Session 1: Engaging the Evolution Controversy
Chair: Connie Bertka
Chair: Julie Edmonds
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
 |
| #10 |
25 min |
We Must Teach Science Before It's Too Late! (John
Staver) |
| #229 |
25 min |
Teaching Evolution: Issues and Attitudes in Pre-college
Science Education (Edna DeVore) |
| #510 |
25 min |
Teaching Evolution to a Resistant Population (Wes
McCoy) |
| #12 |
25 min |
Intelligent Design and the College Science Classroom:
Should We "Teach the Controversy?"
(Robert Hazen) |
| #128 |
25 min |
Evolution in Musuems and the Public's Understanding
of Evolution (Martin Weiss) |
| #534 |
25 min |
Science Does Not Need God. Or Does It? (George Coyne) |
Session 2: Lander on Europa Chair: Kevin Hand Monday, March 27th, 2006 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm) Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID | Time | Title (Presenter) | | | #521 | 5 min | Conditions and constraints for identifying life (or the remnants of life) on the surface of Europa (Kevin Hand) | | #265 | 12 min | Challenges and Rewards of Landing on Europa (James Shirley) | | #496 | 12 min | Mission Architecture Options for a Near Term Small Europa Lander (Tibor Balint) | | #258 | 12 min | A New Mission Concept For Sampling Organic Materials On Icy Satellites: A Europa Focus (Charles Hibbitts) | | #519 | 12 min | Spectroscopy from orbit: Lessons from Galileo-NIMS (Robert Carlson) | | #486 | 12 min | Developing Strategies for Identifying and Evaluating Sites of Astrobiological Potential on Europa (Brad Dalton) | | #251 | 12 min | Europa Surface Radiation Environment for Lander Assessment (John Cooper) | | #218 | 12 min | Antibody microarray-based instruments for life detection on Europa (Victor Parro) | | #277 | 12 min | The Equilibrium Thickness of Europaís Ice Shell (William Moore) | | #360 | 12 min | What can be learned from surface seismic measurements on Europa (Nicholas Makris) | | #347 | 12 min | Landed Mass Spectrometry at Europa and Titan (Jack Waite) | | #347 | 40 min | Discussion |
Session 3: Cold Mars Analogue Environments Chair: Jen Eigenbrode Chair: Marc Fries & Elizabeth Hausrath Monday, March 27th, 2006 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm) Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID | Time | Title (Presenter) | | | 5 min | Introduction | | #535 | 15 min |
Pattern, Protocol, and Process (Eamonn Shaw) CANCELLED |
| 5 min | Marc Fries - Symposium Introduction | | #252 | 20 min |
Organic Material and Microbial Activity in Mars Analog Carbonate Deposits from NW Spitsbergen (Hans Amundsen) CANCELLED |
| #514 | 20 min | A comprehensive imaging and Raman spectroscopy study of ALH84001 and a terrestrial analogue from Svalbard (Andrew Steele) | | #366 | 20 min | Nitrogen Cycling in Cold Analogue Environments (Marilyn Fogel) | | #45 | 20 min | Survival of the fittest: Snow adapted microorganisms in arctic environments (Liane Benning) | | #317 | 15 min | Reactive transport modeling of basalt weathering under Mars-like conditions (Elisabeth Hausrath) | | #302 | 15 min | Detection of Trace Biomarkers in the Atacama Desert with the UREY in situ Organic Compound Analysis Instrument (Richard Mathies) | | #402 | 15 min | In-situ spectral analysis of Antarctic cryptoendoliths: Linking biology and geology in the coldest of climates (Kevin Hand) | | #512 | 20 min | The bread-crumb trail: distribution of organic chemical biosignatures from cryptoendolithic communities on the surfaces of arctic and Antarctic sandstone rocks (Pam Conrad) | | #237 | 15 min | The Intersection of Science and Art at Lupin Mine: The Poetics of Place (Ruth Droppo) |
Session 4: Origins of Life
Chair: George Cody
Chair: Max
Bernstein
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A
Last Updated: March 220, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #18 |
20 min |
Applications of Microarray Technology to the Study of Mineral-Molecule Interactions (Robert Hazen) |
| #503
|
20 min |
The Geochemical Roots of Life: What's Hot, What's not. (George Cody) |
| #144 |
20 min |
Prebiotic phosphorylation through phosphorus radicals (Matthew Pasek) |
| #314 |
20 min |
Laboratory Insights into Organic Production on the Early Earth: Photochemical Haze Production in the Atmosphere (Melissa Trainer) |
| #456 |
20 min |
Computer modeling of protocellular functions: peptide insertion in membranes (David Rodriguez-Gomez) |
| #200 |
20 min |
Spontaneous emergence of homochirality in coupled non-catalytic reaction networks (Raphaël Plasson) |
| #28 |
20 min |
