Mars
Extant Life: What’s Next?
November 5–8,
2019
National Cave and
Karst Research Institute
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Program
and Abstracts
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 |
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8:00 a.m. |
NCKRI Exhibit Hall |
Registration |
8:30 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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9:00 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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11:05 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
Lightning Talks for Poster Presentations and Introduction to Small
Discussion Groups |
1:30 p.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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2:55 p.m. |
NCKRI Exhibit Hall |
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4:00 p.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 |
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8:30 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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Thursday, November 7, 2019 |
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8:30 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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10:50 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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1:30 p.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
Possible Constraints on Martian Extant Life Derived from
Laboratory Experiments |
2:55 p.m. |
NCKRI Exhibit Hall |
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3:30 p.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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Friday, November 8, 2019 |
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8:30 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
Possible Extant Life on Mars — Sample Return and Other Topics of
Interest |
10:00 a.m. |
NCKRI Classrooms A & B |
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Print Only |
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
8:30 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
8:30 a.m. |
Beaty D. W. Carrier B. C. * |
Introduction
to Conference Logistics |
8:40 a.m. |
Meyer M. * |
The Search for Life and the
Mars Exploration Program: The
Rationale and the Wherewithal |
8:50 a.m. |
Hays L. * |
The
Importance of Mars to Astrobiology |
OVERVIEW AND GENERAL
9:00 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Tullis Onstott and
Mary Sue Bell
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
9:00 a.m. |
Clark B. C. * Kolb V. M. |
Why Life Should Have Started on Mars, and Searching for Survivors
in Salts [#5008] |
9:15 a.m. |
Schulze-Makuch D. * |
The Case for a Robotic In-Situ Life Detection Mission to Explore
Potential Habitats on Mars [#5009] |
9:30 a.m. |
Paige D. A. * |
Seeking Out Life on Mars:
Physics and Chemistry vs. Paleontology [#5106] |
9:45 a.m. |
Wiens R. C. * Clark B. C. Ehlmann B. L. Eigenbrode J. L. Gasda P. J. Lanza N. L. Schwenzer S. P. Vasavada A. R. |
Progress in Understanding Mars as a Habitable Planet [#5038] |
10:00 a.m. |
Stamenkovic V. * Plesa A. C. Breuer D. Burgin M. Grimm R. Arumugam D. Beauchamp R. Barba N. Manthena R. Wright D. Wilcox B. Carpenter K. Edwards C. |
Mars Subsurface Hydrology in 4D and Implications for Extant Life [#5052] |
10:15 a.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
10:50 a.m. |
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BREAK |
LIGHTNING TALKS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND INTRODUCTION TO
SMALL DISCUSSION GROUPS
11:05 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Horton Newsom and Kennda Lynch
Brief
1.5-minute overviews of each poster presentation. Presenters, note that you
have the opportunity to show one PowerPoint slide.
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
11:05 a.m. |
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Lightning
Talks for Poster Presenters. |
11:45 a.m. |
Beaty D. W. * Carrier
B. C. * |
Introduction to Small Group
Activity and Formation of Groups |
12:05 p.m. |
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LUNCH |
POTENTIAL MARTIAN EXTANT LIFE ENVIRONMENTS I: ICE AND SALT
1:30 p.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Heather Graham and Rachel Harris
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
1:30 p.m. |
Eigenbrode J. L. * Glass B. McKay C. P. Niles P. Spry J. A. |
Martian Subsurface Ice Science Investigation [#5020] |
1:45 p.m. |
Bakermans C. *
Whyte L. G. |
Terrestrial Permafrost as a Model for
Microbial Growth at Low Temperatures: Implications for Mars
Extant Life [#5040] |
2:00 p.m. |
Stoker C. R. * |
Search for Life in High Latitude Ground Ice on Mars [#5107] |
2:15 p.m. |
O’Connor B. R. W. * Léveillé R. J. Whyte L. G. |
Microbial Community Characterization of Lava Tube Ice on Earth to Determine
its Habitability on Mars [#5105] |
2:30 p.m. |
Lynch K. L. * Rey K. A. Bond R. J. Jackson W. A. Rosenzweig R. F. Biddle J. F. Christman G. D. |
The Pilot Valley Basin, Utah: A
Model System for Extant Life in the Martian Subsurface [#5056] |
2:45 p.m. |
Perl S. M. * Baxter B. K. Celestian A. J. |
Hypersaline and Sedimentological Advantages on the Preservation of
Extant Biological Activity in Modern Martian Analogue Settings [#5031] |
3:00 p.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
3:15 p.m. |
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Break and
Poster Session |
POSTER SESSION I AND ONSITE
EXHIBIT
2:55 p.m. NCKRI Exhibit Hall
All
posters will be on display throughout the conference.
