Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Marine Biological Laboratory

    PI Mitchell Sogin
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://astrobiology.mbl.edu/

    Executive Summary

    From Early Biospheric Metabolisms to the Evolution of Complex Systems

    Project Reports

    Genome-Genome Integration: Symbiosis, genetic assimilation, and evolutionary innovation

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.4, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2

    Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of early branching eukaryotes

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 4.1, 4.2

    Iron Oxidation - Shaping the Past and Present Environments

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.3, 6.1

    Microbial communities and activities in the deep marine subsurface

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    Microbial diversity and population structure studies in the Rio Tinto

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.3, 5.1, 5.2

    Recognition of Theoretical Environments on Mars

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 7.1

    Searching for Ancestral Biosignatures

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 7.1, 7.2

    The Distribution of Early Life into Geographically Distinct Subseafloor Microbial Habitats: A Metagenomic Strategy

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

    The evolution and diversity of ancient CO2-fixation pathways in anaerobic and extremophilic microorganisms: Clues to the early evolution of life on Earth

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 5.1, 5.3

    EPO Reports

    no reports submitted

    Project Reports

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
  • 1.2 Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets
  • 2.1 Mars exploration
  • 2.2 Outer Solar System exploration
  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
  • 3.2 Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
  • 3.3 Origins of energy transduction
  • 3.4 Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems
  • 4.1 Earth's early biosphere
  • 4.2 Foundations of complex life
  • 5.1 Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
  • 5.2 Co-evolution of microbial communities
  • 5.3 Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments
  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
  • 6.2 Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth
  • 7.1 Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials
  • 7.2 Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems

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