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  1. University of Washington

    PI Peter Ward
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 7/2001 - 6/2006
    Team Website http://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/

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    Project Reports

    Bacterial tubulin and the evolution of the Eukaryotic cell; Sea ice bacteria

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 5.3

    Building a habitable planet: the geological record

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 7.1

    Causes of mass extinctions: testing impact models

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 4.3

    Delivery of organic materials to planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1

    Dynamics of comets, asteroids, and planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 4.3

    Extraterrestrial Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3

    Impacts and extinction

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2, 4.3, 6.1

    Leigh Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

    Microbial Mat Communities

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

    Ocean Surfaces on Snowball Earth

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2

    Permian-Triassic Extinction Scientific Drilling Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 5.3

    Search for impacts at extinction boundaries using 3He

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2, 4.3, 6.1

    EPO Reports

    Project AstroBio

    Project AstroBio: Annual Training Workshop for Teachers and Science Partners on Hiatus Until New Funding Secured

    Astrobiology Public Lecture Series at UW

    Center for Astrobiology & Early Evolution Newsletter

    Developing an Astrobiology Curriculum

    Public Access: Astrobiology Lectures and Presentations

    The Media Front

    Astrobiology on the School Front: Interning and Mentoring

    Mission Education and Public Outreach

    Project Reports

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