EXHIBIT:
Meteorites and Minerals
Associated with the Origin of Life
Understanding the Origin of
Life
Percival Lowell Life on Mars
Advocate Over 100 Years Ago
Exhibits Provided by Bob Bruner, Denver Museum of
Nature and Science Volunteer
Authors (*Denotes
Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
Benner S. A. |
The Chemical Details of How Life Could
Have, Would Have, and Should Have Started on Mars [#5110] |
Benner S. A. |
Detecting Life Universally in Water: Martian Lagoons, Jupiter's Moons, and
Enceladus' Plumes [#5111] |
Benner S. A. |
Detecting Extant Life on Mars. An
Instrument Design that Avoids Guesswork [#5112] |
Clark B. C. |
Viking Life Detection Revisited:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly [#5007] |
Elaksher A. F. |
Reliable Mars Topographic Surfaces for Future Landing Sites [#5094] |
Gallegos Z. E. Newsom H. E. Scuderi L. A. |
The Search for Extant Life at the Candidate Human Exploration
Zone: Protonilus Mensae [#5059] |
Gasda P. J. Parsons B. Nellessen M. A. Crossey L. Peterson E. Lanza N. Yeager C. Labouriau A. Wiens R. C. Clegg S. |
Prebiotic Chemistry of Borate-Bearing Clays: A Potential Mars Biosignature [#5034] |
Glamoclija M. Murphy A. Taj-Eddine K. Ori G. G. |
Biosignatures in Precambrian and Cambrian Carbonate Rich Sedimentary
Sequences of Anti-Atlas, Morocco [#5041] |
Graham H. V. Sherwood Lollar B. Mustard J. F. Rogers K. L. Stamenković V. |
Planetary Subsurface Science and Exploration: An Integrated Consortium to Understand
Subsurface Sources of Energy and the Unique Energetics of
Subsurface Life [#5047] |
Havlena Z. Kieft T. Veni G. Horrocks R. Jones D. S. |
Photosynthetic Biofilms in Carlsbad Cavern: Use of In Situ Spectrophotometry and DNA
Analysis to Explore Influence of Lighting and Substrate Conditions
on Growth [#5039] |
Hoffman M. E. Newsom H. E. Adair B. M. Williams J. M. Williams J. P. Comellas J. M. Calef F. J. Grant J. A. Wiens R. C. Le Mouélic S. Escarcega K. |
Atmospheric Implications from the Crater Record Along Curiosity’s
Traverse, Gale Crater, Mars [#5044] |
Holt R. M. Powers D. W. |
Halite, Extant Life, Permian Salado Formation, and Mars [#5046] |
Jones D. S. Havlena Z. E. Macalady J. L. |
Microbial Ecology, Evolution, and Biosignature Potential in Isolated
Chemosynthetic Cave Ecosystems [#5030] |
Koeppel A. H.D. Trilling D. E. Koch G. W. Schwartz E. Edwards C. S. |
Testing Methods for Detection of Unfamiliar Life in
Martian Regolith [#5100] |
Kring D. A. |
Cyanobacteria Soil Crust and Endoliths at Barringer Meteorite Crater
(aka Meteor Crater), Arizona [#5081] |
LaJoie B. Alarcon H. Mansor M. Xu J. |
Interaction of Sulfate-Reducers with Hydrous Sulfate Minerals in
Water-Restricted Terrestrial Gypsic Settings:
Implication for the Habitability of Martian Gypsic Environments [#5051] |
Lee P. A. Dyar M. D. Sklute E. C. Jarratt A. Mikucki J. A. |
Got Gas? Assessing Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds as a
Biosignature for Extant Life [#5095] |
Nellessen M. A. Crossey L. Gasda P. J. Peterson E. Lanza N. Yeager C. Labouriau A. Wiens R. C. Clegg S. Reyes-Newell A. Delapp D. Das D. |
Boron Adsorption in Martian Clay Analogs: Significance for Martian Prebiotic
