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2009 Annual Science Report

University of Hawaii, Manoa Reporting  |  JUL 2008 – AUG 2009

CASS Planning

Project Summary

The computational astrobiology summer school (CASS) is a two week program, followed by a semester of mentored independent work, which has the following goals:

- To introduce computer science and engineering (CS&E) graduate students to the field of astrobiology, – To introduce astrobiologists to the tools and techniques that current methods in CS&E can provide, and – To encourage interdisciplinary projects that will result in advances in astrobiology.

4 Institutions
3 Teams
4 Publications
0 Field Sites
Field Sites

Project Progress

We have begun planning the Computational Astrobiology Summer School for August 2010, and are exploring the possibility of supplemental funding for Canadian attendees from the Canadian Space Agency.

Publications

  • Atri, D. & Melott, A.  (2007).  Terrestrial Effects of a Nearby Supernova.  Bioastronomy.  Puerto Rico.
  • Curnutt, J., Gomez, E. & Schubert, K.E.  (2007).  Simulation of Patterned Plant Growth in Extreme Environments.  Bioastronomy.  Puerto Rico.
  • Morrow, A. & Luhman, K.  (2007).  Evidence of Planet Formation around Young Brown Dwarfs.  Bioastronomy.  Puerto Rico.
  • Senin, P. & Keane, J.V.  (2007).  MCMC Simulation of Interstellar Grain Chemistry.  Bioastronomy.  Puerto Rico.
  • PROJECT INVESTIGATORS:
    Kimberly Binsted Kimberly Binsted
    Unspecified Role
  • PROJECT MEMBERS:
    Mary Kadooka
    Unspecified Role

  • RELATED OBJECTIVES:
    Objective 1.1
    Formation and evolution of habitable planets.

    Objective 1.2
    Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets.

    Objective 2.1
    Mars exploration.

    Objective 2.2
    Outer Solar System exploration

    Objective 3.1
    Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts

    Objective 3.2
    Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules

    Objective 3.3
    Origins of energy transduction

    Objective 3.4
    Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems

    Objective 4.1
    Earth's early biosphere.

    Objective 4.2
    Production of complex life.

    Objective 4.3
    Effects of extraterrestrial events upon the biosphere

    Objective 5.1
    Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms

    Objective 5.2
    Co-evolution of microbial communities

    Objective 5.3
    Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments

    Objective 6.1
    Effects of environmental changes on microbial ecosystems

    Objective 6.2
    Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth

    Objective 7.1
    Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials

    Objective 7.2
    Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems