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University of Colorado - Boulder
July 24 – 27, 2016
Boulder, CO
Sponsored By
NASA Astrobiology InstituteUniversity of Colorado - Boulder
Welcome to the2016 Astrobiology Graduate Conference
On behalf of the entire AbGradCon 2016 Organizing Committee, we would like to extend
a heartfelt welcome to all participants in the 2016 Astrobiology Graduate Conference at
the University of Colorado Boulder. AbGradCon is a unique and exciting opportunity - a
meeting organized by and for early-career researchers in all fields of astrobiology. This year’s
conference features contributions from more than 80 participants in an incredible diversity
of fields: astronomy, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, geology, planetary science, education,
mathematics, information theory, and engineering. We’ve come together in Boulder, Col-
orado, nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, to share our enthusiasm and our
passion for astrobiology.
AbGradCon is a chance for us to come together to share our research, collaborate, and net-
work, without the pressure of senior researchers. AbGradCon 2016 marks the twelfth year of
this conference–each time in a different place and organized by a different group of students,
but always with the original charter as a guide. These meetings have been wildly successful
both when connected to Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), and as stand-alone
conferences. Since it is organized and attended by only early-career researchers, AbGradCon
is an ideal venue for the next generation of career astrobiologists to form bonds, share ideas,
and discuss the issues that will shape the future of the field.
We hope that this, the 12th incarnation of AbGradCon, will prove as fruitful an experience
for all our participants as it has for us in the past. Serving on the Organizing Committee
has been a challenging, but extremely rewarding experience. We hope your experiences here
this year will motivate many of you to return in future years, both as participants, and as
members of the Organizing Committee. As with any endeavor which relies on a new group of
leaders with each iteration, there are bound to be bumps in the road. Please do not hesitate
to reach out to any member of the Organizing Committee should you have any questions –
we are committed to making this conference a resounding success!
Graham Lau
Co-Chair, Organizing Committee
Jennika Greer
Co-Chair, Organizing Committee
Local Organizing Committee
Jennika Greer, Co-ChairJay Kroll
Graham Lau, Co-ChairHannah Miller
Margaret MitterDaniel NothaftRebecca Rapf
Katie RempfertMarek Slipski
External Organizing Committe
Brandon CarrollTheresa Fisher
Chester (Sonny) HarmanNicholas Levitt
Brett A. McGuireHarrison SmithKamil Stelmach
Emma Yu
Local Contacts
Local Organizer Contacts
Jennika Greer: 720-413-2505Graham Lau: 303-551-5393
Daniel Nothaft: 571-224-6502
Local Taxi Services
Boulder Yellow Cab: 303-699-8747
CU Boulder Contacts
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DETAILED CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
All Talks and Posters Held in the ATLAS Building, Rm. 100
SUNDAY, JULY 24
All Day Arrivals5:00 – 6:30 Welcome Banquet (CIRES Atrium)6:30 – 7:30 Keynote Talk by Irena Mamjanov (ATLAS, Rm. 100)7:30 – 9:00 Socializing in ATLAS lobby, or out on the town
MONDAY, JULY 25
6:45 – 9:00 Breakfast (Center for Community)
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome & Announcements9:15 – 10:15 MA. Astrochemistry10:15 – 10:45 PA. Poster Session A10:45 – 12:00 MB. Exoplanets
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (Center for Community)
1:15 – 2:30 MC. Planetary Science2:30 – 3:00 PB. Poster Session B3:00 – 4:15 MD. Mars
4:15– 6:30: Dinner (Center for Community)
7:30 – 9:00 Pub Trivia / Board Games (Dark Horse Bar / Williams Village)
TUESDAY, JULY 26
6:45 – 9:00: Breakfast (Center for Community)
9:00 – 10:15 TA. Early Earth10:15 – 10:45 PC. Poster Session C10:45 – 12:00 TB. Rocks
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch (Center for Community)
1:15 – 2:30 TC. Theory and Computation2:30 – 3:00 PD. Poster Session B3:00 – 4:15 TD. Origins of Life