Size of the Prokaryotic Protein Universe (Pascal Lapierre) |
| #81 |
20 min |
Phenotypic selection, modular evolution, and emergence of function in the RNA world (Susanna Manrubia) |
| #115 |
20 min |
Assembly of a simple self-replicating molecular aggregate (Pierre-Alain Monnard) |
Session 5: Life in the Subsurface
Chair: Carrine Blank
Chair: Chris House
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #148 |
20 min |
Microbial populations at deeply buried methane/sulfate transition zones of the Peru Margin (Jennifer Biddle) |
| #451 |
20 min |
Biogeochemical N cycling in Sulfide-Hosted Aquifers, Rio Tinto, Spain (Todd Stevens) |
| #291 |
20 min |
Development of a New Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel (SODV)
for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
(Christopher H. House) |
| #215 |
20 min |
Hydrogenase activity as an indicator of microbial activity in deeply buried marine sediments (Bruno Soffientino) |
| #142 |
20 min |
Identification of respiration pathways in deep subseafloor sediments using a CO2 mass-balance model (Guizhi Wang) |
| #95 |
20 min |
Trends in Basalt and Sediment Core Contamination During IODP Expedition 301 (Mark Lever) |
| #213 |
20 min |
Microbial Volcanic Habitats on Marse (Rebecca Blackhurst) |
| #190 |
20 min |
A Model for the Formation of Sub-Basement Fossil
Soil drilled in the North Pacific (ODP, Leg 197): A possible Novel Analog
for a Deep Subsurface Biosphere on Earth and Mars (Rosalba Bonaccorsi) |
| #23 |
15 min |
Mobile DNA in obligate intracellular bacteria
(Seth Bordenstein) |
| #243 |
20 min |
Prospecting for evidence of Extremophiles in Ancient Oceanic Basalts (Neil Banerjee) |
Mini-Key I: Protoplanetary Discs
Chair: Sara Seager
Chair: Alycia Weinberger
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #257 |
40 min |
Cores to Kuiper Belts: The Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks (Aki Roberge) |
| #419 |
40 min |
Chemical Gradients in Disks (Inga Kamp) |
| #458 |
40 min |
What Comets Tell Us About Protoplanetary Disk Chemistry (Karen J. Meech) |
| #177 |
40 min |
The fate of biomolecules during planetary formation (Pascale Ehrenfreund) |
Session 6: Extremophiles impact our perception of the habitability
Chair: Matt Schrenk
Chair: Julie Huber
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #349 |
15 min |
Using appraisal of microbial activity in sub-permafrost brines to refine life-detection strategies for Mars (Lisa M. Pratt) |
| #351 |
15 min |
Mapping habitable environments by studying physiological changes in microbial communities at life's upper temperature boundary (Matthew O. Schrenk) |
| #365 |
15 min |
The Evolution and Diversity of Ancient CO2-Fixation Pathways in Extremophilic Microorganisms: Clues to the Early Evolution of Life on Earth (Stefan M. Sievert ) |
| #363 |
15 min |
Syntrophy Through Starvation: Do the General Rules of Ecology Apply in Oligotrophic Subterranean Environments? (Hazel A. Barton) |
| #385 |
15 min |
Microbiology of ultrabasic springs from extremely reduced aquifer fluids on the actively serpentinizing Cedars Peridotite (Orion J. Johnson) |
| #386 |
15 min |
Cyanobacterial Biomarker Lipids in Hypersaline Microbial Mats and Environmental Adaptation (Linda L. Jahnke) |
| #401 |
15 min |
Research on Extremophiles and Astrobiology To Be Showcased in a New Old Faithful Visitor Education Center in Yellowstone National Park (David M. Ward) |
| #339 |
15 min |
Protein Structural Adaptations to Extreme Environments (Andrew K. Boal) |
| #260 |
15 min |
Oxygen tolerance in 'strictly anaerobic' methanogens (James J Moran) |
Session 7: Environmental impact of life
Chair: Andrey Bekker
Chair: Boswell Wing & Oliver Rouxell
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #453 |
20 min |
Methane runaway in the early atmosphere - two stable climate states of the Archean? (Alexander A. Pavlov) |
| #418 |
20 min |
Late Archean Archaea (Gregory. T. Ventura) |
| #280 |
20 min |
What BIFs Tell Us About the Precambrian Environment (Kurt Konhauser) |
| #536 |
20 min |
Pb Isotopes in ca. 2.32 Ga shales, South Africa: Evidence for oxidative continental crust weathering (Gerald D. Pollack) |
| #506 |
20 min |
Paleoproterozoic ocean chemistry: Evidence from the Sengoma Argillite Formation (~2.2 Ga) in Botswana (Yanan Shen) |
| #476 |
20 min |
Mo-enrichment in Precambrian organic-rich shales: a proxy of atmospheric and ocean redox state (Clint Scott) |
| #35 |
20 min |
Evolution of the sulfur cycle in the late Paleoproterozoic (David Johnston) |
| #370 |
20 min |
Record of hydrothermal plume processes in Paleoproterozoic jasper and iron formation: implications for the redox state of the 1.74 Ga deep ocean (Olivier Rouxel) |
Session 8: Life Detection & Missions
Chair: Andrew Steele
Chair: Ricardo Amils
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #166 |
20 min |
The Mars Subsurface Explorer (Luther W. Beegle) |
| #125 |
20 min |
The Fate of a Cryptoendolithic Habitat and Its Inhabitants Following Atmospheric Entry (Charles S Cockell) |
| #50 |
20 min |
Using a Visible and Near IR Spectral Variance Index in Rio Tinto, Spain to Combine Datasets of Different Spatial Resolution (Leah Hutchison) |
| #187 |
20 min |
Laser-Based Mass Spectrometry for In Situ Astrobiology (William B. Brinckerhoff) |
| #178 |
20 min |
DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS FOR ORGANICS AND ISOTOPES ANALYSIS ON THE 2009 MARS SCIENCE LABORTORY (Paul Mahaffy) |
| #410 |
20 min |
Effect of Simulated Space Radiation and Heat Sterilization on Antibodies and Fluorophores for use in Antibody Micro-array Devices: Relevance to in situ Life Detection on Mars (David C. Cullen)
|
| #542 |
20 min |
Robotic Astrobiology: First Autonomous Detection of Life by a Rover During the 2005 LITA field Experiment in the Atacama (Nathalie A. Cabrol) |
| #440 |
20 min |
The Urey Instrument: Ultra-sensitive Chiral Biomarker Detection
with Correlated Soil Oxidant Profiling (Frank. J. Grunthaner) |
Session 9: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Astrobiology & Habitability
Chair: Sanjoy Som
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #425 |
20 min |
NASA Macquarie University Pilbara Education Project: A hi-tech approach to astrobiology education (Carol Oliver) |
| #329 |
20 min |
The Cosmogenic Origin of the 62 Myr Biodiversity Oscillation (Mikhail Medvedev) |
| #281 |
20 min |
Life and Planets Astrobiology Center
2006 Graduate Winter School Review (Jane Elizabeth Gilhooly) |
| #517 |
20 min |
Confocal Raman Imaging and Biomarker Analysis of Murchison Fjord Stromatolites (Marc D. Fries)
|
| #172 |
20 min |
Terrestrial planet formation and water-delivery in binary star systems (Nader Haghighipour)
|
| #136 |
20 min |
Propagating Organization in the Evolving Biosphere (Stuart Kauffman) |
| #321 |
20 min |
The Possiblity for Life on Enceladus (Christopher D. Parkinson) |
Session 10: Early earth & Origins
Chair: Dominic Papineau
Chair: Shuhei Ono
Monday, March 27th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #290 |
20 min |
A radical solution for the biosynthesis of the H-cluster of hydrogenase with relevance to prebiotic chemistry (John W. Peters) |
| #106 |
20 min |
Oxygen Limitation of Seed Development: A Relic of Ancient Atmospheres?
(Mary E. Musgrave) |
| #131 |
20 min |
Three Dimensional Imaging of Precambrian Microfossils using the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (Abhishek B. Tripathi) |
| #297 |
20 min |
The Astrobiology Drilling Program: Update (Rose Grymes) |
| #62 |
20 min |
Raman Imagery of Cells in ~3,500-Ma-old Microscopic Fossils (J. William Schopf)
|
| #11 |
20 min |
NanoSIMS Reveals New Structural and Elemental
Signatures of Early Life (Dorothy Z. Oehler) |
| #103 |
20 min |
Paleoclimates, Ocean Depth, and the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Seawater (
James F. Kasting)
|
| #171 |
20 min |
Nanophase Iron Oxides as an Ultraviolet Sunscreen for Ancient Photosynthetic Microbes: A Possible Link Between Early Organisms, Banded-Iron Formations, and the Oxygenation of the Atmosphere (Janice Bishop) |
Mini-Key II: Early Earth
Chair: Ariel Anbar
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (10:10 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #194 |
40 min |
Insights into ocean redox evolution from metals and metal isotopes (Ariel D. Anbar) |
| #345 |
40 min |
The Evolution of Atmospheric Oxygen (Mark Claire) |
| #312 |
40 min |
A Novel Record of Earth's Archean Life, Atmosphere, and Oceans Revealed in Multiple-Sulfur Isotopic Signatures (Shuhei Ono) |
| #107 |
40 min |
Steroids, Triterpenoids and the Geologic Record of Oxygenic Photosynthesis
(Roger E. Summons)
|
Session 11: Habitability on Mars
Chair: Baruch Blumberg
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (10:10 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #33 |
20 min |
Survival Strategies for Microbial Life
under Martian Environmental Conditions (Dirk Schulze-Makuch) |
| #227 |
20 min |
Mars: Geology and Habitability (Ralf Jaumann) |
| #324 |
20 min |
Mineralogic Evolution of Mars Derived from OMEGA/MEx and Implications for Habitability (John F. Mustard) |
| #86 |
20 min |
Fire and ice - a good place to search for life? (Jörn Helbert) |
| #53 |
20 min |
Martian subsurface biotomes: a fanciful speculation (T.C. Onstott)
|
| #21 |
20 min |
Subsurface life on Earth an analog to Mars (Kai Finster) |
| #189 |
20 min |
Subsurface Organics in Aseptic Rock Samples From the Mars Analog Rio Tinto Experiment: What Life Lies beneath? (Rosalba Bonaccorsi) |
Session 12: Exploring Planets around other stars
Chair: Jeremy Richardson
Chair: Margaret Turnbull & Hannah Jang-Condell
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (10:10 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #327 |
30 min |
The Formation of Habitable Planets (John E. Chambers) |
| #420 |
20 min |
Forming Earths around Low Mass Stars (Ryan Montgomery) |
| #151 |
20 min |
A lower stellar mass limit for habitable planets (Sean N. Raymond) |
| #340 |
20 min |
Packed Planetary Systems (Rory Barnes) |
| #343 |
30 min |
Habitable Extrasolar Planets (Chris McCarthy) |
| #234 |
20 min |
Kepler: First step in discovering the extent of life in our galaxy
(William Borucki) |
Session 13: Environmental Genomics
Chair: Brad Bebout
Chair: John Heidelberg
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (10:10 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #406 |
15 min |
Genomic analysis of hot spring cyanobacterial mat communities and their predominant phototrophs (David M. Ward) |
| #393 |
15 min |
Loihi Metagenomics: Search for Neutrophilic Iron Oxidation genes
(Katrina Edwards) |
| #59 |
15 min |
Using pyrosequencing to shed light on deep mine
microbial ecology (Forest Rohwer) |
| #47 |
15 min |
Metagenomics of diffuse hydrothermal vents: Determining the distribution of anaerobic thermophilic life in subseafloor habitats (Julie A. Huber) |
| #482 |
15 min |
Viral Metagenomics of the Stromatolites of Cuatro Ciénegas (Janet L. Siefert)
|
| #470 |
15 min |
The molecular ecology of Guerrero Negro: justifying the need for environmental genomics (Jason M. Smith) |
| #255 |
15 min |
Insights to cold adaptation through genome sequencing and comparative genomics (HÈctor Ayala-del-RÌo) |
| #54 |
15 min |
Metagenomic characterization of a deep subsurface microorganism
(Tullis Onstott) |
Session 14: Titan Prebiotic System I
Chair: Pat Beauchamp
Chair: Mark Smith
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (10:10 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #525 |
20 min |
Titan: an exobiological environment under scrutiny
(Athena Coustenis) |
| #315 |
20 min |
Surface Modification Processes on Titan and Astrobiological Implications
(Ralph D. Lorenz) |
| #139 |
20 min |
Photochemical Reactions in Titanís Atmosphere: Comparison of the Huygens Data with that Obtained in Laboratory Simulations (Buu Tran) |
| #134 |
20 min |
Titan surface composition from Cassini and Laboratory Studies of Tholins and ice (Thomas McCord) |
| #313 |
20 min |
Mass Spectral and Fluorescence Analysis of Titan Tholins (Robert Hodyss)
|
| #344 |
20 min |
Laboratory Studies of the Formation of Organic Haze in Titan's Atmosphere
(Hiroshi Imanaka) |
| #64 |
20 min |
The Cassini-Huygens Mission and its Implications for the Possibility of Life on Titan (Dirk Schulze-Makuch) |
Mini-Key III: Planetary Science
Chair: Max Bernstein
Chair: Alan Boss Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (3:45 - 6:05 pm) Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID | Time | Title (Presenter) | | | #67 | 40 min | Titan : A New World in Turmoil (Ralph D. Lorenz) | | #161 | 40 min | Mars Exploration: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Red Planet(Jennifer L. Heldmann) | | #494 | 40 min | Beyond New Views of the Moon(Bradley L. Jolliff) | | #404 | 40 min | The New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt(Hal Weaver) |
Session 16: Sulfur on Earth and Mars I
Chair: Bruce Runnegar
Chair: Lee Kump
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (3:45 - 6:05 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #102 |
20 min |
Sulfur Cycling on Mars (Benton C. Clark) |
| #195 |
20 min |
Sulfate and silicate-rich deposits occurring on early Mars basins: Hints from the sedimentary environments of Río Tinto (David C Fernández-Remolar) |
| #446 |
20 min |
Source of sulfur on the Martian surface (James P. Greenwood) |
| #364 |
20 min |
Identifying multiple sulfate sources in hyperarid deposits (Huiming Bao)
|
| #209 |
20 min |
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: HOW GREAT WAS THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT?
(KAH, Linda C) |
| #173 |
20 min |
Paleozoic sulfur isotope records tracking changes in atmospheric pO2 and evolution of the biosphere (Benjamin Gill) |
| #133 |
20 min |
Sulfur Isotopic Evidence for Chemocline Upward Excursions During the End-Permian Mass Extinction (Anthony L. Riccardi) |
Session 17: Follow the Energy
Chair: Tori Hoehler
Chair: Jan Amend
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (3:45 - 6:05 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #165 |
20 min |
Energy, Power and Habitability (Everett L. Shock) |
| #39 |
15 min |
Pre-photosynthetic niches on the Earth (Norman Sleep) |
| #253 |
15 min |
Energy Sources for Chemolithoautotrophy in Serpentine-hosted Hydrothermal Environments and Alkaline Springs (Thomas M. McCollom) |
| #27 |
15 min |
Tracers in the deep: Stable isotope signatures of energy sources and microbial activity in ultramafic-hosted sites in the deep subsurface (B. Sherwood Lollar)
|
| #263 |
15 min |
234 Potential Metabolisms in a Shallow Marine Hydrothermal System (Jan P. Amend)
|
| #530 |
15 min |
Carboxydotrophy, Metabolic Mutualism,
and Consortial Thermodynamics (Albert S. Colman) |
| #467 |
15 min |
Energetics of a Subsurface Ecosystem (Arthur J. Spivack) |
| #377 |
15 min |
The Origin of Life explained by Thermosynthesis (Anthonie W.J. Muller)
|
| #330 |
15 min |
Carbon chemistry and the electron irradiation environment of Europa
(Kevin Hand) |
Session 18: Radio Astronomy
Chair: Jill Tarter
Chair: Joseph Lazio
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (3:45 – 6:05 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #527 |
25 min |
Chemistry in Star- and Planet-forming Regions -
Ice Cold and Steaming Hot (Ewine F. van Dishoeck) |
| #126 |
25 min |
Radio Observations of Protoplanetary Disks (David J. Wilner) |
| #138 |
20 min |
Radio Wavelength Observations of Solar System Bodies (Bryan J. Butler) |
| #19 |
15 min |
Submillimetre Surveys for Nearby Debris Disks (J.S. Greaves) |
| #204 |
20 min |
Astrobiology at Meter Wavelengths (T. Joseph W. Lazio) |
| #405 |
20 min |
New Telescopes and Strategies for SETI (Dan Werthimer) |
Session 19: Extraterrestrial Prebiotic Chemistry I
Chair: Conel Alexander
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 (3:45 – 6:05 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #528 |
20 min |
Tracing Organic Material from Interstellar Origins to Meteorites
(Yvonne Pendleton) |
| #326 |
20 min |
Production Pathways for Interstellar Organics (Steven B. Charnley) |
| #272 |
20 min |
Icy Prebiotic Chemistry of Nitriles: Identification of Complex Organic Products
(Reggie L. Hudson) |
| #85 |
20 min |
Studies of Amino Acid Formation by Photolysis of Interstellar Ice Analogs
(Jamie E. Elsila) |
| #382 |
20 min |
Observations of Hydrocarbons in Circumstellar Disks
(Alycia J. Weinberger) |
| #415 |
20 min |
An Emerging Taxonomy for Pre-biotic Volatiles in Comets: Astrobiological implications for Young Planets (Michael J. Mumma)
|
| #132 |
20 min |
The Distribution of Water in Protoplanetary Disks
(Fred J. Ciesla) |
Mini-Key IV: Viral Evolution
Chair: Baruch Blumberg
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (9:25 - 11:45 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #61 |
40 min |
Impact of phage on the evolution of bacterial and archaeal genomes
(Fiona Brinkman) |
| #56 |
40 min |
Viral Communities in Extreme Environments
(Forest Rohwer) |
| #91 |
40 min |
The Mysterious World of Hyperthermophilic Viruses
(David Prangishvili) |
| #545 |
40 min |
Archaeal Viruses from High Temperature Acidic Environments (Mark Young) |
Session 20: Triggering Mass Extinctions
Chair: Alex Pavlov
Chair: Charles Cockell
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (9:25 - 11:45 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #112 |
20 min |
DO WE HAVE THE DATA NEEDED TO DETERMINE TRIGGERS FOR MASS EXTINCTIONS?
(Richard K. Bambach) |
| #296 |
20 min |
Recent Advances in Understanding the Geological and Fossil Records of Mass Extinction (Mark E. Patzkowsky) |
| #46 |
20 min |
Interstellar gas clouds and planetary habitability.
