NAI
2004 Annual Science Report
University of Colorado, Boulder
Reporting | JUL 2003 – JUN 2004
Executive Summary
The University of Colorado Center for Astrobiology brings together researchers who focus on scientific issues related to the origin and history of life here on Earth, the potential for life to exist elsewhere in our solar system, and the distribution of planets around other stars and their potential habitability. The participants in our effort span the range of scientific disciplines that comprise astrobiology and, by coming together in an academic and intellectual environment, provide a breadth of expertise that provides cross-cutting scientific leadership. Our efforts include research in the various sub-disciplines of astrobiology, teaching of undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers both in the individual sub-disciplines and across all of astrobiology, and outreach to the broader university and public communities. Together, they add up to a vibrant program in astrobiology that reaches out across a substantial fraction of the university intellectual landscape. Here, we ...
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Bruce Jakosky
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
7/1998 - 10/2003 CAN 1 -
Members:
38 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Divergence of Protein Families to Provide Novel Function
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.2 5.1 -
Molecular Survey of Extremophile Microbial Diversity in Hypersaline Ecosystems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.4 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 7.1 7.2 -
Origin of Multicellularity and Complex Land-Based Ecosystem
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 -
Biogeochemical Cycling and Resources on Mars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 -
Geochemical-Microbe Interactions in Chemolithoautotrophic Communities on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
The Historical Character of Astrobiology and Circumventing the Problem of Defining “Life”
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 7.1 -
Geological Evolution and Habitability of Europa
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: None Selected -
Laboratory Studies of the Origins of an RNA World
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 -
Origins of Planetary Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 -
Re-Tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 3.1 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.3 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
The Impact of Atmospheric Particles on Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 4.1 4.3
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2004 annual report.
2004 Teams
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Arizona State University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Harvard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Pennsylvania State University
SETI Institute
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)