2004 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 5.2 Reports Reporting | JUL 2003 – JUN 2004
Roadmap Objective 5.2—Co-evolution of microbial communities
Project Reports
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Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 5.1 5.2 6.1 7.1 7.2 -
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 -
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 -
Subsurface Biospheres
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 2.2 4.3 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 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 -
Ecology and Physiology of Permafrost Bacteria
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.2 5.3 6.2 -
Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Arthur)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 4.2 4.3 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 -
Origin of Multicellularity and Complex Land-Based Ecosystem
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 -
Genome-Genome Integration: Symbiosis, Genetic Assimilation, and Evolutionary Innovation
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.2 -
Life in Extreme Environments
Our team is interested in examining (1) the diverse mechanisms utilized by life to survive extremes of temperature, pressure, salinity and nutrient limitation, (2) the response of life to fundamental changes in the properties water, and (3) how the unique biochemistry associated with extremes can be used for life detection.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.2 5.3 -
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 -
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 -
Microbial Diversity and Population Structure Studies in the Rio Tinto
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 5.3 -
Microbial Symbionts: Agents for Reorganizing Genome Architectures.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.2 -
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 -
Geopulse
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.2 5.3 7.2 -
Laboratory Microbial Simulations: Astrobiological Signatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1 5.2 5.3 7.2 -
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 -
Ultramafic-Hosted Springs in Subduction Zones
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 -
SARST-V 6 Development
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1 5.2 -
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