NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

University of Hawaii

Executive Summary

UH NAI Executive Summary

Project Reports

A Proteomic View of Adaptations to Extreme Environments

AFAR: Adaptive Framework for Astrobiology Research

Analysis of fine scale genetic divergence in oceanic microbial communities

Analysis software for in situ voltammetry

Analysis Tools for A Proteomic View of Adaptations to Extreme Environments

Aqueous alteration on Mars

Astrobiology Winter School

Characterizing Extrasolar Planets through Planet-Star Interactions

Chondritic Meteorites as Records of Aqueous Activity on Asteroidal Parent Bodies

Cometary Water and Volatile Abundances

Deep Impact Target Characterization

Formation of astrobiologically important molecules in water-rich environments

Formation of Planetesimals in a Dynamically Evolving Nebula

Habitability and Water Delivery in Binary-Planetary Systems

Ice in Sublimation Environments

Icelandic Subglacial Volcanic Habitats

Integrated characterization of microbial communities associated with aquatic redox gradients

Kuiper Belt Orbital Studies

Lava tube microbiology

Miniature Mass Spectrometer Development

Origin of Irregular Satellites

Rapid Response to Remotely Detected Potential Seafloor Eruption

Searching for water and organic material in the Outer Solar System

Serpentinization, Abiogenic Methane, and Extremophilic Archaea within the Seafloor

Subseafloor Basement (Basalt) Biosphere Studies

The Aqueous Environment of the Emergence of Complex Life

The evolution of intelligence under environmental change

The Lowell Telescope Scheduler

Young Low Mass Stars

EPO Reports

Astrobiology Laboratory Institute for Instructors

Deep Impact/Faulkes Telescope Projects

Astrobiology: Discovering New Worlds of Life

Astrobiology/Deep Impact Workshops

Astrobiology Lecture Series

2005 Winter School

Space Grant Undergraduate Fellowship

UH REU Program

Project Reports

Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective

Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe

• Objective 1.1: Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets (Found: 4)
• Objective 1.2: Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets (Found: 3)

Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System

• Objective 2.1: Mars exploration (Found: 5)
• Objective 2.2: Outer Solar System exploration (Found: 9)

Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors

• Objective 3.1: Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts (Found: 6)
• Objective 3.2: Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules (Found: 2)

Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment

• Objective 4.1: Earth's early biosphere (Found: 1)
• Objective 4.2: Foundations of complex life (Found: 3)
• Objective 4.3: Effects of extraterrestrial events upon the biosphere (Found: 1)

Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life

• Objective 5.1: Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms (Found: 5)
• Objective 5.2: Co-evolution of microbial communities (Found: 5)
• Objective 5.3: Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments (Found: 9)

Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond

• Objective 6.1: Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems (Found: 5)
• Objective 6.2: Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth (Found: 4)

Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth

• Objective 7.1: Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials (Found: 5)
• Objective 7.2: Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems (Found: 3)