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Seminars
Team Overview Seminars: Each of the NAI teams will be giving one hour overview seminars that describe the work they will be performing as members of the NAI. These seminars, which will be broadcast via videoconference and web, will provide an opportunity to find out more about the science, EPO and other activities being performed by the NAI teams.
The Director’s Seminar series features talks from scientists who are invited by the NAI Director to present their research results to the community. A primary goal of the seminars is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration across NAI teams and within the astrobiology community at large. These seminars are open to all, including the general public; however, the target audience is researchers and students who are engaged in astrobiology. While the seminars are technical in nature, speakers are encouraged to develop presentations that can be understood by colleagues from a variety of disciplines across the field. The talks are typically 50 minutes long, with time at the end for questions and discussion.
The Forum for Astrobiology Research (FAR) seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students to present their research results, and to meet as a student community for mutual encouragement and support. FAR science presentations are typically 20-30 minutes each, with several students presenting during one virtual event. On occasion, the FAR seminar will be devoted to group discussion and planning activities.
The University of Washington seminar series is hosted by the NAI UW alumni team from their campus in Seattle. NAI provides technical support for the seminar series and produces podcasts of the presentations. The talks are typically 50 minutes long, with time at the end for questions and discussion.
Other virtual seminars, such as workshops and summer student presentations, are hosted by NAI. These are typically scheduled as needed and vary in length, content, and target audience.
*Online Recordings contain functionality and information such as mouse cursor movements, closed captioning and bookmarked slide transitions, but can not be downloaded for offline use.Director's Seminar Series DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTNovember 24, 2008Roger SummonsThe Great Mass Extinction - a Sudden Event or a Slow Moving Train-Wreck? November 3, 2008Jack SzostakWhat can we Learn About the Origin of Life from Efforts to Design an Artificial Cell? September 29, 2008Norm SleepHabitability of Super-Earths June 30, 2008David BlakeThe CheMin mineralogical instrument on the MSL mission and the field-portable TERRA version available for NAI field campaigns June 2, 2008Giovanna TinettiObserving Extrasolar Worlds: From Gas Giant to Terrestrial Planets April 28, 2008Steven BennerFour Approaches to a General Theory of Life March 31, 2008Jody Deming and James StaleyEarth's Low Temperature Life: An Analog for Mars and Europa? February 25, 2008J. William SchopfCan Rocks from Mars Yield Definitive Evidence of Past Life? February 4, 2008David HollenbachThe Effect of Protoplanetary Disk Dispersal on Planet Formation December 3, 2007Geoff MarcyGetting to the Core of Exoplanets: From Gas to Ice Giants November 5, 2007Ariel AnbarA Whiff of Oxygen before the Great Oxidation Event September 24, 2007Norman PaceLife in the Universe: The Expanding World of Microbial Diversity April 30, 2007Steven D'HondtMicrobial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments March 26, 2007Drake DemingInfrared Spectra of Extrasolar Planets February 26, 2007Tim RaubNew and Emerging Perspectives on Late Precambrian 'Snowball Earth' Glaciation January 29, 2007Lisa Pratt and T.C. OnstottRadiolysis of water as a source of bioavailable energy in the subsurface of Earth and Mars November 27, 2006Sean Raymond and Avi MandellFormation of Habitable Planetary Systems: Are We Normal? October 16, 2006Julie HuberMicrobial Diversity in the Deep Sea and the Underexplored Rare Biosphere April 24, 2006Scott SandfordThe Stardust Discovery Mission - Returning Unique Samples of Early Solar System Organics March 20, 2006Michael MangaWater on Mars February 27, 2006Tom McCollomThe Origin of Sulfate-rich Bedrock at Meridiani Planum on Mars: Sedimentary Evaporite, Impact, or Volcanic? October 24, 2005Michael JuraUsing White Dwarfs to Study Extrasolar Asteroids and Planets September 26, 2005Michael MeyerFormation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Habitable Solar System in Context July 25, 2005Ralph LorenzLifting Titan's Veil June 27, 2005Ben ZuckermanHigh Resolution