Processes and Groundwater Geochemistry [#5102] |
Novak C. M. Stockton A. M. Sutton S. M. Cable M. L. Duca Z. A. Tan G. K. Cullen D. Balayan V. Geppert W. |
Suite of Geochemical and Spatial Analogues for Planetary
Life Detection [#5005] |
Powers D. W. Holt R. M. |
Sulfate-Filled Separations in Redbeds Can Be Syndepositional [#5055] |
Sandjaja I. N. Schubert K. E. Marks R. J. |
Highlight Removal from Extremophile Images [#5054] |
Tarasashvili M. V. Aleksidze N. D. |
Possible Biological Origin of the Carbonates in the
Martian Regolith [#5014] |
Torres J. A. Bolivar H. Durand H. J. Servin-Garcidueñas L. E. |
Considerations for the Study of Deep Biosphere on Mars Taking as
Reference Terrestrial Analogs [#5109] |
Viola D. McKay C. P. |
Equatorial Alpine Regions as a Scientific Analog for Past/Present Life
on Mars [#5099] |
Wade B. D. Lenski R. E. |
Experimentally Evolved Tolerance to Desiccation and UV-C Radiation in
E. coli and Its Implications for Extant Life in Martian
Near-Surface Environments [#5053] |
Walker C. J. Weatherspoon C. I. Markushin Y. |
Efficacy of Machine Learning Techniques in Analyzing Amino Acids and
Minerals Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy [#5103] |
POTENTIAL MARTIAN EXTANT LIFE ENVIRONMENTS II: CAVES
4:00 p.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Corien Bakermans and Jennifer Eigenbrode
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
4:00 p.m. |
Spilde M. N. * Medley J. J. Northup D. E. Boston P. J. |
Biomarkers in Lava Caves: An
Analog for the Search for Life on Mars [#5036] |
4:15 p.m. |
Northup D. E. * Hathaway J. J. M. Spilde M. N. Moser D. P. Blank J. G. |
Investigating the Mineral:
Microbe Continuum in Lava Caves to Enhance Selection of Life
Detection Targets [#5037] |
4:30 p.m. |
Léveillé R. L. * Ni J. O’Connor B. Whyte L. G. Patterson C. |
Lava Tube Caves on Mars as Refugia for Microbial Life [#5042] |
4:45 p.m. |
Webster K. D. * |
Developing Cave Air as a Biosignature [#5048] |
5:00 p.m. |
Blank J. G. * |
Remote and In-Situ Characterization of Microbial Life and the
Geochemical Record of Life in Terrestrial Lava Tubes, Analogs for Martian
Volcanic Caves [#5108] |
5:15 p.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
5:30 p.m. |
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Discussion
of Field Trip Logistics |
5:50 p.m. |
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Small
Group Discussions |
6:15 p.m. |
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Adjourn
Day 1 |
CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
8:30 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Day two of the conference is dedicated to a field
trip to Carlsbad Caverns in the morning and to other astrobiologically
interesting local attractions later in the afternoon. Click here
for details. |
POTENTIAL MARTIAN EXTANT LIFE ENVIRONMENTS III: SUBSURFACE
8:30 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Richard Léveillé and Diana Northup
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
8:30 a.m. |
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Coffee and Small Group
work (optional) |
9:00 a.m. |