(Anatoly K. Pavlov) |
| #395 |
20 min |
The Impact-Mass Extinction Hypothesis
(David A. Kring) |
| #158 |
15 min |
A new paradigm to explain the cause of mass extinctions
(Peter D. Ward) |
| #320 |
15 min |
Quantitative Evaluation of H2S Eruptions from Anoxic Oceans
(Katja M. Meyer) |
| #30 |
15 min |
Astrophysical radiation sources and terrestrial biodiversity
(Adrian L. Melott) |
| #387 |
15 min |
The End-Pleistocene Extinction Event - What Caused It?
(Luann Becker) |
Session 22: Extraterrestrial Prebiotic Chemistry II
Chair: Conel Alexander
Chair: Yvonne Pendleton
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (9:25 - 11:45 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #167 |
20 min |
Chemical Evolution and Network Analysis
in Protoplanetary Disks (Denis Richard) |
| #301 |
20 min |
A Possible Pathway for Organic Synthesis and
Implications for Protostellar Systems (Natasha M. Johnson) |
| #256 |
20 min |
Molecular Cloud Material in Interplanetary Dust
(L. P. Keller) |
| #219 |
20 min |
Organic Analysis of Extraterrestrial Materials at the Sub-Micron Scale
(G. J. Flynn) |
| #188 |
20 min |
Comparative Isotope and Micro-Raman Analyses of
Meteoritic Organic Matter and Interplanetary Dust Particles (H. Busemann) |
| #348 |
20 min |
Extracting Building Blocks of Insoluble Organic Matter in
Meteorites by CuO-NaOH Degradation Technique: Search of Biomolecule Precursors (Hikaru Yabuta)
|
| #4 |
20 min |
Investigation of isovaline enantiomeric excesses in CM meteorites using liquid chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (Daniel P. Glavin) |
Session 23: Planetary Science
Chair: Jennifer Heldeman
Chair: Anatoly Pavlov
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (9:25 - 11:45 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #427 |
25 min |
Infrared survey of atmospheric biomarkers on Mars (Geronimo L. Villanueva1)
|
| #397 |
25 min |
Search for Atmospheric Biomarkers and their Evolution over Time
(Lisa Kaltenegger) |
| #34 |
25 min |
Some Problems Related to the Origin of Methane on Mars
(Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky) |
| #259 |
25 min |
Bombardment History of the Inner Solar System
(Renu Malhotra) |
| #288 |
25 min |
Water as a matrix for life (Andrew Pohorille) |
| #409 |
25 min |
Remote Sensing of Homochiral Organics in Comets Using Circular Polarization
(Ludmilla Kolokolova) |
| #438 |
25 min |
Astrobiology Research at Lassen Volcanic National Park:
"NASA Quest Web Challenge" as an Educational Tool
(Jennifer Heldmann) |
Session 24: Astronomical Topics General Session
Chair: Maggi Turnbull
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (9:25 - 11:45 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #88 |
15 min |
Following the Water: the Evolution of Ice-forming Regions in the Early Solar Nebula (Sanford S Davis) |
| #152 |
15 min |
Planet Artemis: the case for the formation and delayed destruction of a fifth Solar System terrestrial planet (Sean N. Raymond) |
| #441 |
15 min |
Exotic Earths:
Dynamical Simulations of Terrestrial Planet Formation During Giant Planet Migration (Avi M. Mandell)
|
| #466 |
15 min |
Dust and Ices in the Scattered Light of Planet Forming Disks (John Debes) |
| #271 |
15 min |
Petrology of Dom 03182 and Dom 03183 CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
(Nabil Boctor)
|
| #8 |
15 min |
Planetary System Formation Around M Dwarf Stars
(Alan P. Boss) |
| #505 |
15 min |
Experimental Aqueous Alteration of Amorphous Silicate Smokes:
An Analog for Hydration of Cometary & Meteoritic Dust
(Lysa J. Chizmadia)
|
| #421 |
15 min |
Delivery of Volatiles to the Terrestrial Planets
(Sergei Ipatov) |
Session 25: Astrobiology and the Moon
Chair: Rothschild
Chair: Norman Sleep & Bernard Foing
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Amphitheater
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #38 |
20 min |
Moon as biological tape recorder (Norman Sleep) |
| #381 |
20 min |
The Science of the Lunar Polar Volatile Deposits
(Paul G. Lucey)
|
| #537 |
20 min |
The Moon as a Natural Laboratory for Cosmic Collisions in Astrobiology (James Garvin)
|
| #180 |
20 min |
The role of the moon in shaping life on earth
(Lynn J. Rothschild) |
| #533 |
20 min |
Exploration Science at the Moon: links to understanding life in the Universe (Scott Hubbard)
|
| #238 |
20 min |
International Lunar Missions:
Results and Implications for Astrobiology (Bernard H. Foing) |
Session 26: Elements of Life
Chair: Ariel Anbar
Chair: David Emerson & James Elser
