ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2015:
E-POSTER INDEX TO PROGRAM

This page provides a listing of presentations with e-posters, organized by session.
Abstract titles link to the e-posters.
Session titles link to individual sessions.
Abstract numbers link to individual abstracts.

Poster Session I: The Beginning and End of the RNA World from the Perspective of Ribosome Origins
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Iron(II) and Magnesium Binding to Full-Length LSU rRNA and an Ancestral Core, T. K. Lenz, E. B. O'Neill, N. V. Hud, L. D. Williams [Abstract 7129], Poster Location: 1

Hammerhead Ribozyme Ligation of RNA in Frozen Solution, L. Lie, R. M. Wartell [Abstract 7217], Poster Location: 2

Poster Session I: Major Transitions in Evolution: Catalysts and Constraints in the Origins of Biological Complexity
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Evolutionary Innovation and Constraint in Thermal Traits from Psychrophilic to Hypothermophilic Microbes, D. R. O'Donnell, E. Litchman [Abstract 7755], Poster Location: 8

Nutrient Uptake Constraints, Multicellularity, and Increased Complexity in Volocales, C. A. Solari [Abstract 7089], Poster Location: 9

Poster Session I: Extraterrestrial Materials and the Emergence of Life
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Exposure of Amino Acids and Their Precursors to Space in the Tanpopo Mission: The First Japanese Astrobiology Experiments in Low Earth Orbit, K. Kobayashi, H. Mita, Y. Kebukawa, K. Nakagawa, H. Yabuta, E. Imai, H. Yano, H. Hashimoto, Y. Kawaguchi, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, Tanpopo WG [Abstract 7287], Poster Location: 17

Capture of Cosmic Dusts on the International Space Station by the Japanese Astrobilogy Mission (Tanpopo), H. Yabuta, K. Okudaira, M. Tabata, H. Mita, K. Kobayashi, H. Yano, H. Hashimoto, S. Yokobori, E. Imai, H. Kawai, Y. Kawaguchi, D. Aoki, Y. Ishibashi, K. Fukushima, K. Hamase, Y. Ikemoto, M. Ito, Y. Kebukawa, T. Mikouchi, T. Moriwaki, T. Nakamura, S. Nakashima, H. Naraoka, T. Noguchi, A. Tsuchiyama, A. Yamagishi, W. G. Tanpopo [Abstract 7685], Poster Location: 18

Poster Session I: Life in the Clouds: Recent Advances in Upper Atmosphere Exploration
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Effects of the Atmospheric Environment on Ice Nucleating Strains of Pseudomonas Syringae, G. G. Araujo, F. L. T. Gonçalves, F. Rodrigues, D. Galante [Abstract 7771], Poster Location: 19

Transpacific Microbes Riding the Earth's Jet Stream: Results from the Mt. Bachelor Observatory, D. J. Smith, D. A. Jaffe, D. W. Griffin, M. N. Birmele, H. J. Timonen, A. C. Schuerger, J. Hee, M. S. Roberts [Abstract 7744], Poster Location: 22

Poster Session I: Habitability from Afar: Challenges and Triumphs of Exploring Icy Worlds from Orbital and Flyby Missions
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Detecting Biomarkers in the Icy Worlds by Means of Teraherz Remote Sensing, P. E. Laine [Abstract 7103], Poster Location: 28

Poster Session I: Methods for Detection of Habitability, Biosignatures, and Their Variations in Astrobiological Materials
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Biomarkers and Life Detection Strategies in the First Steps from MASE Project, L. Garcia-Descalzo, F. Gómez, MASE Team [Abstract 7302], Poster Location: 35

Hydrothermal Mineralogy as a Habitable Environment: A Synergistic Imaging, Raman, and LIBS Approach to Exploring Underwater Chimney Materials, P. Sobron, L. M. Barge, M. Russell, R. Price, T. Scheneiderman, K. Takai, M. Yamamoto [Abstract 7611], Poster Location: 38

Poster Session I: The Diversity of Worlds: Comparative Planetology and Habitability
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Galactic Cosmic Rays, Exoplanets and Habitability, D. Atri [Abstract 7477], Poster Location: 48

Poster Session I: Habitability of Extraterrestrial Analog Environments
Wed, p.m., Salon C

A Comparative Study of Endolithic Microbial Communites Between Different Types of Rocks in the Norwegian High Arctic, Y. H. Choe, Y. K. Lee, M. Kim, J. S. Woo, M. J. Lee [Abstract 7265], Poster Location: 54

Field Site Context Synthesis for the MASE Project, E. P. Monaghan, P. Ehrenfreund, C. S. Cockell, P. Schwendner, P. Rettberg, K. Beblo-Vranesevic, M. Bohmeier, E. Rabbow, F. Westall, F. Gaboyer, N. Walter, C. Moissl-Eichinger, A. Perras, F. Gomez, R. Amils, L. Garcia-Descalzo, V. Marteinsson, P. Vannier [Abstract 7313], Poster Location: 56

