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  1. Montana State University

    PI John Peters
    Members 12 (See)
    Active Dates 11/2007 - 7/2012
    Team Website http://www.abrc.montana.edu

    Executive Summary

    Executive Summary- ABRC

    Project Reports

    Biomimetic Cluster Synthesis: Bridging the Structure and Reactivity of Biotic and Abiotic Iron-Sulfur Motifs

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 7

    Computational Chemical Modeling the Link Between Structure and Reactivity of Iron-Sulfur Motifs

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 7, 7

    Molecular Beam Studies of Nitrogen Reactions on Iron-Sulfur Surfaces

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 7, 7

    Origin of Life and Catalysis - Philosophical Considerations

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 3, 4

    Probing the Structure and Nitrogen Reduction Activity of Iron-Sulfur Minerals

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 7

    Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis of the Complex Iron-Sulfur Clusters at the Active Sites of Nitrogenases and Hydrogenases

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 7, 7

    EPO Reports

    Programming for Kids

    MSSE Professional Development for Teachers

    Montana Education Association Annual Conference

    Hot Science in the Community

    Field Guide to Bacteria Book Signing and Lecture

    Hot Science Teacher Workshops

    Summer Field Experiences for Kids

    Community Lecture Series

    Undergraduate Field Experiences

    Graduate Student Opportunities

    Research Coordination Network Confrence

    National Geographic Wild Chronicles Highlights Yellowstone Microbes and NAI Scientists

    Yellowstone Science Article Highlights Science for the General Public

    Yuri's night at NASA Ames

    Tree of Life exhibit at THe Museum of the Rockies

    Premire of Invisible Yellowstone

    Carnegie Institution Astrobiology Exhibit on Loan

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  • 1 Determine whether the atmosphere of the early Earth, hydrothermal or exogenous matter were significant sources of organic matter.
  • 2 Develop and test plausible pathways by which ancient counterparts of membrane systems, proteins and nucleic acid were synthesized from simpler precursors and assembled into protocells.
  • 3 Replicating, catalytic systems capable of evolution, and construct laboratory models of metabolism in primitive living systems.
  • 4 Expand and interpret the genomic database of a select group of key microorganisms in order to reveal the history and dynamics of evolution.
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