4:15 – 6:30: Dinner (Center for Community)
6:30 – 7:00 Public Outreach (Fiske Planetarium)8:30 – 10:45 Planetarium Talk (Fiske Planetarium)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
6:45 – 9:00: Breakfast (Center for Community)
9:00 – 2:30 Field Trip to Dinosaur Ridge & Bear Creek Lake State Parklunch included (meet 8:50 at Center for Community Entrance)
2:30 – 4:30 Free time in Boulder4:30 – 5:45 AGC 2017 Planning Meeting (LASP Space Science Building)
5:45 – 7:15 Banquet (LASP Space Science Building)
7:15 – 8:30 Keynote Lecture by Dr. Alexis Templeton (LASP Space Science Building)8:30 – 9:00 Closing Remarks
THURSDAY, JULY 28
6:45 – 9:00: Breakfast (Center for Community)
All Day Departures
Invited Guests
Irena Mamajanov is a Professor in the Earth-Life ScienceInstitute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute for Technology. Sheis a spectroscopist interested in systems chemistry, polymerscience and biomimetics. Dr. Mamajanov has been involvedin origin of life research since her PhD program at BrandeisUniversity where she worked under the tutelage of JudithHerzfeld on the structure elucidation of hydrogen cyanidepolymers via solid state NMR. Upon completion of her PhDprogram, Dr. Mamajanov took a postdoctoral position inNicholas Hud’s lab at the Georgia Institute for Technology,which led to a full research scientist position there. Her in-terests shifted towards condensation polymerizations, suchas the synthesis of nucleic acids, peptides and polysaccha-rides under thermodynamically unfavorable water solutionconditions.
In 2014, Dr. Mamajanov was awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration on the Origin ofLife fellowship. She then moved to Carnegie Institution of Washington to conduct her re-search on the origin of prebiotically plausible protein analogs. Dr. Mamajanov joined ELSIin January 2016. She has since been leading a research group studying so-called messy chem-istry. The group includes chemists, theoretical physicists, instrumental analysis experts andcomputer scientists. The goal of this effort is to understand the structure, behavior andemergent properties of complex prebiotically plausible reaction networks. Additionally, Dr.Mamajanov chairs the organizing committee of the upcoming ELSI Symposium that is totake place in January 2017.
Alexis Templeton is the Principal Investigator of theRock-Powered Life NASA Astrobiology Institute team anda professor of geomicrobiology in the Department of Geo-logical Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder,where she has been on the faculty since 2005. Dr. Temple-ton?s fields of expertise include microbe/mineral interac-tions, biomineralization, chemical imaging, spectroscopy,and isotope geochemistry. Dr. Templeton directs researchfocused on defining the pathways and products of abi-otic and microbial electron-transfer processes in laboratorysystems, and she is actively engaged in serpentinizationfield studies based in Oman, as well as sulfur biomineral-ization field studies on Ellesmere Island, Canada that have
relevance to Mars and Europa. The Templeton lab has previously conducted research onthermophilic metal-cycling organisms in the deep subsurface at Henderson Mine, Colorado,and on submarine bioalteration of oceanic crust at Loihi Seamount, Hawaii and Vailulu?uSeamount, American Samoa.
Dr. Templeton earned a B.A. and M.S. in Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College in the areaof isotope geochemistry, which led to technical position at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab-oratory applying isotope techniques to bioremediation efforts. She then pursued a PhD inEarth Sciences, specifically the new field of geomicrobiology, at Stanford University, followedby a NSF Postdoctoral position in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.In her PhD and postdoc, Dr. Templeton developed expertise in synchrotron based x-rayspectroscopy, chemical dynamics in biofilms, and the cultivation of metal oxidizing organ-isms that inhabit rock-hosted ecosystems, which then shaped the research directions she haspursued in her current faculty position at CU Boulder.
MA. ASTROCHEMISTRY
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 9:15 A.M.