King G. M. * DePoy A. Myers M. R. |
Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Under Very Diverse Conditions as a
Model for Sub-Surface Mars [#5029] |
9:15 a.m. |
Stamenkovic V. * Ward L. M. Mischna M. Fischer W. W. |
O2 Solubility in Martian Subsurface Environments and
Implications for Extant Aerobic Life on Mars [#5045] |
9:30 a.m. |
Harris R. L. * Ehlmann B. L. Bhartia R. Onstott T. C. |
Biologically Mediated Anaerobic Methane Oxidation — The Missing Sink in
an Active Martian Methane Cycle? [#5050] |
9:45 a.m. |
Tarnas J. D. * Mustard J. F. Sherwood Lollar B. Warr O. Palumbo A. M. Plesa A.-C. |
Deep Groundwaters on Earth as Analogs for Modern Martian Habitats [#5104] |
10:00 a.m. |
Onstott T. C. * Rusley C. Liang R. Garvin Z. Nissin D. Harris R. Higgins J. Slater N. Van Heerden E. Freese B. Leibenberg B. Ogasawara H. van Heerden E. Cason E. Vermeulen J. Sherwood Lollar B. Kieft T. Wiersberg T. Zimmer M. Walters C. Freifeld B. Michalski J. R. |
Briny SLiMEs in the Subsurface of Earth and Mars [#5025] |
10:15 a.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
10:30 a.m. |
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BREAK |
POSSIBLE DETECTION METHODS FOR EXTANT MARTIAN LIFE
10:50 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Nina Lanza and Roger Wiens
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
10:50 a.m. |
Mahaffy P. R. * Arevalo R. D. Brinckerhoff W. B. Cook J. E. Danell R. M. Getty S. A. Graham H. V. Johnson S. S. Trainer M. G. Li X. |
Advanced Mass Spectrometer Techniques for Agnostic Surveys for
Martian Biosignatures [#5022] |
11:05 a.m. |
Williams A. J. * Muñoz C. Craft K. Millan M. Johnson S. S. |
Martian Hot Spring Deposits as a Depot for Biosignatures (and
Extant Life?) [#5016] |
11:20 a.m. |
Li X. * van Amerom F. Kaplan D. Grubisic A. Danell R. Getty S. Castillo M. Arevalo R. Siljeström S. Goetz W. Brinckerhoff W. |
Mars Analog Sample Study for ExoMars 2020 Rover Mission [#5027] |
11:35 a.m. |
Garvin Z. K. * Abades S. R. Trefault N. Alfaro F. D. Onstott T. C. |
High-Affinity Trace Gas Consumption by Soil Microbial Communities
Around Hot Springs in the Andean Altiplano:
Implications for the Evolution of Martian Metabolisms [#5097] |
11:50 a.m. |
Quinn R. C. * Ricco A. J. Boone T. D. Bramall N. Bywaters K. Chin M. M. Chinn T. N. Forgione J. B. Harrison D. J. Hoac T. Kelly E. T. Koehne J. Kintz G. Lee A. K. -S. McCutcheon G. C. Parenteau M. N. Radosevich L. A. Shimada J. A. Tan M. X. Timucin L. R. Wang J. L. |
Microfluidic Approaches to Searching for Extant Life on Mars [#5032] |
12:05 p.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
12:20 p.m. |
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LUNCH |
POSSIBLE CONSTRAINTS ON MARTIAN EXTANT LIFE DERIVED FROM
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
1:30 p.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Xiang Li and Richard Quinn
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
1:30 p.m. |
Schwendner P. * Schuerger A. C. |
Spacecraft Microorganisms and Their Impact on Planetary Protection —
Can they Grow at Simulated Martian Atmospheric Pressure? [#5006] |
1:45 p.m. |
Hoog T.
Gaut N.
Pawlak M. R.
Bachan B. F.
Engelhart A. E. * |
Mars as a Prebiotic Chemistry Laboratory: A Martian RNA World? [#5098] |
2:00 p.m. |
Schuerger A. C. * Britt D. |
Fast Degassing Rates Under Simulated Martian Conditions Indicate that
Rock Void Spaces are Unlikely to Maintain Habitable Conditions on Mars [#5004] |
2:15 p.m. |
Rowe L. A. * Davidson K. Smith C. Kovarik C. Peller J. |
Comparing the Stability of Non-Proteinogenic Amino Acids to
Proteinogenic Amino Acids when Irradiated and in Perchlorate Spiked
Mars Regolith [#5010] |
2:30 p.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
2:45 p.m. |
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Break and
Poster Session |
POSTER SESSION II AND ONSITE EXHIBIT
2:55 p.m. NCKRI
Exhibit Hall
EXHIBIT:
Meteorites and Minerals
Associated with the Origin of Life
Understanding the Origin of
Life
Percival Lowell Life on Mars
Advocate Over 100 Years Ago
Exhibits Provided by Bob Bruner, Denver Museum of
Nature and Science Volunteer
Authors (*Denotes
Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
Benner S. A. |
The Chemical Details of How Life Could
Have, Would Have, and Should Have Started on Mars [#5110] |
Benner S. A. |
Detecting Life Universally in Water: Martian Lagoons, Jupiter's Moons, and
Enceladus' Plumes [#5111] |
Benner S. A. |
Detecting Extant Life on Mars. An
Instrument Design that Avoids Guesswork [#5112] |
Clark B. C. |
Viking Life Detection Revisited:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly [#5007] |
Elaksher A. F. |
Reliable Mars Topographic Surfaces for Future Landing Sites [#5094] |
Gallegos Z. E. Newsom H. E. Scuderi L. A. |
The Search for Extant Life at the Candidate Human Exploration
Zone: Protonilus Mensae [#5059] |
Gasda P. J. Parsons B. Nellessen M. A. Crossey L. Peterson E. Lanza N. Yeager C. Labouriau A. Wiens R. C. Clegg S. |
Prebiotic Chemistry of Borate-Bearing Clays: A Potential Mars Biosignature [#5034] |
Glamoclija M. Murphy A. Taj-Eddine K. Ori G. G. |
Biosignatures in Precambrian and Cambrian Carbonate Rich Sedimentary
Sequences of Anti-Atlas, Morocco [#5041] |
Graham H. V. Sherwood Lollar B. Mustard J. F. Rogers K. L. Stamenkovi? V. |
Planetary Subsurface Science and Exploration: An Integrated Consortium to Understand
Subsurface Sources of Energy and the Unique Energetics of
Subsurface Life [#5047] |
Havlena Z. Kieft T. Veni G. Horrocks R. Jones D. S. |
Photosynthetic Biofilms in Carlsbad Cavern: Use of In Situ Spectrophotometry and DNA
Analysis to Explore Influence of Lighting and Substrate Conditions
on Growth [#5039] |
Hoffman M. E. Newsom H. E. Adair B. M. Williams J. M. Williams J. P. Comellas J. M. Calef F. J. Grant J. A. Wiens R. C. Le Mouélic S. Escarcega K. |
Atmospheric Implications from the Crater Record Along Curiosity’s
Traverse, Gale Crater, Mars [#5044] |
Holt R. M. Powers D. W. |
Halite, Extant Life, Permian Salado Formation, and Mars [#5046] |
Johnson S. S. Graham H. Anslyn E. Conrad P. Cronin L. Ellington A. Elsila J. Girguis P. House C. Kempes C. Libby E. Mahaffy P. Nadeau J. Sherwood Lollar B. Steele A. |
Agnostic Approaches to Extant Life Detection [#5026] |
Jones D. S. Havlena Z. E. Macalady J. L. |
Microbial Ecology, Evolution, and Biosignature Potential in Isolated
Chemosynthetic Cave Ecosystems [#5030] |
Koeppel A. H.D. Trilling D. E. Koch G. W. Schwartz E. Edwards C. S. |
Testing Methods for Detection of Unfamiliar Life in
Martian Regolith [#5100] |
Kring D. A. |
Cyanobacteria Soil Crust and Endoliths at Barringer Meteorite Crater
(aka Meteor Crater), Arizona [#5081] |
LaJoie B. Alarcon H. Mansor M. Xu J. |
Interaction of Sulfate-Reducers with Hydrous Sulfate Minerals in
Water-Restricted Terrestrial Gypsic Settings:
Implication for the Habitability of Martian Gypsic Environments [#5051] |
Lee P. A. Dyar M. D. Sklute E. C. Jarratt A. Mikucki J. A. |
Got Gas? Assessing Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds as a
Biosignature for Extant Life [#5095] |
Nellessen M. A. Crossey L. Gasda P. J. Peterson E. Lanza N. Yeager C. Labouriau A. Wiens R. C. Clegg S. Reyes-Newell A. Delapp D. Das D. |
Boron Adsorption in Martian Clay Analogs: Significance for Martian Prebiotic
Processes and Groundwater Geochemistry [#5102] |
Novak C. M. Stockton A. M. Sutton S. M. Cable M. L. Duca Z. A. Tan G. K. Cullen D. Balayan V. Geppert W. |
Suite of Geochemical and Spatial Analogues for Planetary
Life Detection [#5005] |
Powers D. W. Holt R. M. |
Sulfate-Filled Separations in Redbeds Can Be Syndepositional [#5055] |
Sandjaja I. N. Schubert K. E. Marks R. J. |
Highlight Removal from Extremophile Images [#5054] |
Tarasashvili M. V. Aleksidze N. D. |
Possible Biological Origin of the Carbonates in the
Martian Regolith [#5014] |
Torres J. A. Bolivar H. Durand H. J. Servin-Garcidueñas L. E. |
Considerations for the Study of Deep Biosphere on Mars Taking as
Reference Terrestrial Analogs [#5109] |
Viola D. McKay C. P. |
Equatorial Alpine Regions as a Scientific Analog for Past/Present Life
on Mars [#5099] |
Wade B. D. Lenski R. E. |
Experimentally Evolved Tolerance to Desiccation and UV-C Radiation in
E. coli and Its Implications for Extant Life in Martian
Near-Surface Environments [#5053] |
Walker C. J. Weatherspoon C. I. Markushin Y. |
Efficacy of Machine Learning Techniques in Analyzing Amino Acids and
Minerals Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy [#5103] |
GEOLOGICAL SEARCH STRATEGIES
3:30 p.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: Lindsay Hays and Amy Williams
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
3:30 p.m. |
Boston P. J. * Northup D. N. Spilde M. N. |
Long-Duration Natural Storage of Viable Organisms in Geological
Materials and Structures as a Model for Obliquity Over-Wintering on Mars [#5058] |
3:45 p.m. |
Williams J. M. * Nagle-McNaughton T. P. Scuderi L. A. Newsom H. E. Gallegos Z. E. |
Remote Sensing Techniques that Aid in the Identification of Locations
with High Biosignature Preservation Potential [#5021] |
4:00 p.m. |
DasSarma S. * DasSarma P. |
The Green Edge: Haloarchaeal
Photopigments as Biosignatures for Detection of Extant Life on Mars [#5092] |
4:15 p.m. |
Scuderi L. A. * Gallegos Z. E. Newsom H. E. Wiens R. C. |
Amazonian Groundwater Springline at Peace Vallis Fan, Gale Crater;
Implications for a Late Period of Surface Habitability [#5043] |
4:30 p.m. |
Lanza N. L. * Fischer W. W. Yeager C. Lingappa U. Ollila A. M. Gasda P. J. Lamm S. N. Salvatore M. Clegg S. M. Wiens R. C. |
Targeting Manganese Minerals on Mars as Potential Biosignatures [#5035] |
4:45 p.m. |
Newsom H. E. * Crossey L. J. Hoffman M. E. Ganter G. E. Baker A. M. |
The role of large impact craters in the search for extant life
on Mars. [#5049] |
5:00 p.m. |
Des Marais D. J. * |
Biosignatures of Past Life are also Relevant to the Search for
Extant Life [#5023] |
5:15 p.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
5:30 p.m. |
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Small
Group Discussions |
