2004 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 5.1 Reports Reporting | JUL 2003 – JUN 2004
Roadmap Objective 5.1—Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
Project Reports
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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 -
Bacterial Adaptation to Low Temperatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Planetary Biology, Evolution and Intelligence
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Divergence of Protein Families to Provide Novel Function
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 4.2 5.1 -
Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 5.1 5.2 6.1 7.1 7.2 -
Diversity and Physiology of Prokaryotes in Selected Thermophilic and Mesophilic Environments in Selected Hydrothermal Vents and Subsurface Environments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 -
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 -
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 -
Evolution of Proteins
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.4 5.1 -
Origin of Multicellularity and Complex Land-Based Ecosystem
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 -
Genes That Regulate Photosymbiotic Interactions
This project focused on recovering and identifying genes expressed in photosymbiotic relationships of planktonic sarcodines. Genes involved with symbiont identification, acquisition, and symbiosis maintenance were of particular interest.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 -
Genetics of Permafrost Bacteria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Genome-Genome Integration: Symbiosis, Genetic Assimilation, and Evolutionary Innovation
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.2 -
Genomes of Permafrost Bacteria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Indigenous Bateria of Arctic and Antarctic Permafrost
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Climate Model for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 1.2 5.1 7.1 -
Protenomes of Permafrost Bateria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 5.3 -
Transcriptomes of Permafrost Bacteria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.2 -
Microbial Symbionts: Agents for Reorganizing Genome Architectures.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 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 -
First-Stage Biofilm Formation Under Extreme Conditions in Ice
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.2 -
SARST-V 6 Development
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 -
Genome Evolution and Innovation
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 -
Ultramafic-Hosted Springs in Subduction Zones
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
Microbial Mat Communities
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 -
Water-Rock Chemistry and Habitats for Life
An exciting development related to this NAI project is the funding of a grant to design, construct, and test a prototype instrument for contamination-free sampling of basement rock fluids from deep-sea boreholes.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 -
Examinations of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.2 -
The Evolution of a Habitable Planet
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 2.1 3.2 4.1 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.1