Chair: BRETT McGUIRE, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
MA00 9:15
WARM-UP TALK
BRETT McGUIRE, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
MA01 9:30
DISCOVERY OF THE INTERSTELLAR CHIRAL MOLECULE PROPYLENE OXIDE
BRANDON CARROLL, California Institute of Technology, and BRETT A.MCGUIRE, RYAN A. LOOMIS, IAN A. FINNERAN, PHILIP R. JEWELL,ANTHONY J. REMIJAN1, AND GEOFFREY A. BLAKEI
MA02 9:45
CO DEPLETION ON ROTATIONAL LINE PROFILES FROM VARIOUS CO ISOTOPO-LOGUES
MO YU, University of Texas at Austin, and NEAL J. EVANS II, SARAHDODSON-ROBINSON, KAREN WILLACY, NEAL TURNER
MA03 10:00
SECONDARY ELECTRONS AS A NOVEL ENERGY SOURCE: IMPLICATIONS FORLIFE ON ICY WORLDS
KAMIL B. STELMACH, George Mason University, and MARC NEVEU,TRISTY VICK-MAJORS, REBECCA MICKOL, LUOTH CHOU, KEVINWEBSTER, MATT TILLEY, FEDERICA ZACCHEI, CRISTINA ESCUD-ERO, CLAUDIO FLORES MARTINEZ, AMANDA LABRADO, ENRIQUE J.G.FERNANDEZ
PA. POSTER SESSION A
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 10:15 AM
Chair: SARAH BLACK, University of Colorado, Boulder
PA01
QUANTUM CHEMICAL ROVIBRONIC DATA FOR C-C3H RADICAL AND ANIONWITH APPLICATION TO THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
MATTHEW BASSETT, Georgia Southern University, and RYAN FORTENBERRY.
PA02
SURFACE THERMODYNAMICS AND PHOTO-INITIATED REACTIVITY OF FATTYACIDS
MICHAEL R. DOOLEY, University of Colorado - Boulder, and JAY A. KROLL,REBECCA J. RAPF, RUSSELL J. PERKINS, VERONICA VAIDA
PA03
DEVELOPMENT OF CELL EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES FOR SINGLE-CELL ANAL-YSES OF THE DENSE BIOFILMS INHABITING LOST CITY CHIMNEYS
JULIA McGONIGLE, University of Utah, and WILLIAM J. BRAZELTON
PA04
EXPLORATION OF NOVEL SUBSURFACE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FUELED BYMANTLE ROCKS
SHAHRZAD MOTAMEDI, University of Utah
PA05
ADSORPTION OF NATURAL CLAY MICROPARTICLES AT THE INTERFACE OFPEG/DEXTRAN AQUEOUS BIPHASIC SYSTEMS: FORMATION OF CLAY-COATEDAND CLAY-CONTAINING DROPLETS
FATMA PIR-CAKMAK, Pennsylvania State University, and CHRISTINE D.KEATING
PA06
TAXON SAMPLING INFLUENCE ON PHYLOGENETIC ACCURACY WITHIN PROKARY-OTES
ASHLEY SUPERSON, Oakland University, and JAY A. KROLL, REBECCA J.RAPF, RUSSELL J. PERKINS, VERONICA VAIDA
PA07
EXPANDING THE CATALOG: WHY CARBON AND MAGNESIUM ARE IMPORTANTPLAYERS IN THE EVOLUTION OF STARS AND HABITABLE ZONES
AMANDA TRUITT, Arizona State University, and PATRICK YOUNG
PA08
THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON THE SELF-ASSEMBLY ANDAGGREGATION OF PRIMITIVE LIPIDS
BEN WILLIAMSON, University of Colorado - Boulder, and REBECCA RAPF,RUSSELL PERKINS, JOEL EAVES, VERONICA VAIDA
PA09
CLUSTERING CONTIGS WITH COVERAGE AND AFFINITY PROPAGATION
ELAINA GRAHAM, Arizona State University, and JOHN HEIDELBERG, BEN-JAMIN TULLY
PA10
VAPORIZING HOT, ROCKY EXOPLANETS
JAKE HANSON, Arizona State University
PA11
PROTON-INDUCED ATMOSPHERE EFFECTS BY SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLEEVENTS IN MAGNETIZED AND NON- MAGNETIZED REGIONS OF MARS
REBECCA JOLITZ, University of Colorado - Boulder
MB. EXOPLANETS
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 10:45 A.M.
Chair: BRETT McGUIRE, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
MB01 10:45
ASSESSING THE HABITABILITY OF TIDALLY LOCKED PLANETS AROUND M-TYPE STARS USING A 3D COUPLED CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL
ALEXANDER LANZANO, University of Colorado, Boulder
MB02 11:00
DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY IN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES: 2-D HYDRODY-NAMICAL SIMULATIONS
BAYLEE BORDWELL University of Colorado - Boulder, and BEN BROWN
MB03 11:15
LOST IN TRANSLATION: WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN FOR AN EXOPLANETTO BE EARTH-LIKE?
