2004 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 3.2 Reports Reporting | JUL 2003 – JUN 2004
Roadmap Objective 3.2—Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
Project Reports
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Bacterial Tubulin and Its Implications on the Evolution of Eukaryotes
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 -
Divergence of Protein Families to Provide Novel Function
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.2 5.1 -
Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.2 -
Early Metabolic Pathways
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.4 -
Evolution of Proteins
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.4 5.1 -
Prebiotic Chemical and Isotopic Evolution on Earth
Sulfur fractionated by enzymatic catalysis has been harvested in the laboratory from living cultures of sulfur-metabolizing microbes and analyzed for 32S-33S-34S.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1 3.2 4.1 6.1 7.1 -
Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization
Life emerged on Earth as a geochemical process, the consequence of ancient interactions among rocks, water, and gases.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1 3.2 3.4 7.1 -
Biosignatures and Abiosignatures
Rare samples from the Upper Oligocene Enspel Formation in Germany have previously been shown to contain exceptionally well-preserved bacterial fossils.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 7.1 7.2 -
Post Doc Recruitment – Water and Its Relation to Life in the Universe
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 4.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Astrobiotechnology
The development of new technology to carry out in situ experiments to address astrobiological questions is an important goal of NAI, underscored this year by the formation of an Astrobiotechnology Focus Group.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 3.1 3.2 4.2 7.1 -
Laboratory Studies of the Origins of an RNA World
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 -
Evolution of Biocomplexity From an Ancient Autotrophic Lineage
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.3 4.2 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
UH NAI Visiting Faculty Scholars Program
The University of Hawaii (UH)-NAI has established a Visiting Faculty Scholars program that brings external collaborators to work with local researchers.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Microbial Mat Communities
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 -
The Evolution and Diversity of Ancient CO2-fixation Pathways in Anaerobic and Extremophilic Microorganisms: Clues to the Early Evolution of Life on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.1 -
The Evolution of a Habitable Planet
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 3.2 4.1 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.1