Imaging of Young Planets April 25, 2005David Wolpert and William MacreadySelf-dissimilarity: an empirical complexity signature March 28, 2005Michael MummaMethane on Mars: Geochemistry or Biology? March 28, 2005James LyonsMethane on Mars: What does it mean? February 28, 2005Olivier RouxelIron Isotope Constraints on the Early Redox History of the Oceans January 24, 2005Jonathan LunineTitan: A Personal View after Cassini's first six months in Saturn orbit November 29, 2004Chris McKayDrilling in Permafrost on Mars to Search for a Second Genesis of Life October 25, 2004Christopher HouseAnaerobic methanotrophs in the marine subsurface September 27, 2004Peter WardA new mechanism of mass extinction - and 15 minutes about a new tree of life April 26, 2004Victoria MeadowsExploring the Living Cosmos: The Spitzer Space Telescope March 22, 2004Roger SummonsOrganic Biosignatures: Earthly biomarkers, analytical approaches, old rocks and meteorites February 23, 2004David Des MaraisThe Mars Exploration Rovers unveil new horizons for astrobiology January 26, 2004Andrea GhezUnveiling a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy November 24, 2003Jill BanfieldAn Fe, S-sustained Subsurface Biosphere: Insights Through Linking Geochemistry and Genomics October 27, 2003Kai-Uwe HinrichsOrganic biosignatures for microbial processes in the terrestrial marine subsurface August 25, 2003Linda Amaral ZettlerEukaryotes at pH Extremes July 28, 2003Jim TiedjeMicrobial and Genomic Insights Into Microbial Life in Permafrost June 23, 2003Jose Maria Gomez, David HochbergMulticellular and Multicolonial Bacterial Patterns: Implications for Astrobiology May 19, 2003John BallyStar and Planet Formation April 28, 2003Anurag SharmaExperimental window into high pressure geobiology March 24, 2003Tom QuinnThe Formation of Giant Planets February 24, 2003David SmithProbing the Limits of Earth¹s Deep Biosphere November 25, 2002Bruce RunnegarSulfur cycling on the early Earth October 28, 2002Michael Storrie-LombardoLife Detection and Sensors: Bio-Info-Nano Science May 20, 2002Ronald GreeleyMars - The Astrobiology Connection April 29, 2002George CodyMineral Catalysts and Pre-biotic Carbon Fixation March 25, 2002Ariel AnbarNovel Isotopic Biosignatures: Promise & Progress February 25, 2002Norman PaceExtreme Life and Biological Diversity in our Solar System January 28, 2002Louis AllamandolaFrom Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Ice to Astrobiology
FAR Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTOctober 6, 2008William J. Brazelton and Catherine NeishPrebiotic Chemistry October 15, 2007Elise FurlanFirst Steps of Planet Formation in Protoplanetary Disks October 15, 2007Evgenya ShkolnikThe On/Off Nature of Star-Planet Interactions: A Probe of Magnetized Exoplanets September 12, 2005Dustin TrailA record of the earliest (4.5-3.8 Ga) surface conditions on Earth? August 8, 2005Liliana LefticariuSimulating groundwater radiolysis with oxidation of pyrite by hydrogen peroxide solution June 20, 2005Daniel Apai and Murray SilverstoneExploring Planet-forming and Debris Disks May 16, 2005Boncho P. BonevQuantifying Water Production in Comets - the "Meter Stick" for their Chemical Taxonomy March 14, 2005Margaret TurnbullRemote Sensing of Life and Habitable Worlds: Habstars, Earthshine, and the Challenge of TPF February 14, 2005Monica PonderLife of a permafrost bacterium: Psychrobacter 273-4 reveals ways to adapt September 13, 2004Dominic PapineauBiogeochemical responses to the changing Paleoproterozoic atmosphere August 9, 2004SUIA StudentsAmanda Cook, Anita Ganesan, Nida Rauf and Marina Yoder July 12, 2004Marc FriesEstablishing a Baseline for Antarctic Meteorite Research through the Antarctic Meteorite Contamination Study (AMCS) July 12, 2004Nick PlattsA new model for the origin of proto-informational oligomeric material on the early Earth, and elsewhere June 14, 2004Andrew CzajaIlluminating The Black Box That Is Fossil Kerogen June 14, 2004David SmithOxygen Triple Isotopes as a New Biogeochemical Tool May 10, 2004Corey CohnPyrite-generated radicals and the destruction of nucleic acids May 10, 2004Dave JohnstonIsotopic fingerprints of sulfur metabolisms: using the minor isotopes to distinguish between process April 12, 2004Mark TyraTERRESTRIAL ALTERATION OF CM CHONDRITIC CARBONATE March 8, 2004Kevin HandThe surface radiation chemistry of Europa and implications for a habitable ocean February 9, 2004Brian HynekMartian Water on the Brain November 10, 2003Julie HuberExpanding the subseafloor biosphere to ridge flanks and beyond October 20, 2003Jennifer HeldmannAn Investigation of Recent Water on Mars