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Sunday, April 2, 2000
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6:30
PM
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Reception in the Moffett Training and Conference Center (MTCC/Building
3)
Pay registration fees
Put up posters (size
allowed: 48"H x 46"W; pushpins provided )
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Monday, April 3, 2000
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8:30 AM
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Welcome
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H. McDonald
Director,
Ames Research Center
D. Morrison
Ames Research Center
B. Blumberg
Director,
NASA Astrobiology Institute
K. Olsen
NASA
HQ
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Introduction
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L. Rothschild
Ames
Research Center
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
Water -- the Sine Qua Non of Life
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9:00
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Water: Life’s Matrix
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Philip Ball
Nature
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9:25
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Habitability of Europa's Crust and Ocean
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Richard Greenberg
Lunar
and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
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9:50
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Break
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Oral
Presentations
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10:20
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Europa: Diaprirism and the Potential for Intra-Ice Biological
Niches
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R.T. Pappalardo J.W. Head
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10:35
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Arctic Sea Ice as an Earth Analog for Subzero Microbial Habitats
Elsewhere
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J. Deming
H. Eicken
A. Stierle
C. Krembs
K. Junge
A. Huston
D. Allen
L. Wells
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10:50
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"White Rock" Lacks Evidence for Aqueous Origin: The
Search for Martian Evaporites Continues
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S.W. Ruff
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11:05
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On the Stability of Liquid Water on Present Day Mars
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R.M. Haberle
C.P. McKay
A.P. Zent
R.C. Quinn
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11:20
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A Record of Hadean Environments in Oxygen Isotopes, Mineral Inclusions,
Trace Elements, and Age Spectra of Ancient (ca. 4300 Ma) Terrestrial
Zircons
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S.J. Mojzis
T.M. Harrison
R.T. Pidgeon
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11:35
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Aerobic Photosynthetic Bacteria: An Evolutionary Experiment in
Development of Oxygenic Photosynthesis?
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Z. Kolber
P. Falkowski
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11:50
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The Origins of Oxygenic Photosynthesis:
A Dominant Role for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Biogenesis
of the First Oxygen Producing Photosynthetic Bacteria
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G.C. Dismukes
S. Baranov
G.M. Ananyev
V.V. Klimov
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Noon
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Lunch in the MTCC Tent
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
The Environment
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1:15
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Mineral Reactions and the Origin of Life
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James Ferris
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
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1:40
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Snowball Earth and the Origin of Metazoa
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Paul Hoffman
Harvard
University
Daniel P. Schrag
Harvard University
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Oral Presentations
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2:05
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Interstellar Quinones and the Evolution of our Biochemistry
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M. Bernstein
J. Dworkin
S. Sandford
L. Allamandola
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2:20
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Early, Irreversible Oxidation of the Earth’s Mantle: Probable
Absence of Reduced Gases Since 4.3 Ga
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J. Delano
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2:35
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Sulfur Geochemistry of the Mesoproterozoic Ocean: Isotopic Records
of Sulfate Availability and Links to Biospheric Oxygen
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T. Lyons
L.C. Kah
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2:50
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A Microbial Cycle for Organic Carbon and Sulfur in the Vicinity
of the Oceanic Floor on Europa
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M. Zoloto
E.L. Shock
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3:05
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The Photochemistry of Biogeochemical Cycles inThermal Springs
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N. Hinman
C. Wilson
L. Rothschild
W. Cooper
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3:20
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Ecosystem Modeling of Biological Processes to Global Budgets
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C. Potter
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3:35
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Poster Session: in the MTCC/BLDG. 3
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6:30
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End of Day
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
Astrobiology
Programs and Mars
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8:30
AM
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Societal Impact of Astrobiology
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Bruce Jakosky
University
of Colorado
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8:55
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Life in the Extreme: Hydrothermal Vents
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John Barross
University
of Washington
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9:20
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Current Status of Mars Surveyor Program
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Daniel J. McCleese
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
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9:50
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Break
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Oral Presentations:
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10:20
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The Instumentation of Beagle 2: The Astrobiology Lander on ESA’s
2003 Mars Express Mission
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M.R. Sims
D. Pullan
C.T. Pillinger
I. Wright
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10:35
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The Microbial Contamination of Meteorites: A Null Hypothesis
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A. Steele
J. Toporski
R. Avci
F. Westall
K. Thomas-Keptra
E.K. Gibson
C. Griffin
C. Whitby
D.S. McKay
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10:50
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The Influence of Carbon Dioxide Clouds on Early Martian Climate
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J. Kasting
M. Mischna
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11:05
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Atmospheric Energy for Subsurface Life on Mars?
