IMPORTANT DATES

April 15, 2016
Early registration deadline

April 22, 2016
Hotel reservation deadline

May 16–18, 2016
Conference on Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

 

Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments

Presentations

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Monday, May 16, 2016
SEARCHING FOR PAST LIFE FROM ORBIT AND ON THE GROUND:  TOOLS, STRATEGIES AND EVOLVING IDEAS
8:30 a.m.   Regency AB
9:10 a.m.   Des Marais D. J. *
The Importance of Terrestrial Analog Environments in Guiding Mars Exploration Strategy
9:35 a.m.  McEwen A. S. *
Martian Geologic Settings of Interest to the Search for Biosignatures, as Seen from Orbit [#2057]
10:30 a.m. Cabrol N. A. *
Introduction to Comparison of Environmental Habitability:  Evolution and Preservation in Time
FUNDAMENTAL COMPARISON OF EARTH VS. MARS FROM A PALEOBIOLOGY PERSPECTIVE
1:30 p.m.   Regency AB
1:30 p.m.   Ehlmann B. L. *
Mars Time and Martian Environments:  Changing Habitability Through Time and Prospects for Ancient Mars Biosignatures [#2080]
1:50 p.m. Boston P. J. *   Alexander C.
Preservation of Microbial-Mineral Biosignatures in Caves [#2074]
2:10 p.m. Horgan B. *
Strategies for Searching for Biosignatures in Ancient Martian Sub-Aerial Surface Environments [#2032]
3:20 p.m.  Clarke J. D. A.   Stoker C. R. *
Searching for Life on Early Mars:  Lessons from the Pilbarra [#2020]
3:40 p.m.  Ruff S. W. *   Farmer J. D.
Opaline Silica Occurrences in the Columbia Hills of Mars:  A Case Study in the Hunt for Biosignatures [#2024]
   
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
BIOSIGNATURES AND ENVIRONMENTS I:  LOW-TEMPERATURE SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE
8:30 a.m.   Regency AB
8:30 a.m.  Eigenbrode, J. L. *
Deltas on Earth and Mars:  An Environment for Deposition and Preservation of Organic Matter and Biosignatures
8:50 a.m.  Juarez Rivera M. *   Sumner D. Y.
Recreating Microbial Ecosystems of the Late Archean [#2056]
9:10 a.m. Graham H. V. *   Stern J. C.   Baldridge A. M.   Thomsen B. J.
Australian Acid Brine Lake as a Mars Analog:  An Analysis of Preserved Lipids in Shore and Lake Sediments [#2063]
10:00 a.m. Johnson S. S. *   Soni M. L.   Collins D. J.   Benison K. C.   Mormile M. R.  
Chevrette M. G.   Ehlmann B. L.
Biosignatures in Mars Analog Acid Salt Lakes [#2072]
BIOSIGNATURES AND ENVIRONMENTS II:  HOT SPRINGS AND IRON-RICH DEPOSITS
1:30 p.m.   Regency AB
1:30 p.m.  Campbell K. A. *   Guido D. M.   Farmer J. D.   Van Kranendonk M. J.   Ruff S. W.   Westall F.
Tracing Hot-Spring Facies and thier Geothermally Silicified Microbial Textures into the Geologic Record:  Relevance for Mars Biosignature Recognition [#2023]
2:10 p.m.   Jahnke L. L. *   Parenteau M. N.   Farmer J. D.
Organic Biomarker Preservation in Silica-Rich Hydrothermal Systems with Implications to Mars [#2083]
3:00 p.m.  Potter-McIntyre S. L. *   Williams J.   Phillips-Landers C.   O’Connell L.
Progressive Diagenetic Alteration of Macro- and Micro-Scopic Biosignatures in Ancient Springs and Spring-Fed Lacustrine Environments [#2005]
3:20 p.m.  Parenteau M. N. *   Jahnke L. L.   Bristow T. F.   Som S. M.   Des Marais D. J.   Farmer J. D.
Preservation of Organic Compounds in Circumneutral Iron Deposits [#2076]
3:40 p.m.   Williams A. J. *   Sumner D. Y.   Eigenbrode J. L.   Wilhelm M. B.   Cook C. L.   Mahaffy P. R.
Physical and Molecular Biosignature Preservation in Hydrous Ferric Oxides:  Implications for Detection wtih MSL and Future Missions [#2015]