Community Characterization of Microbial Populations Found in Supraglacial Icings at Borup Fiord Pass, C. B. Trivedi, G. E. Lau, A. S. Templeton, S. E. Grasby, J. R. Spear [Abstract 7633], Poster Location: 60

Looking for Life in the Sinter Deposits of Pampa-Lirima, Chile: A New Mars Analog Setting, C. Nicolau, J. G. Blank [Abstract 7709], Poster Location: 62

Poster Session I: The Emergence of Life at the Intersection of Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments: Putting Scenarios to the Test
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Disequilibria and Escapements; the Engines that Bring Matter to Life, E. Branscomb, T. Biancalani, N. Goldenfeld, M. Russell [Abstract 7083], Poster Location: 65

Abiogenically Formed Complex Organics and the Origin of Life on Earth-Like Planets in Habitable Zones, U. G. Kamakolanu, F. T. Freund, J. J. Tregloan-Reed [Abstract 7237], Poster Location: 67

Poster Session I: Extreme Earth: Omics Research on Microbial Communities, Their Chemistries, and What it Means for Life in the Solar System
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Cultivable Halophiles from Cold Geysers as Indicators of a Deep Subsurface Habitat, Sh. Motamedi, W. J. Brazelton [Abstract 7230], Poster Location: 74

Poster Session I: Radiation and Habitability: Friends or Foes?
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Computational Resources for Statistical Data Analysis and Numerical Simulations in Astrobiology, A. A. Radu, E. M. Popescu [Abstract 7746], Poster Location: 83

Poster Session I: Definition and Boundaries of Habitable Zones
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Isothermal Trajectories for the Habitable Planets, N. I. Perov [Abstract 7002], Poster Location: 86

Is it Possible to Neglect the Effects of Life When Calculating the Boundaries of Habitability?, J. I. Zuluaga, J. F. Salazar, P. A. Cuartas, G. Poveda [Abstract 7741], Poster Location: 87

Habitable Zones for Exomoons Around Exoplanets, R. Heller, R. Barnes [Abstract 7242], Poster Location: 88

The Frequency of Planets in the Circumstellar Habitable Zone: Using the Titius-Bode Relation to Correct for Incompleteness, C. H. Lineweaver, T. Bovaird [Abstract 7278], Poster Location: 89

Habitable Evaporated Cores: Vigorous Atmospheric Escape from Mini-Neptunes in the Habitable Zones of M Dwarfs, R. Luger, R. Barnes, E. Lopez, J. Fortney, B. Jackson, V. Meadows [Abstract 7385], Poster Location: 91

Poster Session I: Chance and Necessity: From Molecules and Viruses to Cells and Populations
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Emergence of RNA Editing in a Long Term Evolution Experiment, A. S. W. Lai, A. M. Poole [Abstract 7291], Poster Location: 96

Poster Session I: How Can Modern Microbes Inform our Understanding of Ancient Earth Ecosystems?
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Mat Morphologies via Structure from Motion Reconstructions, S. Z. Leidman, T. J. Mackey, D. Y. Sumner [Abstract 7432], Poster Location: 106

Genome Assembly and Comparison of Sulfulobus Islandicus, Y. Zhou, R. Anderson, R. J. Whitaker [Abstract 7516], Poster Location: 113

Poster Session I: The Habitability of Icy Worlds
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Effect of the Salting-Out on the Habitability of Planetary Aqueous Environments, A. S. J. Méndez, V. Muñoz-Iglesias, F. Izquierdo-Ruiz, O. Prieto-Ballesteros [Abstract 7526], Poster Location: 119

High Pressure Phases of Gas Clathrate Hydrates and Their Impact to the Habitability of the Icy Moons, F. Izquierdo-Ruiz, A. S. J. Mendez, J. M. Recio, O. Prieto-Ballesteros [Abstract 7565], Poster Location: 120

Poster Session I: Finding Habitable Worlds and Life Beyond the Solar System
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Project NIRRVS: Precise Near-Infrared Radial Velocity Surveys, P. P. Plavchan, NIRRVS Team [Abstract 7032], Poster Location: 131

Poster Session I: Laws of Life: Exploring Universal Biology Through Computer Simulation
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Determining Early Life’s Evolutionary Rate, A. C. Brown, F. U. Battistuzzi [Abstract 7117], Poster Location: 135