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A & B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #60 |
15 min |
Shifts in oceanic chemistry have constrained evolution
(Christopher L. Dupont) |
| #52 |
15 min |
Reduction of N2 By Fe+2 a Comparison of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reactions: a Theoretical Study (Matthew C. F. Wander) |
| #156 |
15 min |
TAbiotic Formation of Ammonium in Hadean Hydrothermal Systems
(Alexander Smirnov) |
| #192 |
15 min |
Microbial Iron Mobilization: New Marine Siderophores
(Alison Butler) |
| #22 |
15 min |
Metal sensing in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
(Mandy J. Ward) |
| #369 |
15 min |
Role of a unique population of lithotrophic, Fe-oxidizing bacteria in forming microbial Fe-mats at the Loihi Seamount (David Emerson) |
| #250 |
15 min |
Localization and Role of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase in a Marine Diatom
(Felisa Wolfe-Simon) |
| #508 |
15 min |
Investigating the potential for trace metal biosignatures in the rock record
(Susan L. Brantley) |
| #183 |
15 min |
Modeling Equilibrium Fe Isotope Fractionation in Fe-Organic Complexes
(Shawn D. Goldman) |
| #493 |
15 min |
Isotopic Fingerprints of Microbial Metal Assimilation
(Ariel D. Anbar) |
Session 27: Astrobiology and the Outer Planets
Chair: Bob Carlson
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #432 |
25 min |
Enceladus' Geysers - A Clue to Hydrothermal Activity at the Surface of Enceladus' Core (Julie C. Castillo)
NEWS - Features - Julie Castillo, Cassini Scientist
|
| #350 |
25 min |
Chemical Studies of Laboratory Tholins as Related to the Development of Surface Organics on Titan (Mark A. Smith) |
| #113 |
25 min |
Instrumentation for In Situ Sampling and Analysis of Compounds of Interest to Astrobiology in the Lower Atmosphere and Surface of Titan (Paul M. Holland) |
| #449 |
25 min |
A Cavity-Enhanced, Optical-Heterodyne Spectrometer and Its Relevance to Future Titan Exploration (Pin Chen) |
| #24 |
25 min |
Comet Impact as a Source of Methane on Titan (Michael Howard) |
| #120 |
25 min |
Water in Small Outer Solar System Bodies (Audrey Delsanti) |
| #455 |
25 min |
Evolution of Chemical Energy Sources for Life on Europa
(Mikhail Yu. Zolotov) |
Session 28: Biosignatures General
Chair: Penny Morrill
Chair: Rocco Mancinelli
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris A
Last Updated: March 22, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #99 |
20 min |
The Search for Interplanetary Pioneers: An unusual hypersaline community from Bolivia (Lynn J. Rothschild) |
| #303 |
20 min |
Multiple pathways for gaseous hydrocarbon formation from ultrabasic springs at a site of active serpentinization (Penny. L. Morrill) |
| #304 |
20 min |
Field Investigations of Chilean Atacama Desert Soil Chemistry (Richard Quinn) |
| #359 |
20 min |
Taphonomy of Neoproterozoic animal embryos as determined by confocal Raman imaging (Maia K. Schweizer) |
| #15 |
20 min |
Organic Silicates as Biosignatures
(Vera M. Kolb) |
| #5 |
20 min |
The search for life in the Solar System: Lessons from studies of meteorites and the origin of life (Max Bernstein) |
| #20 |
20 min |
Fossil magnetotactic bacteria: an iron biosignature
(Robert E. Kopp) |
Session 29: Sulfur on Earth and Mars II
Chair: Bruce Runnegar
Chair: Lee Kump
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 (3:00 - 5:40 pm)
Ronald Reagan Building, Polaris B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #437 |
20 min |
Mechanisms of Mass-independent Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes
(James R. Lyons) |
| #306 |
20 min |
Sulfur during the Transition from Anoxic to Oxic Atmospheres
(Kevin Zahnle) |
| #448 |
20 min |
How to lose sulfur MIF in the anoxic atmosphere and get a little sulfur MIF in the oxidizing atmosphere (Alexander A. Pavlov) |
| #380 |
20 min |
MIF-S in Archean Sedimentary Rocks:
Products from Early Diagenesis of Organic-rich Sediments? (Yumiko Watanabe) |
| #182 |
20 min |
Sulfur MIF, Organic Haze, and Mid-Archean Glaciation
(Shawn D. Goldman) |
| #444 |
20 min |
A fitful rise of atmospheric oxygen
(Andrey Bekker) |
| #392 |
20 min |
Changes in atmospheric oxygen recorded by
Paleoproterozoic interglacial sediments (Dominic Papineau) |
| #283 |
20 min |
Rapid time series 33S profiles of deep time drill cores by EA combustion techniques (Alan Kaufman) |
Special Symposium - NAI
Chair: Bruce Runnegar
Chair: Rose Grymes
