Signs of Life: A Report Based on the April 2000 Workshop on Life Detection Techniques (2002)
Chapter: Appendix C Workshop Papers
C
Workshop Papers
NOTE: The papers in this appendix are published essentially as received from their authors. They therefore should be regarded as a record of the workshop proceedings and not as a refereed work. Where possible, typographical errors, egregious errors of fact, and non-pertinent remarks have been redacted by the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life.
Listed below by session, the papers are reproduced on the CD-ROM of the full report but are not included in the printed report owing to space limitations.
SESSION 1:
INTRODUCTION TO THE DETECTION OF LIFE
History of Life Detection Approaches, 55
Gerald A. Soffen, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Nature of Biochemistry in the Universe, 59
Norman R. Pace, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado
Chance and Necessity in Biomolecular Chemistry: Is Life as We Know It Universal?, 64
Steven A. Benner, Departments of Chemistry and Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida
Self-Assembly Processes: Steps Toward Life's Origins, 68
David W. Deamer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
Detecting Life on Extrasolar Planets, 74
James F. Kasting, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
SESSION 2:
SAMPLE RETURN
Sample Return from Primitive Bodies, 81
Donald Brownlee, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington
Mars Sample Return: Life Detection at All Levels, 83
Kenneth H. Nealson, Center for Life Detection, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Searching for Life on Europa from a Spacecraft Lander, 86
Christopher F. Chyba, SETI Institute and Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Sample Return from Titan for Exobiology, 91
Christopher McKay, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John D. Rummel, Office of Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SESSION 3:
DETECTING EXTANT LIFE
X-ray Microscopy and the Detection of Life, 105
Chris Jacobsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Characterizing the Intact Microbe-Mineral Interface, 108
William W. Barker and Jillian F. Banfield, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Single-Polymer Model Detection Using Nanopores, 112
Amit Meller, Rowland Institute at Harvard, and
Daniel Branton, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Extant Life Detection Using Stable Isotopes and Protein-chip Technology , 117
Marilyn L. Fogel, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Iron Biominerals as Biomarkers, 123
Joseph L. Kirschvink, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers: Miniaturized Instruments with a Biological Mass Range, 129
Robert J. Cotter, Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Life Detection Using Molecular Methods, 132
David A. Stahl, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
A Robotic-PCR Detector for DNA-based Life on Other Planets, 137
Gary Ruvkun, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Finney, MJ Research; Walter Gilbert, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University; and George M. Church, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
SESSION 4:
DETECTING EXTINCT LIFE
Formation and Preservation of Bona Fide Microfossils, 149
Sherry L. Cady, Department of Geology, Portland State University
Electron-Beam Techniques for Microfossil Characterization, 156
David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Center
Organic Detection, 164
Luann Becker, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
Biomarkers and Biosignatures of Fossil Organic Compounds, 174
J. Michael Moldowan, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Organic Chemistry of Meteorites: Criteria for Abiotic Origins, 180
Sherwood Chang, SETI Institute
Isotopes of Iron: Biomarker Prospects, 187
Ariel D. Anbar, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
Development of In Situ Measurement Techniques for Detecting the Chemical Signatures of Life, 194
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Miniaturized In Situ Instruments for Amino Acid Detection on Solar System Bodies, 197
Jeffrey L. Bada, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