CAYMAN T. UNTERBORN, Arizona State University, and SCOTT D. HULL,WENDY R. PANERO
MB04 11:30
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE EXOPLANET COURSE FOR IN-SERVICE TEACH-ERS
DANIEL BARRINGER, Penn State University, and CHRIS PALMA.
MB05 11:45
THE VOLATILITY OF THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT AROUND LOW-MASSSTARS HOSTING PLANETS
PARKE LOYD, University of Colorado - Boulder, and KEVIN FRANCE, AL-LISON YOUNGBLOOD
MC. Planetary Science
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 1:15 P.M.
Chair: SARAH BLACK, University of Colorado - Boulder
MC00 1:15
WARM-UP TALK
SARAH BLACK, University of Colorado - Boulder
MC01 1:30
THE YIN: NEW INSIGHTS ON CHARON’S SURFACE COMPOSITION
BRYAN HOLLER, University of Colorado - Boulder, and L.A. YOUNG, M.W.BUIE, H.G. ROE, J.E. LYKE, E.F. YOUNG
MC02 1:45
THE YANG: SHORT-TERM TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF PLUTO’S SURFACE
MAYA D. YANEZ, University of Colorado - Boulder, and B.J. HOLLER, L.A.YOUNG, N.J. CHANOVER, C.B. OLKIN
MC03 2:00
LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE OF OCEANS ON CHARON
MARC NEVEU, Arizona State University, and STEVEN J. DESCH
MC04 2:15
PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMATION OF AEROSOL IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES:PHOTON AND WATER MEDIATED CHEMISTRY OF SULFUR DIOXIDE
JAY A. KROLL, University of Colorado - Boulder, and D. JAMES DONALD-SON, VERONICA VAIDA
PB. POSTER SESSION B
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 2:30 PM
Chair: SARAH BLACK, University of Colorado - Boulder
PB01
DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CLAYS ON MARS WITH XRD: IN-SIGHT FROM ANALOG STUDIES IN COSTA RICA
L.G. BECKERMAN, University of Colorado - Boulder, and R.H. HOOVER,B.M. HYNEK
PB02
EXPLORING THE ACTIVE FE-CYCLING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AT CHOCO-LATE POTS HOT SPRINGS, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
NATHANIEL W. FORTNEY,University of Wisconsin-Madison, and AJINKYAKULKARNI, SHAOMEI HE, MICHAEL W. FRIEDRICH, ERIC S. BOYD,ERIC E. RODEN
PB03
EARLY DYNAMICAL UPHEAVAL IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS
JONATHAN JACKSON, The Pennsylvania State University and REBEKAHDAWSON
PB04
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ON SEAFLOOR BASALTS AT DORADO OUTCROP RE-FLECT LEVEL OF ALTERATION AND HIGHLIGHT GLOBAL LITHIC CLADES
MICHAEL LEE, University of Southern California, and NATHAN WAL-WORTH, JASON SYLVAN, KATRINA EDWARDS, BETH ORCUTT
PB05
THE INFLUENCE OF METEORITIC ABLATION ON THE TRANSPORT OF ORGANICMATTER
CHRIS MEHTA, University of South Florida, and MATTHEW PASEK, JEN-NIFER LAGO
PB06
HABITABILITY IN THE PIEZOSPHERE: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THEHIGH-PRESSURE GROWTH OF A MODEL EXTREMOPHILE, ARCHAEOGLOBUSFULGIDUS
GINA C. OLIVER, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and ANAıS CARIO,KARYN L. ROGERS
PB07
DISSOLVED IRON AND SULFUR CHEMISTRY IN SERPENTINIZING GROUNDWA-TERS: RELATIONSHIPS TO HABITABILITY AND POTENTIAL BIOSIGNATURES
M. SABUDA, Michigan State University, and M. KUBO, T. HOEHLER, D.CARDACE, T. MCCOLLUM, M. SCHRENK
PB08
COMPLETING THE BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL E BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY: IN-VITRO STUDIES OF THE BCID ENZYME
JENNIFER THWEATT, Pennsylvania State University Department of Biochem-istry and Molecular Biology, and DONALD A. BRYANT
PB09
THE MASS-RADIUS RELATION FOR 85 EXOPLANETS SMALLER THAN NEPTUNE
LAUREN M. WEISS, University of Callifornia, Berkeley, and GEOFFREY W.MARCY
PB10
ELUCIDATING AND CONSTRAINING THE AQUEOUS HISTORY OF GALE CRATER,MARS BY EXAMINING THE FORMATION AND DISSOLUTION PROPERTIES OFTHE AMORPHOUS SOIL COMPONENT
STEPHANIE J. RALSTON, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and ELISABETHM. HAUSRATH
PB11
AUTOMATIC CRATER DETECTION ON PLANETARY SURFACES USING PERCEP-TUAL ORGANIZATION AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
MOHAMMED JAFARI, University of Nevada, Reno, and GEORGE BEBIS,ARA NEFIAN, TERRY FONG, EBRAHIM EMAMI GOHARI
MD. Mars
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 – 3:00 P.M.
