Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Pennsylvania State University

    PI Hiroshi Ohmoto
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://psarc.geosc.psu.edu/

    Executive Summary

    Penn State Executive Summary

    Project Reports

    Castleman Report

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1

    Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere (Ohmoto)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1

    Examination of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores (Brenchley)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

    Ferry Report

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Genomic Record of the Earth's Early Biosphere (Hedges)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

    Genomics of sulfidic cave extremophiles (Supplement to NNA04CC06A)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.3, 6.2

    Investigations of Modern Analogues of Precambrian Microbial Ecosystems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.3, 6.1

    Laboratory Microbial Simulations

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate (Kasting)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 7.2

    PSARC: Evolution of a Habitable Planet

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2

    Rise of Oxygen, Modern Analogs for Anoxic Oceans, and Effect of early life on soil development

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 4.1, 4.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

    Search for Planets Around Evolved Stars (Wolszczan)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2

    EPO Reports

    Astrobiology Undergraduate Minor

    Dual Title Ph.D. Program in Astrobiology

    Evolution Workshop for Educators

    Planet, Star, or Neither? Workshop for Educators

    Origins of the Cosmos Workshop for Educators

    Life On Other Planets: Searching for E.T. Student Camp

    Astrobiology public outreach ? Penn State Astrobiology Research Center

    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
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  • 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
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