6:10 p.m. |
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Adjourn Day 3 |
POSSIBLE EXTANT LIFE ON MARS — SAMPLE RETURN AND OTHER
TOPICS OF INTEREST
8:30 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chair: Penelope Boston
Times |
Authors (*Denotes Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
8:30 a.m. |
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Coffee
and Small Group work (optional) |
9:00 a.m. |
Mackelprang R. * Beaty D. W. Carrier B. C. iMOST Team |
Strategies and Recommendations for the Search for Extant Life [#5015] |
9:15 a.m. |
Bell M. S. * Davis R. E. Regberg A. B. Rucker M. A. Wallace S. L. |
Human Forward Contamination Assesment:
Towards Protecting Potential Extant Life on Mars [#5096] |
9:30 a.m. |
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Session-Level Discussion |
9:45 a.m. |
Kramer W. R. * |
Giving Voice to the Extraterrestrial — Providing Legal Standing to
the Unknown [#5001] |
DISCUSSION, SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND NEXT STEPS
10:00 a.m. NCKRI
Classrooms A & B
Chairs: David Beaty and Brandi Carrier
Times |
Presentation |
10:00 a.m. |
Reports
from Small Groups 1 |
10:40 a.m. |
BREAK |
10:55 a.m. |
Reports
from Small Groups 2 |
11:35 a.m. |
Large Group Discussion and
Planning for Next Steps |
12:20 p.m. |
Adjourn
Day 4 |
Authors (*Denotes
Presenter) |
Abstract Title and Summary |
Allen C. C. Oehler D. Z. |
Searching for Martian Bio-Indicators and Extant Life
Using Spacecraft [#5011] |
Chen P. Yung Y. L. |
Possible Uptake of Mars Atmospheric Gases by an Extant Biosphere [#5061] |
DiGregorio B. E. |
3D Photogrammetric Evidence for Trace Fossils at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale
Crater, Mars [#5003] |
Grady M. M. COSPAR SSAP Working Group |
Planetary Protection: Updating
the Draft Test Protocol in the Light of Almost Two Decades of Research [#5028] |
Johnson J. C. Johnson P. A. Mardon A. A. |
Soil Sampling with Nanoscale Vibration Sensors for On-Site Detection
of Microorganisms [#5079] |
Levin G. V. |
Confirming Extant Life on Mars [#5002] |
Mansor M. Harouaka K. Gonzales M. S. Macalady J. L. Fantle M. S. |
Transport-Coupled Sulfur Isotopic Fractionation by Sulfur Oxidizing
Microbes as Biosignatures on the Walls of Earth and Martian Caves [#5018] |
Mardon A. A. Zhou G. |
Martian Permafrost Properties and Formation Processes [#5064] |
Mardon A. A. Zhou G. Mardon C. |
Biology-Related Parameters and Potential Life Identifiers on Mars [#5071] |
Pavlov A. A. Davis J. Johnson J. Pavlov A. K. |
Gas Pockets in the Shallow Martian Subsurface — A New Environmental
Niche for Hypothesized Mars Extant Life [#5057] |
Raymond-Bouchard I. Maggiori C. Touchette D. Magnuson E. Goordial J. Ricco A. J. Whyte L. G. |
Polar Cryoenvironments as Mars Analogues and the Development of a Micro
Life Detection Platform [#5033] |
Sholes S. F. Krissansen-Totton J. Catling D. C. |
Biomass Limits on Subsurface Martian Life from Atmospheric Gases [#5019] |
Sizemore H. G. Demchenko V. Zent A. P. Rempel A. W. Stillman D. E. |
Habitability of Shallow Martian Ground Ice, Revisited [#5101] |
Steklov A. F. Vidmachenko A. P. |
Where and What Exactly Can Be the “Traces” of Life on Mars? [#5089] |
Yeager C. M. Lanza N. L. Marti-Arbona R. Teshima M. Lingappa U. F. Fischer W. W. |
Terrestrial Rock Varnish:
Implications for Biosignatures on Mars [#5060] |
Yun P. |
Search for Extant Life Through Human Mission on the Surface
of Mars [#5024] |