Poster Session I: Earth’s Early Biosphere: Life on an "Alien" Planet
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Choia-Like Impressions in Ediacaran Rocks (Itajaí Basin, Brazil) – Ecosystem Engineers in Shallow Waters?, B. Becker-Kerber, A. L. Zucatti da Rosa, P. S. G. Paim, M. L.A. F. Pacheco [Abstract 7678], Poster Location: 143

Poster Session I: Titan's Organic Chemistry and Insights into Habitability
Wed, p.m., Salon C

Formation and Solubility of Organic Aerosols in the Atmoshperes of Titan and Early Earth, H. Tabata, Y. Sekine, H. Suga, N. O. Ogawa, Y. Takano, N. Ohkouchi [Abstract 7175], Poster Location: 145

Poster Session II: Getting into Planets: Interior Planetary Processes, Life, and Habitability
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Relation Between Si and O Element Abundances and Probabilities of Stars that Have Planets, D. Durmuş, O. Plevne [Abstract 7046], Poster Location: 1

Study of Chondrule Formation Mechanisms from Melts Generated Experimentally, P. Hernández-Reséndiz, K. Cervantes-de la Cruz, A. Segura, A. U'ren, H. Cruz-Ramirez, R. Ramirez-Alarcón [Abstract 7359], Poster Location: 2

Poster Session II: Biosignatures and Technosignatures: The Search for Inhabited Planets
Thu, p.m., Salon C

SETI Programs at the University of California, Berkeley, E. J. Korpela, A. V. P. Siemion, D. Werthimer, J. Cobb, M. Lebofsky, D. McMahon, D. Anderson [Abstract 7622], Poster Location: 16

Poster Session II: Exploring the Effects of Stress on Microbial Mutation Rates and Survival Strategies
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Impact of Carbon Sources on the Metabolomics and Extremotolerance of Spacecraft-Associated Acinetobacter, V. Rodriguez, T. Nguyen, S. Lee, N. Tedjakesuma, S. Gunadi, M. Ahmed, T. Young, R. Baki, G. Barding, R. Mogul [Abstract 7552], Poster Location: 18

Poster Session II: The Habitability of Water-Rock-Supported Ecosystems
Thu, p.m., Salon C

H2 Cycling in Yellowstone National Park Hot Spring Communities, M. R. Lindsay, K. E. Fristad, K. M. Fecteau, E. L. Shock, T. M. Hoehler, E. S. Boyd [Abstract 7112], Poster Location: 25

Poster Session II: Past and Extant Life Search Strategies for Habitable Environments on Mars: How Should We Proceed?
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Survival of Methanogens Exposed to Diurnal Freeze/Thaw Cycles, R. L. Mickol, Y. A. Takagi, T. A. Kral [Abstract 7092], Poster Location: 35

Survival of Haloarchaea in High Concentration of Perchlorate-Significant Requirement for Survival on Mars., R. S. Thombre, R. S. Oke, S. Dhar, Y. Shouche [Abstract 7080], Poster Location: 38

Effects of Martian UV Irradiation on the Survival of Serratia liquefaciens in Mars Analog Brines or Ices, R. L. Mickol, J. L. Page, A. C. Schuerger [Abstract 7093], Poster Location: 39

Poster Session II: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Functional Biopolymers: Mapping the Origins and Evolution of Possible Chemistries for Life
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Attributing Function to Molecules: What’s Allowed and What’s Useful?, L. J. Mix [Abstract 7241], Poster Location: 61

Poster Session II: Astrobiology and the Next Mars Rover Missions: Site Selection, In Situ Science, and Returned Sample Science
Thu, p.m., Salon C

The Moonwalk Project: Preparing for Human-Supported Science on Mars and the Moon, V. Parro, F. Puente-Sánchez, T. Vögele, B. Imhof, B. Davenport, P. Weiss, D. Urbina, K. Fossum, A. Nottle, M. Höcklemann, T. Hoppenbrouwers, V. Taillevot, W. Hoheder, O. Prieto-Ballesteros [Abstract 7316], Poster Location: 67

Poster Session II: Phototrophic Life and Earth’s Redox Evolution
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Plant Growth and Morphology Under a Sky Color Light Program, B. Moyer, J. Haqq-Misra [Abstract 7360], Poster Location: 71

Benthic Mat O2 Oases: A Modern Analog for Early Earth, D. Y. Sumner, I. Hawes, T. J. Mackey, A. D. Jungblut, M. Krusor, P. T. Doran [Abstract 7062], Poster Location: 74

Poster Session II: Challenges for the Next Generation of Biosignature Detection Strategies
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Life Detection Limitations due to Fluorescence in Raman Imaging, J. R. Emry, A. Olcott Marshall, C. P. Marshall [Abstract 7505], Poster Location: 75

Base Rate Bias and False Positives: Vetting Provocative Radio Transients, T. W. Hair [Abstract 7021], Poster Location: 78

