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  1. Content with the tag: “nai berkeley team

  2. A search for primordial water from deep in the Earth's mantle

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 4

    A Self-Perpetuating Catalyst for the Production of Organics in Protostellar Nebulae

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3

    Acquisition and Installation of a new Cameca ims 1280 ion microprobe

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Advancing Techniques for in situ Analysis of Complex Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 2, 3, 3, 7

    Application of U-tube and fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor to characterize the chemical and physical properties of a deep permafrost and sub-permafrost environment at High Lake, Nunavut, Canada.

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 5, 5, 7

    Astrobiology Sample Analysis Program (ASAP)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Biological potential of Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3

    Biosignatures in chemosynthetic and photosynthetic systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7

    Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory Investigation with Relevance to Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Chemical Models of Nebular Processes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Composition of Parent Volatiles in Comets: Oxidized Carbon

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Current Status and Future Bioastronomy with the Large Millimeter Telescope

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Early Metabolic Pathways

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3

    Early Metabolic Pathways

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3

    Fingerprinting Late Additions to the Earth and Moon via the Study of Highly Siderophile Elements in Lunar Impact Melt Rocks

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Formation and Detection of Hot-Earth Objects in Systems with Close-in Jupiters

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1

    Formation of Planetesimals in a Dynamically Evolving Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Genes that regulate photosymbiotic relationships

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Habitable Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1, 2, 4

    Icelandic subglacial lakes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4, 5, 6

    Interplanetary Pioneers

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5, 6

    Microbial Communities and Activities in the Deep Marine Subsurface

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5, 5, 6, 6

    Modeling grain surface reaction pathways for large organic molecules

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Organic and Inorganic Acids from Ion-irradiated Ices

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3, 7

    Origin and Evolution of Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 3

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3, 3

    Origin of Irregular Satellites

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Prebiotic Organics from Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 7, 7

    Protist diversity in extreme environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6, 7

    Recovery of comet 85P/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Research Activities in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 2, 3, 7

    Sediment-buried basement deep biosphere

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6

    Societal and Philosophical Aspects of Astrobiology

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 18

    Studies in Planetary Formation and Evolution

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 8, 9, 11, 12

    Studies of Organic Matter and Water in Meteorites

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 8, 9, 11

    The Main Belt distribution of basaltic asteroids

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    THE VYSOS PROJECT

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Ultra-violet processing of ices in the Rosette Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Understanding the Microbial Ecology of Geologically-based Chemolithoautotrophic Communities

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4

    A search for primordial water from deep in the Earth's mantle

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 4

    A Self-Perpetuating Catalyst for the Production of Organics in Protostellar Nebulae

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3

    Acquisition and Installation of a new Cameca ims 1280 ion microprobe

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Advancing Techniques for in situ Analysis of Complex Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 2, 3, 3, 7

    Application of U-tube and fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor to characterize the chemical and physical properties of a deep permafrost and sub-permafrost environment at High Lake, Nunavut, Canada.

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 5, 5, 7

    Astrobiology Sample Analysis Program (ASAP)

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Biological potential of Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3

    Biosignatures in chemosynthetic and photosynthetic systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7

    Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory Investigation with Relevance to Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Chemical Models of Nebular Processes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Composition of Parent Volatiles in Comets: Oxidized Carbon

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Current Status and Future Bioastronomy with the Large Millimeter Telescope

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Early Metabolic Pathways

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3

    Early Metabolic Pathways

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3

    Fingerprinting Late Additions to the Earth and Moon via the Study of Highly Siderophile Elements in Lunar Impact Melt Rocks

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Formation and Detection of Hot-Earth Objects in Systems with Close-in Jupiters

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1

    Formation of Planetesimals in a Dynamically Evolving Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Genes that regulate photosymbiotic relationships

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Habitable Planets

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1, 2, 4

    Icelandic subglacial lakes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4, 5, 6

    Interplanetary Pioneers

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5, 6

    Microbial Communities and Activities in the Deep Marine Subsurface

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5, 5, 6, 6

    Modeling grain surface reaction pathways for large organic molecules

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Organic and Inorganic Acids from Ion-irradiated Ices

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3, 7

    Origin and Evolution of Organics

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 3

    Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3, 3

    Origin of Irregular Satellites

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Prebiotic Organics from Space

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 7, 7

    Protist diversity in extreme environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6, 7

    Recovery of comet 85P/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    Research Activities in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 2, 3, 7

    Sediment-buried basement deep biosphere

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6

    Societal and Philosophical Aspects of Astrobiology

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 18

    Studies in Planetary Formation and Evolution

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 8, 9, 11, 12

    Studies of Organic Matter and Water in Meteorites

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 8, 9, 11

    The Main Belt distribution of basaltic asteroids

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2

    THE VYSOS PROJECT

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1

    Ultra-violet processing of ices in the Rosette Nebula

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3

    Understanding the Microbial Ecology of Geologically-based Chemolithoautotrophic Communities

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 4
  3. Novel Proteobacteria in Microbial Mats at Loihi Seamount


    With support from NAI Teams at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and UC Berkeley, researchers at the American Type Culture Collection and their colleagues have a new paper in PLOS One describing a novel lineage of proteobacteria which are dominant in iron-rich hydrothermal vent sites on the Loihi Seamount near Hawai’i. They form a unique morphological structure which could serve as a fossil biomarker.

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  4. Extracellular Protein-Metal Aggregates: A New Biosignature?


    Deep inside a flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists from NAI’s University of California, Berkeley Team have discovered an environment in which bacteria emit proteins that sweep up metal nanoparticles into immobile clumps. Their finding may lead to innovative ways to remediate subsurface metal toxins, and have exciting implications for identifying biosignatures on Earth and other worlds. The research, published in the June 14th issue of Science, was done in collaboration with a team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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  5. Evidence for Ancient Ocean on Mars


    Scientists from NAI’s University of California, Berkeley Team have a new paper out in Nature outlining evidence for the presence of an ancient ocean on Mars. The study points to a large body of liquid water at the pole which could have shifted Mars’ spin axis. This shift would have in turn deformed the shoreline of this ocean relative to the rest of the surface topography, in accordance with observations.

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  6. Low Abundance Acidophilic Archea Revealed


    Scientists from NAI’s University of California, Berkeley Team report in this week’s Science on their use of shotgun sequencing to uncover three novel archea present in all biofilms growing in pH 0.5 to 1.5 solutions within the Richmond Mine, California. Their results inform the problem of characterizing microbial communities and lineages which are difficult to cultivate.

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  7. Life in the Landscape?


    A review article in Nature this week from scientists on NAI’s University of California, Berkeley Lead Team examines the idea of the influence of life on topography. The authors call for a need to explore how small scale biotic processes can influence an entire landscape, and whether the resulting topography is distinct.

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