NAI
2016 Annual Science Report
University of Wisconsin
Reporting | JAN 2016 – DEC 2016
Executive Summary
Our research activities in Year 4 of NAI CAN-6 involved 20 projects that fell under six themes, reflecting an increase in the number and diversity of research relative to the previous year: 1) Biomolecules of Life and Life Detection, 2) Microbial and Biogeochemical Processes in Mars-Analog Settings, 3) Mineralogical, Biogeochemical, and Sedimentological Processes on Early Earth and Mars, 4) Experimental Studies of Paleoenvironmental and Biological Proxies, and 5) Proterozoic and Archean Environments and Biosphere.
Theme 1: Biomolecules of Life and Life Detection Two projects were pursued under this theme. In Project 1A: Ground control experiments for in situ solar system astrobiology investigations, Co-Is Richard Quinn and Pascale Ehrenfreund studied radiation-induced alteration of potential biomarkers in the context of mineralogical-matrix interactions. Laboratory experiments were performed to further understand the impact of radiation on habitability and biosignature preservation. These results were used to interpret data sets ... Continue reading.
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Clark Johnson
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
1/2013 - 12/2017 CAN 6 -
Team Website:
http://geoscience.wisc.edu/astrobiology/ -
Members:
68 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Biosignatures: Developing the Tools for Detection of Ancient Life and Determining Paleoenvironments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 4.1 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 -
Life Detection in the Ancient Terrestrial Rock Record
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1 4.1 4.3 7.1 -
Developing Methods for Life Detection on Mars and in Mars Analog Environments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1 2.2 4.1 5.1 5.3 7.1 7.2
Education & Public Outreach
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2016 annual report.
2016 Teams
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Icy Worlds
SETI Institute
University of California, Riverside
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Montana, Missoula
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin
VPL at University of Washington