Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Marine Biological Laboratory

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

    Executive Summary

    MBL Executive Summary

    Project Reports

    Describing the anaerobic thermophilic microbial community: A metagenomic strategy

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.2

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

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.2, 6.2

    Iron Oxidation - Shaping the Past and Present Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6.1

    Microbial Communities and Activities in the Deep Marine Subsurface

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    Microbial diversity and population structure studies in the Rio Tinto

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.3, 5.1, 5.2

    Molecular and Isotopic Microbial Community Analysis of Deep Subsurface Sediments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

    Recognition of Theoretical Environments on Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 7.1

    EPO Reports

    Planetary Protection: Policies and Practices Course

    Examining Life in Extreme Environments Graduate Course for Teachers

    Living in the Microbial World Teachers Workshop

    Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project

    Brown University Courses

    MicrobeWorld and NPR Radio

    MIT Summer Research Program Visit

    Falmouth Public Schools Kids Global Climate Change Institute

    Woods Hole Science & Technology Education Partnership

    micro*scope

    Microbial Diversity summer course at MBL

    STEM in Adult Basic Education

    MA Space Grant

    Amaral Zettler Website

    MBL Catalyst

    DePaul Astrobiology course for teachers

    Montana Science Teachers Association Conference

    National Science Teachers Association Conference

    MA Marine Educators in Woods Hiole

    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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