onstott, T.C., Lin, L.-H., Davidson, M., Mislowack, B., Borcsik, M., Hall, J., Slater, G., Ward, J., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann-Pipke, J., Boice, E., Pratt, L., Pfiffner, S.M., Moser, D., Gihring, T., Kieft, T.L., Phelps, T.J., VanHerden, E., Litthaur, D., DeFlaun, M. & Rothmel, R. (2005). The origin and age of biogeochemical trends in deep fracture water of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Geomicrobiology Journal (in press).
Moser, D.P., Gihring, T.M., Brockman, F.J., Fredrickson, J.K., Balkwill, D.L., Dollhopf, M.E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E., Southam, G., Wanger, G., Baker, B.J., Pfiffner, S.M., Lin, L.-H., Kieft, T.L., Mileson, M. & Onstott, T.C. (2005). Microbial communities of deep crustal fracture systems may reveal a new mechanism for fueling subsurface biospheres [Abstract]. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM). Jackson Hole, WY.
Moser, D., Gihring, T.M., Brockman, F.J., Fredrickson, J.K., Balkwill, D.L., Dollhopf, M.E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Pratt, L., Boice, E., Southam, G., Wanger, G., Baker, B.J., Pfiffner, S.M., Lin, L.-H. & Onstott, T.C. (2005). Deep continental fracture system dominated by Methanobacterium spp. and Desulfotomaculum spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (submitted).
Mislowack, B., Onstott, T.C., Lin, L.-H., Rose, G., Ralston, C., Sherwood Lollar, B., Pfiffner, S.M., Kieft, T. & McCuddy, S. (2004). In situ cultivation of deep subsurface microorganisms in a mafic sill: Implications for SliMEs [Abstract]. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans LA.
Kieft, T.L., Onstott, T.C., Lin, L.-H., Sherwood Lollar, B., Moser, D., Phelps, T.J., Pfiffner, S.M. & Pratt, L.M. (2005). Limits to life in the deep terrestrial biosphere [Abstract]. International Continental Drilling Program Workshop. Potsdam, Germany.
Kieft, T.L., Milleson, M., McCuddy, S.M., Onstott, T.C., Davidson, M., Mislowac, B., Lin, L.-H., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann, J., Gihring, T., Moser, D., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E., Pfiffner, S.M. & Phelps, T.J. (2005). Comparing the geomicrobiology of two neighboring 3-km deep groundwaters of widely differing age [Abstract]. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM). Jackson Hole, WY.
Kieft, T.L., McCuddy, S.M., Onstott, T.C., Davidson, M., Mislowack, B., Pratt, L., Boice, E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann, J., Pfiffner, S.M., Phelps, T.J., Gihring, T., Moser, D. & A., V.H. (In Press, 2005). Geochemically generated, energy-rich substrates and indigenous microorganisms in deep ancient groundwater. Geomicrobiology Journal.
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