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 (9:30 - 12:30 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Atrium Ballroom
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #423 |
20 min |
Astrobiology: A Decade of Achievements
(Bruce Runnegar) |
| #539 |
20 min |
Hadean Earth: First Evidence for Habitability (E.B. Watson)
|
| #400 |
20 min |
Finding Missing Pages of Earth History on the Moon
(David A. Kring) |
| #518 |
20 min |
Moving Forward from Viking, Spirit and Opportunity
(David J. Des Marais) |
| #84 |
20 min |
Raman Imagery for Life Detection on Early Earth and Mars
(J. William Schopf) |
| #239 |
20 min |
Sulfate minerals and the search for organic compounds on Mars
(Jeffrey L. Bada) |
| #541 |
20 min |
Astrobiological potential of icy Worlds
(John C. Priscu) |
| #228 |
20 min |
Discovering Habitable Worlds Elsewhere
(Alan P. Boss) |
| #101 |
20 min |
Atmospheres of other worlds: Earthly analogs
(James F. Kasting) |
Session 30: Science Communication: The Other Astrobiology Discipline
Chair: Linda Billings
Chair: Krisstina Wilmoth
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 (9:30 - 12:30 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon A
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #286 |
15 min |
What, Me Worry? A Reporter's View of Astrobiology (Leonard David) |
| #362 |
15 min |
Communicating Across Discipline Boundaries About Astrobiology
(Linda Billings)
|
| #475 |
15 min |
Astrobiology exhibit design: Applying research (and researchers) in informal science education (Carol M. Tang) |
| #211 |
15 min |
Bringing Astrobiology to Underrepresented and Underutilized Student Populations
(Arlene S. Levine) |
| #356 |
15 min |
Increasing Diversity in Astrobiology:
Developing a New Program at an Undergraduate Institution (Donald Walter) |
| #454 |
15 min |
The Astrobiology in Secondary Classrooms (ASC) Project
(Judy Butler) |
| #368 |
15 min |
Earth's earliest ecosystems in the classroom: The use of microbial mats to demonstrate general principles of scientific inquiry and microbial ecology (Brad M. Bebout)
|
| #269 |
15 min |
From Earth Science to Astrobiology
(Hector L. D'Antoni) |
| #6 |
15 min |
Astrobiology in the Urban High School:
John Dewey High School's Educational Outreach Partnerships (Barry Fried) |
Session 31: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars II
Chair: Jeremy Richardson
Chair: Maggi Turnbull & Hannah Jang-Condell
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 (9:30 - 12:30 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Horizon B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #429 |
20 min |
Planet Shadows in Disks as Signatures of Core Formation (Hannah Jang-Condell) |
| #538 |
20 min |
Recent Observations of Transiting Extrasolar Planets (Jeremy Richardson) |
| #522 |
20 min |
White Dwarfs, Debris Disks, and the Fate of Planetary Systems
(Ted von Hippel) |
| #371 |
30 min |
Future missions on extrasolar planets and what they can tell us
(Lisa Kaltenegger) |
| #71 |
20 min |
Engaging the Public in the Discovery of Other Worlds: The Kepler Discovery Mission Education and Public Outreach Program
(Pamela Harman) |
| #63 |
10 min |
Direct Imaging of Habitable Extrasolar Planets
(Margaret C. Turnbull) |
| #68 |
20 min |
Studying the vegetation signature in the globally-integrated spectrum of Earth as a benchmark for extrasolar planets (Enric Palle) |
| #352 |
20 min |
Exovegetation growing on a Terrestrial Planet
orbiting an M-star: could we detect it? (Giovanna Tinetti) |
| #450 |
20 min |
Objective Remote Sensing Methods for Quantifying Biosignatures in the Spectra of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets: A Progress Report (David Crisp) |
Session 32: Astrobiology Missions Workshop
Chair: Pamela Conrad
Chair: Vikki Meadows
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 (9:30 - 12:30 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere A
Last Updated: March 21, 2006
Panelist:
Dave Crisp (OCO)
Charles Beichman (TPF)
Michael New (HQ)
Michael Meyer (MSL)
Scott Sandford (Stardust)
Session 33: Environmental Impact of Life II
Chair: Andrey Bekker
Chair: Boswell Wing & Oliver Rouxel
Thursday, March 30th, 2006 (9:30 - 12:30 am)
Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere B
Last Updated: March 20, 2006
| Abstract ID |
Time |
Title (Presenter) |
|
| #109 |
20 min |
Effect of secular variation in oceanic Mg/Ca on calcareous biomineralization: from stromatolites to serpulid worms (Justin Ries) |
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