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Project Reports

• Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere – Hiroshi Ohmoto

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 15.0

• Symbiosis and the Origin of Multicellularity in Photosynthetic Organisms

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 10.0

• Fe Isotope Biosignatures

  Our research program in Year 4 has focused on five aspects of Fe isotope geochemistry, and our findings are based on ~1,000 new high-precision Fe isotope analyses using the new NAI-funded MC-ICP-MS lab

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.0

• Life Beyond the Planet of Origin

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0

• 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

• Co-Evolution of Life and Planets

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 17.0

• The Effect of Reducing Gravity on Caenorhabditis Elegans

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 7.0 10.0 16.0

• Giant Impacts in Earth’s Early History: Reseeding the Planet and the Search for Earth Rocks on the Moon.

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 14.0