2003 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 6.2 Reports Reporting | JUL 2002 – JUN 2003
Roadmap Objective 6.2—Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth
Project Reports
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Biogeochemistry of the Early Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 3.1 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.3 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Bacterial Adaptation to Low Temperatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
First-Stage Biofilm Formation Under Extreme Conditions in Ice
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.2 -
Benner – Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Ellington – Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry
During the past year the Ellington Lab has focused on the design of self-evolving nucleic acid enzymes. We have designed a cross-catalytic amplification system based on the fast and efficient 10-23 deoxyribozyme (Ellington and Levy, 2003)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.4 4.2 6.2 -
Impact Frustration and Subsequent Generation of Biologically Tenable Climates on Earth and Mars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 4.3 6.2 -
Ghadiri – Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.2 6.2 -
Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Permafrost Bacteria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Rebek – Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry
Chemical amplification is characteristic of living systems, and is necessary for increased sensitivity, responsiveness, and self-replication
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.2 6.2 -
Micro*scope (http://www.mbl.edu/microscope) – A Web-Based Tool for Microbial Diversity Research
micro*scope (http://www.mbl.edu/microscope) is an innovative biodiversity bioinformatics web site that greatly improves access to information about microbes
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 5.2 6.1 6.2 -
A New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological Applications
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 3.1 3.2 4.1 5.1 6.2 7.1 -
Life Beyond the Planet of Origin
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.3 6.2 -
Microbial Symbionts: Agents for Reorganizing Genome Architectures.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.2 -
Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.3 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
Isolation of Psychrophilic Microorganisms
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.4 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2