Poster Session II: Understanding Your Parents: The Challenges of Host Star Characterization for Exoplanet Science
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Effect of UV Radiation on the Spectral Fingerprints of Earth-Like Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs, S. M. Rugheimer, L. Kaltenegger, A. Segura, J. Linsky, S. Mohanty [Abstract 7464], Poster Location: 82

Poster Session II: Co-Evolution of Compartmentalization, Metabolism, and Informational Polymers
Thu, p.m., Salon C

The Energetics and Evolution of Metabolism on Earth and Elsewhere, A. Chopra, C. H. Lineweaver [Abstract 7333], Poster Location: 84

Poster Session II: Interstellar Chemical Evolution: Astrochemistry from Atoms to Amino Acids
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Searching for Complex Organic Material in the Interstellar Medium Using Centimeter Wave Spectral Line Surveys, A. J. Remijan, B. A. McGuire, A. M. Burkhardt, J. F. Corby [Abstract 7529], Poster Location: 86

The Elemental Devolatilization Pattern of a Habitable Planet, H.-Y. Wang, C. H. Lineweaver [Abstract 7326], Poster Location: 89

Poster Session II: Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach and its Impact: 21st Century Ideas and Experienced Perspectives
Thu, p.m., Salon C

The Astrobiology Course for Teacher's College Students, N. I. Perov [Abstract 7003], Poster Location: 91

MANGLE Tool Technology for Teaching and Preservation Extreme Environments, S. Garay, G. Sarmiento, R. Acosta [Abstract 7436], Poster Location: 97

SPIICA Solutions for Innovation and Integration Science of Astrobiology, G. Sarmiento, C. Sarmiento, S. Garay, J. Bueno [Abstract 7459], Poster Location: 99

Interdisciplinary Education in Astrobiology, A. U. Aydinoglu [Abstract 7560], Poster Location: 100

NASA's Spaceward Bound New Zealand: The Inaugural Expedition, in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, N. Island, 2015, I. H. Mogosanu, J. G. Blank, L. Offer, K. A. Cambell, S. Pointing, J. Thomson, D. Willson [Abstract 7669], Poster Location: 104

The Astrobiology Lecture Course Network: ABC-Net, G. Horneck, F. Raulin, N. Savage, P. Galeone, F. Westall [Abstract 7044], Poster Location: 114

Increasing the Impact of Coursework Through Deep Analytics, L. Horodyskyj, S. Buxner, D. Schönstein, S. Semken, A. Anbar [Abstract 7411], Poster Location: 117

The Inspark Science Network: Using Astrobiology to Teach Science as Exploration of the Unknown, Not Just Mastery of the Known, A. D. Anbar, D. Ben-Naim, D. Schonstein, L. Horodyskyj [Abstract 7790], Poster Location: 121

Poster Session II: Astrobiology and Community
Thu, p.m., Salon C

The Astrobiology Habitable Environments Database (AHED), B. Lafuente, N. Stone, R. T. Downs, D. Blake, T. Bristow, M. Fonda, A. Pires [Abstract 7256], Poster Location: 123

An Assessment of Virtual Events Organized and Supported by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, A. U. Aydinoglu, E. Dodson [Abstract 7306], Poster Location: 125

The Open Data Repository’s Data Publisher, N. Stone, B. Lafuente, R. T. Downs, D. Blake, T. Bristow, M. Fonda, A. Pires [Abstract 7312], Poster Location: 126

AbGradE — Connecting the next Generation of Early-Career Astrobiologists, T. Samuels, P. Schwendner, M. Baqué, B. Byloos, M. Fox-Powell, M. B. Journaux, M. Mora, M. Musilova, P. Nauny, L. Noack, A. Perras, P. Serrano, E. Simoncini, A. Stevens, R.-S. Taubner, C. Verseux [Abstract 7343], Poster Location: 127

Poster Session II: Crossing the Darwinian Threshold
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Molecular Clock on Earth and Exoplanets as Entropy Changing Linearly in Time, C. Maccone [Abstract 7259], Poster Location: 129

Great Questions Regarding the Precambrian Fossil Record from Brazil and Their Potential Relation to Astrobiology, L. Morais, F. Barroso, G. Romero, B. Kerber, M. Pacheco [Abstract 7628], Poster Location: 131

Poster Session II: Life in the Anthropocene: The Future of Earth's Biosphere
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Geoengineering and the Distant Future of Earth's Climate, J. Haqq-Misra [Abstract 7368], Poster Location: 142

Poster Session II: What We Know About Water and Life on Earth: Implications for Potential Life Forms Elsewhere in the Solar System and Universe
Thu, p.m., Salon C

Prebiotic Compartmentalisation in Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents, S. J. Bryant, G. G. Warr [Abstract 7148], Poster Location: 143

 

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