Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Marine Biological Laboratory

    PI Mitchell Sogin
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://astrobiology.mbl.edu/

    Executive Summary

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    Project Reports

    Describing the anaerobic thermophilic microbial community: A metagenomic strategy

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

    Genome-Genome Integration: Symbiosis, genetic assimilation, and evolutionary innovation

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2

    Iron Oxidation - Shaping the Past and Present Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2

    Microbial Communities and Activities in the Deep Marine Subsurface

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Microbial diversity and population structure studies in the Rio Tinto

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.2

    Microbial Diversity in the Deep Ocean

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

    Recognition of Theoretical Environments on Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    EPO Reports

    micro*scope

    Planetary Protection: Policies and Practices Course

    "Alien Earths" Museum Exhibit

    "Living in the Microbial World" Teachers Workshop

    NASA/JSU Workshop on Astrobiology

    Astrobiology kiosk at the RI Museum of Natural History

    Microbes@NASA DVD

    "River of Fire" videocon

    Brown University Outreach

    MA Space Grant

    University of North Carolina Outreach

    Discover the Microbes Within!

    Brown University Courses

    University of Southern California Outreach

    American Society of Microbiology General Meeting

    Plymouth Schools Oceanography Studies

    MBL Outreach

    MBL Courses

    University of Southern California Courses

    Project Reports

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
  • 1.2 Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets
  • 2.1 Mars exploration
  • 2.2 Outer Solar System exploration
  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
  • 3.2 Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
  • 3.3 Origins of energy transduction
  • 3.4 Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems
  • 4.1 Earth's early biosphere
  • 4.2 Foundations of complex life
  • 5.1 Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
  • 5.2 Co-evolution of microbial communities
  • 5.3 Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments
  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
  • 6.2 Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth
  • 7.1 Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials
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