Chair: SARAH BLACK, University of Colorado - Boulder
MD01 3:00
USING THEMIS AND TES TO CONDUCT A MINERAL ANALYSIS ON OLYMPUSMONS
NICOLE D. CHASE, Pennsylvania State University
MD02 3:15
VARIATION OF GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES AND CORRELATION OF BIOMARK-ERS IN ICELANDIC MARS ANALOGUE ENVIRONMENTS
GEORGE TAN, Georgia Institute of Technology, and ELENA AMADOR, MOR-GAN CABLE, THOMAS CANTRELL, NOSHEEN CHAUDRY, THOMASCULLEN, DIANA GENTRY, MALENE JACOBSEN, HEATHER MCCAIG,GAYATHRI MURUKESAN, VINCENT RENNIE, EDWARD SCHWIETER-MAN, ADAM STEVENS, CHANG YIN, AMANDA STOCKTON, DAVIDCULLEN, WOLF GEPPERT
MD03 3:30
SUPERCOOLING AND ICE FORMATION OF PERCHLORATE AND CHLORIDEBRINES UNDER MARSRELEVANT CONDITIONS
KATHERINE M. PRIMM, Georgia Institute of Technology, and RAINA V.GOUGH, MARGARET A. TOLBERT
MD04 3:45
ELUCIDATING AND CONSTRAINING THE AQUEOUS HISTORY OF GALE CRATER,MARS BY EXAMINING THE FORMATION AND DISSOCIATION PROPERTIES OFTHE AMORPHOUS SOIL COMPONENT
STEPHANIE J. RALSTON, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and ELISABETHM. HAUSRATH
MD05 4:00
MICROMETEORITES AND MARS: HOW INTERSTELLAR PARTICLES INFLUENCETHE PRESENT DAY MARTIAN CLIMATE
VICTORIA L. HARTWICK, University of Colorado - Boulder, LASP, and O.B.TOON
TA. Early Earth
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 9:00 A.M.