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B. Weiss
Y. Yung
K. Nealson
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11:20
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Towards a Consensus View of Early Eukaryotic Evolution
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V. Edgcomb
A. Roger
J. Silberman
A. Simpson
L. Amaral
G. Walker
T. Nerad
D. Patterson
M. Sogin
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11:35
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SETI Voyages Through Time and Astrobiology–
A Perfect Match
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E. DeVore
J. Tarter
J. Fisher
K. O’Sullivan
Y. Pendleton
S. Taylor
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11:50
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Astrobiology High School Course: A Powerful Context for Inquiry-Based
Learning
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D. Barstow
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Noon
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Lunch in the MTCC Tent
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Oral Presentations:
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1:15
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Delivery of Volatiles to Habitable Planets in Extrasolar Planetary
Systems
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J. E. Chambers M.E. Kress
K.R. Bell
M. Cash
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1:30
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Fullerenes, Noble Gases and the Flux of Extraterrestrial Debris
to the Surface of the Earth over Geologic Time
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L.A. Becker
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1:45
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Impact Delivery of Organics to Earth, Mars, and Europa
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E. Pierazzo
C.F. Chyba
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2:00
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The Survival of Meteorite Organic Compounds with Increasing Impact
Pressure
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G. Cooper
F. Horz
A. Oleary
S. Chang
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2:15
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Preventing Premature Panspermia: A Planetary Protection Roadmap
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J.D. Rummel
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2:30
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Centrifugation as an Experimental Model to Study the Responses
of Mammalian Cells and Small Organisms to Altered Gravity
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R. Globus
D. Sutijono
N.D. Searby
J.H. Yu
C. Conley
S.L. Weinstein
T. Shaw
D Hoffman
J. Kaysen
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
Transfer
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2:45
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Panspermia Revisited: Can Microbes Survive a Trip Through the
Solar System?
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Gerda Horneck
German
Aerospace Center, DLR
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3:10
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Exotic Species Invasions
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Hal Mooney
Stanford
University
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3:35
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Poster Session in the MTCC/BLDG. 3
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6:30
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End of Day
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Wednesday, April 5, 2000 |
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
Detection
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8:30
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Gas Giant Planet Formation and the Implications for Habitable
Planets
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Alan Boss
Carnegie
Institution of Washington
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8:55
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Rare Earth
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Peter Ward
University
of Washington
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9:20
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Looking for Life: Ideas, Approaches, and Some Data
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Ken Nealson
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
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9:50
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Break
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Oral Presentations:
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10:20
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Direct Detection of Extrasolar Planets with Adaptive Optics
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B. Macintosh
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10:35
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The Prevalence of Solar Nebula Analogs
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D. Koerner
A. Sargent
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10:50
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Biomarkers for Mars Exploration: A NASA-Sponsored Task Force
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J.F. Kerridge
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11:05
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Uncultivated Microbial Eucaryotes: Implications for the Evolution
of the Eucarya
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S.C. Dawson
N.R. Pace
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11:20
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Assessing Patterns in Microbial Evolution: Does Horizontal Gene
Transfer Shape Microbial Taxonomy?
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J.P. Gogarten
F. Doolittle
L. Olendzenski
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11:35
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Genomics of Extreme Microbes: Hi-Throughput, Fine-Scale Molecular
Dissection of Earth’s Biocomplexity
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R.A. Feldman
S.C. Cary
J. Stein
E.F. DeLong
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11:50
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SETI, The Square Kilometer Array, and Astrobiology
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J. Tarter
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Noon
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Lunch in the MTCC Tent followed by Poster Session in the MTCC/Bldg.
3
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INVITED
TALKS
Theme:
Simplicity
and Complexity
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3:35
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What is Life? An Experimental Approach
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Lin Chao
University
of
California, San Diego
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4:00
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Evolution Bound: The Ubiquity of Convergence
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Simon Conway Morris
University
of Cambridge
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Oral Presentations:
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4:25
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Two Paths to Complexity in Metazoan Evolution
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J. Valentine
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4:40
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Self-Assembled Vesicles of Monocarboxylic Acids and Alcohols:
A Model Membrane System for Early Cellular Life
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C.L. Apel
M. Mautner
D. Deamer
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4:55
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The Search for Minimal Genetic Complements of Life: Comparative
Genome Sequencing of Buchnera Aphidicola, Endosymbionts of Aphids
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R. Van Ham
C. Palacios
J. Kamerbeek
J. Tamames
M. Gonzales
P. Chacon
A. Latorre
A. Moya
A. Valencia
F. Moran
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5:10
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Formation of Asteroids
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G. Wetherill
S. Inaba
SJ Kortenkamp
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5:25
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Grand Finale
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