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John Peters
Montana State University

Current Projects

Radical SAM Chemistry and Biological Ligand Accelerated Catalysis — 2012 NAI
BioInspired Mimetic Cluster Synthesis: Bridging the Structure and Reactivity of Biotic and Abiotic Iron-Sulfur Motifs — 2012 NAI
Ecology of Extreme Environments: Characterization of Energy Flow, Bioenergetics, and Biodiversity in Early Earth Analog Ecosystems — 2012 NAI
The Subglacial Biosphere – Insights Into Life-Sustaining Strategies in an Extraterrestrial Analog Environment — 2012 NAI
Molecular Evolution: A Top Down Approach to Examine the Origin of Key Biochemical Processes — 2012 NAI

The ABRC Philosophy of Astrobiology and the Origin of Life Discussion Group — 2012 NAI

The ABRC Philosophy of Astrobiology and the Origin of Life Discussion Group — 2011 NAI

Paradigms for Complex Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly and the Origin and Evolution of Iron-Sulfur Enzymes — 2011 NAI

Minerals to Enzymes: The Path to CO Dehydrogenase/Acetyl – CoA Synthase — 2011 NAI

BioInspired Mimetic Cluster Synthesis: Bridging the Structure and Reactivity of Biotic and Abiotic Iron-Sulfur Motifs — 2011 NAI

Radical SAM Chemistry and Biological Ligand Accelerated Catalysis — 2011 NAI

Molecular Evolution: A Top Down Approach to Examine the Origin of Key Biochemical Processes — 2011 NAI

Ecology of Extreme Environments: Characterization of Energy Flow, Bioenergetics, and Biodiversity in Early Earth Analog Ecosystems — 2011 NAI

The Subglacial Biosphere – Insights Into Life-Sustaining Strategies in an Extraterrestrial Analog Environment — 2011 NAI

Radical SAM Enzyme Functional Diversity and Evolution — 2010 NAI

Minerals to Enzymes: The Path to CO Dehydrogenase/Acetyl – CoA Synthase — 2010 NAI

PHL 278: A Gateway Course for a Minor in Astrobiology — 2010 NAI

Subglacial Methanogenesis and Implications for Planetary Carbon Cycling — 2010 NAI

Structure, Reactivity, and Biosynthesis of Cataylic Iron-Sulfur Clusters — 2010 NAI

Molecular Paleontology of Iron-Sulfur Enzymes — 2010 NAI

Functional Based Habitability – Defining the Environmental Factors That Constrain Modes of Microbial Metabolism — 2010 NAI

Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis of the Complex Iron-Sulfur Clusters at the Active Sites of Nitrogenases and Hydrogenases — 2009 NAI

Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation, Photosynthesis, Hydrogen Metabolism, and Methanogenesis — 2009 NAI

Subglacial Methanogenesis and Its Role in Planetary Carbon Cycling — 2009 NAI

Stoichiometry of Life, Task 3b: Ancient Records - Genomic — 2009 NAI

Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis of the Complex Iron-Sulfur Clusters at the Active Sites of Nitrogenases and Hydrogenases — 2008 NAI

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NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
Joan Broderick
Montana State University
Collaborated on 3 Projects

Logan Giles
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Travis Harris
Montana State University
Collaborated on 2 Projects

Eric Shepard
Montana State University
Collaborated on 3 Projects

Guana Siluvai Pitchai
Collaborated on 1 Project

Robert Szilagyi
Montana State University
Collaborated on 3 Projects

Michael Vance
Collaborated on 1 Project

Eric Boyd
Montana State University
Collaborated on 3 Projects

Trinity Hamilton
Montana State University
Collaborated on 3 Projects

Rachel Lange
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Matthew Urschel
Montana State University
Collaborated on 2 Projects

Ben Duffus
Montana State University
Collaborated on 2 Projects

Shawn McGlynn
California Institute of Technology
Collaborated on 2 Projects

Nicholas Boswell
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Collaborated on 1 Project

Amanda Byer
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Shourjo Ghose
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Alexios Grigoropoulos
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Alta Howells
Arizona State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Neelambari Joshi
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Prasanta Bandyopadhyay
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Michael Bertasso
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Nathan Haydon
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Kristen Intemann
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Olin Robus
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Sara Waller
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Mark Skidmore
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project