Chair: BRETT A. McGUIRE, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
TA01 9:00
MOLECULAR DATA SUGGESTS STEROL BIOSYNTHESIS EVOLVED AROUND THEGREAT OXIDATION EVENT
DAVID A. GOLD, ABIGAIL M. CARON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and GREGORY P. FOURNIER, ROGER E. SUMMONS
TA02 9:15
SULFUR ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF PYRITE MICROSTRUCTURES IN ANEOARCHEAN STROMATOLIE: EVIDENCE FOR COMPLEX MICRON-SCALE SUL-FURE CYCLE IN THE ARCHEAN
PETER D. ILHARDT, The Pennsylvania State University, and CHRISTO-PHER H. HOUSE
TA03 9:30
EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL METHANOGENESIS VIA HGT IN THE PROTEROZOICAND PHANEROZOIC EONS
DANIELLE GRUEN, MIT-WHOI, and GREGORY FOURNIER
TA04 9:45
INVESTIGATION OF ANCESTRAL RNA NUCLEOBASES
MATTHEW M. BRISTER, Case Western Reserve University, and CARLOS E.CRESPO-HERNANDEZ
TA05 10:15
CARBON ISOTOPIC BIOSIGNATURES IN PRECAMBRIAN ORGANICS: UNRAVEL-ING THE RECORD OF ANCIENT MICROBIAL METABOLISMS
JEFF T. OSTERHOUT, University of Cincinnati, and ANDREW D. CZAJA
PC. POSTER SESSION C
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 10:15 AM
Chair: BRETT A. McGUIRE, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
PC01
CONNECTING MANTLE TEMPERATURES BENEATH MID OCEAN RIDGES WITHMETABOLICALLY SIGNIFICANT CHEMICAL SPECIES AT HYDROTHERMAL SITES
TUCKER ELY, Arizona State University, and EVERETT SHOCK
PC02
NON-ENZYMATIC RNA CHEMISTRY CATALYZED BY FE(II)
LIN JIN, Boston University/Massachusetts General Hospital, and AARON E.ENGELHART, KATARZYNA ADAMALA, JACK W. SZOSTAK
PC03
VARIATION IN PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE BEN-THIC MICROBIAL MATS OF LAKE FRYXELL
MEGAN KRUSOR, University of California, Davis, and TYLER MACKEY,IAN HAWES, ANNE JUNGBLUT, JONATHAN EISEN, DAWN SUMNER
PC04
PHOTOSYSTEM EVOLUTION IS CONSTRAINED BY RELATIVE DIVERGENCETIMES OF PHOTOTROPHIC LINEAGES
KELSEY MOORE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and GREGFOURNIER, CARA MAGNABOSCO, JO WOLFE, ABIGAIL CARON
PC05
A NUMERICAL MODEL OF THOLIN FORMATION
ALEXANDER RAYMOND, Harvard University, and ERIC MAZUR
PC06
MASS LOSS AND THE FAINT YOUNG SUN
GREGORY ROMINE, Penn State
PC07
DEVELOPMENT OF A TAXON MIXING MODEL TO INFER SOURCES AND MIXINGOF MICROBIAL TAXA FROM MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATASETS
CHRISTOPHER THORNTON, University of Utah, and WILLIAM BRAZEL-TON
PC08
SEARCHING FOR TATOOINES
DIANA WINDEMUTH, University of Washington, and ERIC AGOL
TB. ROCKS
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 10:45 A.M.
Chair: BRETT A. McGuire, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
TB01 10:45
USING METABOLOMICS TO CHARACTERIZE METABOLIC PROCESSES IN ASTRO-BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MODEL MICROBES
LAUREN M. SEYLER, Michigan State University, and MATTHEW O.SCHRENK
TB02 11:00
MICROBIOLOGICAL AND GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF A TERRESTRIAL SUBSUR-FACE FE(II)-SILICATE BASED LITHOTROPHIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
STEPHANIE A. NAPIERALSKI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and ERICE. RODEN
TB03 11:15
LOW TEMPERATURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION DURING EXPERIMENTAL HY-DRATION OF PARTIALLY-SERPENTENIZED DUNITE
HANNAH MILLER, University of Colorado at Boulder, and LISA MAYHEW,ERIC ELLISON, PETER KELEMEN, MIKE KUBO, ALEXIS TEMPLETON
TB04 11:30
GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS ON THE HABILITABILITY OF SERPE-TENTINIZING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SAMAIL OPHIOLTE OF OMAN
K. REMPFERT, University of Colorado Boulder, and H. MILLER, J. MATTER,P. KELEMEN, N. FIERER, A. TEMPLETON
TB05 11:45
THE POTENTIAL PHOTOCHEMICAL ORIGINS OF BANDED IRON FORMATIONS
PARKER CASTLEBERRY, Arizona State University, and STEPHEN RO-MANIELLO, ARIEL ANBAR
TC. THEORY AND COMPUTATION
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 1:15 P.M.
