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  1. Program: The Organic Continuum from the Interstellar Medium to the Early Solar System

    Day 1- Thursday, March 11

    Time EST
    PST
    Hawai’i
    Speaker
    NAI team/home institution
    Title
    10:00-10:15 7:00-7:15       Introduction
    10:15-10:45 7:15-7:45   Acharyya OSU Effect of grain sizes and grain growth on the chemical evolution of a dense cloud
    10:45-11:15 7:45-8:15   Hassel OSU/NYCA Molecular formation in dense core precursors
    11:15-11:45 8:15-8:45   Horne RPI/NYCA Ice in the dark cloud L134N
    11:45-12:00 08:45-9:00   Whittet RPI/NYCA The oxygen budget of the interstellar medium
    12:00-1:00 9:00-10:00   Break      
    1:00-1:30 10:00-10:30 8:00-8:30   Charnley GSFC/GCA Frontiers of organic chemistry in dense interstellar clouds
    1:30-2:00 10:30-11:00 8:30-9:00   Ziurys UA Following organic molecules from circumstellar envelopes into the diffuse ISM
    2:00-2:30 11:00-11:30 9:00-9:30   Boersma ARC Infrared PAH spectra of star-forming regions
    2:30-3:00 11:30-12:00 9:30-10:00   Ehrenfreund GSFC/GCA/UWisc/LU Searching for the carriers of diffuse interstellar bands
    3:00-3:15 12:00-12:15 10:00-10:15 Break      
    3:15-3:45 12:15-12:45 10:15-10:45   Levison GSFC/GCA/SWRI Oort Cloud formation: The role of the Sun’s birth cluster
    3:45-4:15 12:45-1:15 10:45-11:15   Willacy JPL Models of the chemistry of protostellar disks
    4:15-4:45 1:15-1:45 11:15-11:45   Weinberger CIW Observing organics in debris disks
    4:45-5:00 1:45-2:00 11:45-12:00   Roberge, A. GSFC/GCA The evolution of gas in protoplanetary systems
    5:00-5:45 2:00-2:45 12:00-12:45 Break      
    5:45-6:15 2:45-3:15 12:45-1:15   Blake GSFC/GCA/Caltech Molecules in accretion disks: Observational and theoretical advances
    6:15-6:45 3:15-3:45 1:15-1:45   Allamandola ARC Photochemistry of PAHs in cosmic ices
    6:45-7:15 3:45-4:15 1:45-2:15   Nuth GSFC/GCA Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of organic compounds in the Solar Nebula
    7:15-7:45 4:15-4:45 2:15-2:45   Sandford ARC Comparison of the organic composition of cometary samples with residues formed from UV irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs
    7:45-8:15 4:45-5:15 2:45-3:15   Davis ARC Oxygen isotope generation and transport in a protoplanetary disk
    adjourn            

    Day 2- Friday, March 12

    Time EST
    PST
    Hawai’i
    Speaker
    NAI team/home institution
    Title
    10:00-10:30 7:00-7:30   Roberge, W. RPI/NYCA Thermal processing of precometary ices in shock waves
    10:30-11:00 7:30-8:00   Whittet RPI/NYCA The circular polarization model for enantiomeric excesses in the early Solar System
    11:00-11:30 8:00-8:30   Hudson GSFC/GCA A laboratory approach to cometary and interstellar nitriles, amines and amino acids
    11:30-11:50 8:30-8:50   Nuevo ARC Nucleobases produced from UV irradiation of pyrimidine in ice analogs
    11:50-1:00 8:50-10:00   Break      
    1:00-1:30 10:00-10:30 8:00-8:30   Kress VPL at UW/SJSU PAH destruction in the planet-forming regions of disks
    1:30-1:50 10:30-10:50 8:30-8:50   Bonev GSFC/GCA Spin temperatures and D/H of cometary volatiles: Tracing the histrory of organic matter
    1:50-2:10 10:50-11:10 8:50-9:10   Disanti GSFC/GCA A comparison of oxidized carbon abundances among comets
    2:10-2:40 11:10-11:40 9:10-9:40   Mumma GSFC\GCA An emerging taxonomy for comets based on organic parent volatiles
    2:40-3:00 11:40-12:00 9:40-10:00   Elsila GSFC/GCA Cometary amines and amino acids from the Stardust mission
    3:00-3:15 12:00-12:15 10:00-10:15 Break      
    3:15-3:45 12:15-12:45 10:15-10:45   Alexander CIW Macromolecular organic material in meteorites: Interstellar or Solar System in origin?
    3:45-4:15 12:45-1:15 10:45-11:15   Cody CIW Linking organic solids from comets, IDP’s, and chondritic parent bodies
    4:15-4:45 1:15-1:45 11:15-11:45   Degregorio CIW Microstructure and chemistry of Comet Wild 2 organics
    4:45-5:15 1:45-2:15 11:45-12:15   Nittler CIW Clues to the formation and alteration histories of meteoritic organics from coordinated microscale-isotope, structure and functional group analysis
    5:15-5:30 2:15-2:30 12:15-12:30 Break      
    5:30-5:50 2:30-2:50 12:30-12:50   Bonal UH Highly 15N-enriched chondritic clasts in the Isheyevo chondrite
    5:50-6:10 2:50-3:10 12:50-1:10   Stern GSFC/GCA Distinct distribution of purines in carbonaceous chondrites
    6:10-6:30 3:10-3:30 1:10-1:30   Glavin GSFC/GCA The effect of aqueous alteration on amino acids in meteorites
    6:30-6:35 3:30-3:35 1:30-1:35 Wrap up      

    Team/Institution ACRONYMS
    ARC= NASA Ames Research Center
    CIW = Carnegie Institution of Washington
    GSFC/GCA = NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Goddard Center for Astrobiology
    GWU = George Washington University
    LU = Leiden University
    NRL = Naval Research Laboratory
    OSU = Ohio State University
    RPI / NYCA = Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute / New York Center for Astrobiology
    SJSU = San Jose State University
    UA = University of Arizona
    UH = University of Hawaii
    UWisc = University of Wisconsin

    March 2, 2010

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