September 8, 2003Sara MartinezLooking for Hydrothermal Systems on Mars: An Integrated Study of Spectroscopic, Thermal, and Imaging Data July 14, 2003Kevin BoyceHow to make a leaf? 400 million years of repeated answers to the same evolutionary question June 9, 2003Ruth LeyThe Amazon Basin of the Mud World: Dizzying Microbial Diversity at Guerrero Negro's Salt Mats. May 12, 2003Henry ScottChemical stratification and hydrocarbon stability in large icy satellites April 14, 2003Michelle MinittiAssessing the Effect of Impact Shock on Water in Amphibole: Implications for the Martian Meteorites March 10, 2003Alex PavlovAtmospheric methane and oxygen in Archean and Proterozoic. Constraints from sulfur February 7, 2002Stacy VarnesBiological Potential of Martian Hydrothermal Systems
University of Washington Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTApril 21, 2009George CodyGeomimetic Biochemistry: How the Origin of Biochemistry may be Linked to the Earth's Early Abiotic Organic Landscape April 7, 2009Melissa TrainerAbiotic Chemistry, Atmospheric Hazes, Titan, and the Early Earth December 2, 2008Tori HoehlerQuantifying Habitability as Organism/Environment Energy Balance November 4, 2008Joshua BandfieldA complex compositional and aqueous history of Mars October 7, 2008Rory BarnesHabitability of Tidally-Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets May 20, 2008Andrew PohorilleCyanobacteria in a Lunar Environment May 13, 2008James KastingWas the Early Earth Hot? April 29, 2008Jeremy BaileyUsing Polarization to Detect and Characterize Extrasolar Planets April 22, 2008Siegfried FranckEarth System Analysis: Applications to Astrobiology April 8, 2008Janet SiefertStromatolites: What's Sulfur Got to Do With It? November 20, 2007Matthew PasekPhosphorus and the Origin of Life November 6, 2007Ram SamudralaModelling Interactomes October 23, 2007Robert M. WingleePlasma/Upper Amtospheric Interactions Within the Saturn/Titan System October 16, 2007Sean RaymondExotic Earths: Hot Jupiters, Tidal Evolution, and Ocean Planets October 9, 2007David CrispMeasuring CO2 from Space: the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Mission October 2, 2007Erika HarnettMars: where did all the water go? May 29, 2007Joe KirschvinkFour Billion Years of Climate Change (Lessons from the Precambrian): From Oxygen Poisoning to Snowballs & True Polar Wander May 1, 2007Robert M. HazenLEFT & RIGHT: Geochemical origins of life's homochirality February 20, 2007Megan Elwood MaddenGas hydrates as planetary-scale water and greenhouse gas reservoirs: Implications for Astrobiology January 30, 2007Marc KuchnerFrom Carbon Planets to Water Planets: The Composition of Low-mass Extrasolar Planets January 23, 2007Vikki MeadowsPlanets Around Other Stars: Exploring Habitability and Spectral Signatures November 14, 2006David DeamerSelf-assembly Processes in the Prebiotic Environment October 24, 2006George ShawA (not so) Brief History of Carbon on Earth October 17, 2006Mario LivioCosmology and Life December 6, 2005Eric AgolThe Future of Extrasolar Planet Searches November 29, 2005Martin FiskLife in igneous rocks on Earth and Mars November 22, 2005Donald BrownleeA Report on the Stardust Mission December 7, 2004Maria RiveraThe Ring of Life Provides Evidence for a Genome Fusion Origin of Eukaryotes November 16, 2004Penny BostonLife Below and Life "Out There": The Role of Caves in Astrobiology November 9, 2004Dave Des MaraisThe Mars Exploration Rover Mission November 2, 2004James MurrayThe Suboxic Zone in the Black Sea October 26, 2004Walter HarrisIn the rearview mirror: Studying the role of comets in the formation and ongoing evolution of a planetary system December 9, 2003Steven BennerWeird Life November 18, 2003Peter WardWhy there were dinosaurs; Why there are birds October 14, 2003Jim KastingMethane greenhouses and anti-greenhouses on the early Earth May 27, 2003Robert BlankenshipThe transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis and how it changed the Earth May 20, 2003Roger BuickA Subsurface Biota in the Archean? April 29, 2003Tori HoehlerEnergetic habitability: Boundary conditions for life-as-we-know-it April 22, 2003Jack FarmerMicrobial biosedimentology of some extreme terrestrial environments with implications for the exploration for extraterrestrial life April 15, 2003Geoff GarrisonGeochemical Seasonality in a Unique Aquatic Environment: Who needs oxygen, anyway?
Other Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTAugust 6, 2008NAI StudentsGSFC Summer Student Presentations August 1, 2007NAI StudentsSummer Student Presentations
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