Chair: THERESA FISHER, Arizona State University
TC00 1:15
WARM-UP TALK: THERESA FISHER, Arizona State University
TC01 1:30
THE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE OF METABOLISM ON EARTH
HARRISON B. SMITH, Arizona State University, and H. KIM, J. RAYMOND,S.I. WALKER
TC02 1:45
EFFECTS OF SPATIAL DIFFUSION ON A MODEL FOR PREBIOTIC EVOLUTION
BEN F. INTOY, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and AARON WYN-VEEN, J. WOODS HALLEY
TC03 2:00
AUTOCATALYTIC SETS IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
COLE MATHIS, Arizona State University
TC04 2:15
FROM TURING TO TURTLES: THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPUTATION
ALYSSA M. ADAMS, Arizona State University, Tempe, and SARA IMARIWALKER
PD. POSTER SESSION D
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 2:30 PM
Chair: THERESA FISHER, Arizona State University
PD01
TOWARDS UNIVERSAL BIOLOGY: ATOMIC-LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF THE RIBO-SOMAL COMMON CORE
CHAD R. BERNIER, Georgia Institute of Technology, and LOREN DEANWILLIAMS
PD02
THE FUNDAMENTAL BIPARTITION OF CELLULAR LIFE AND ITS IMPLICATIONSFOR SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY
AMANDA DICK, University of Connecticut, and J. PETER GOGARTEN
PD03
CARBON DIOXIDE: THE OTHER PLANETARY FLUID
STEVEN GLASER, Arizona State University, and EVERETT SHOCK
PD04
AGE-ROTATION-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP FOR KEPLER FIELD STARS
THEA KOZAKIS, Cornell University, and JAMES LLOYD, LISA KALTENEG-GER, JOSE MANUEL OLMEDO AGUILAR, MIGUEL CHAVEZ, KEVINCOVEY, ERIC MAMAJEK, EVGENYA SHKOLNIK, LUCIANNE WALKOW-ICZ
PD05
COUPLED MICROBIAL NITRATE REDUCTION AND SULFUR OXIDATION IN ASULFIDIC CAVE SYSTEM
AMANDA LABRADO, Pennsylvania State University , and LEAH TSAO, DR.TRINITY HAMILTON, DR. JENNIFER MACALADY
PD06
SPECTRAL LIBRARY OF SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES AROUND OTHER STARS
JACK MADDEN, Cornell University, and LISA KALTENEGGER
PD07
MICROBIAL CARBON CYCLING IN THE SERPENTINIZING PERIDOTITES OFOMAN
DANIEL NOTHAFT, CU Boulder
PD08
REACTIONS OF NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES IN PLAUSIBLE PREBIOTIC MIX-TURES
LAURA E. RODRIGUEZ, The Pennsylvania State University, and CHRISTO-PHER H. HOUSE, MICHAEL P. CALLAHAN
PD09
NATURE OF TWO DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS REVEALED BY ELECTRONICTRANSITIONS IN C+
60
SEYEDSAEID AHMADVAND, University of Nevada, Reno, and ALEKSANDRLYKHIN, SERGEY A. VARGANOV
PD10
EXTREMOPHILES IN HOUSEHOLD WATER HEATERS
REGINA WILPISZESKI, Penn State University, and CHRISTOPHER HOUSE
PD11
USING RECENT INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY IN MARS ATMOSPHERIC DYNAM-ICS TO CONSIDER PAST CLIMATES
MICHAEL BATTALIO, Texas A&M University
TD. ORIGINS OF LIFE
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – 3:00 P.M.
Chair: THERESA FISHER, Arizona State University
TD01 3:00
EVOLUTIONARY SELECTION OF AMINO ACIDS VIA MEMBRANE ENERGETICS
RUSSELL PERKINS, University of Colorado Bolder, and VERONICA VAIDA
TD02 3:15
CONSUMPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS
XIN CHEN, Dartmouth College, and MATTHEW OUELLETTE, ANDREAM. MAKKAY, ANTONIO VENTOSA, R. THANE PAPKE, OLGA ZHAXY-BAYEVA
TD03 3:30
NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLATION IN DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS
BRADLEY BURCAR, Georgia Institute of Technology, and J. LAGO, M.PASEK, N. HUD
TD04 3:45
PREBIOTIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY: USING SUNLIGHT TO GENERATE MOLECULARCOMPLEXITY
REBECCA J. RAPF, CU-Boulder, and VERONICA VAIDA
TD05 4:00
USING REACTION KINETICS TO ASSESS THE IMPORTANCE OF POTASSIUM TOTHE ORIGIN OF LIFE
THOMAS D. CAMPBELL, Saint Louis University, and CLARA A. HART,MARK L. CHENELER, PAUL J. BRACHER
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