2002 Annual Science Report
University of Colorado, Boulder Reporting | JUL 2001 – JUN 2002
Executive Summary
Astrobiological research encompasses an array of scientific disciplines that is commensurate with the vastness of the range of the subject matter it pursues-from the origin and evolution of genes and the amazing complexity of microbiological systems on Earth to the life-process pertinence of the climatic and environmental characteristics of Mars and Saturn’s Titan to the far reaches of other solar systems in the Milky Way.
The University of Colorado Center for Astrobiology is a collaborative effort among faculty, researchers, and students from departments and programs that span the breadth of disciplines that are pertinent to the field. Our approach has been to bring together research activities in the entire range of disciplines in astrobiology in a way that will emphasize the manner in which the various disciplines are interconnected with each other and in which multiple approaches are necessary in order to understand the potential ... Continue reading.
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Bruce Jakosky
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
7/1998 - 10/2003 CAN 1 -
Members:
27 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Resources to Support Life on Other Planets
We are examining the availability of resources that might support life on Mars, as a way of understanding both the potential for life there and the nature of planetary habitability.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.0 5.0 8.0 -
Lateral Gene Transfer and Parallel Evolution in the History of Glutathione Biosynthesis Genes
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 -
Molecular Analysis of Microbial Ecosystems in Extreme Enviornments
Projects continue to revolve around the development and use of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) based molecular methods to survey and study the microbial constituents of ecosystems in extreme environments without the requirement for cultivation of the organisms.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 -
The Formation of Planets Around Young Stars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 11.0 -
Philosophical Issues in Astrobiology
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
Symbiosis and the Origin of Multicellularity in Photosynthetic Organisms
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 10.0 -
Biogeochemistry of the Early Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 7.0 12.0 -
Habitability of Planetary Bodies
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 12.0 -
Properties of the Ribocyte (RNA Cell)
There are two areas of notable progress this year.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 3.0 8.0
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2002 annual report.
2002 Teams
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Arizona State University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Harvard University
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Pennsylvania State University
Scripps Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)