Selected Papers on Research Being Done By Scientists In The Exobiology Branch At Ames Research Center

Basic Research

Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of Hydrothermal Systems
David J. Des Marais

Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Carbon Isotope Fractionation
Lynn Rothschild, David DesMarais, Anne Tharpe

Fossilization Processes in Thermal Springs
Jack Farmer, Sherry Cady, David J. Des Marais

Telltale Electric Currents During Impacts on Rocks
Friedemann Freund, Jerome G. Borucki, Marshall Lise

Molecular Biomarkers in Living Stromatolites
Linda L. Jahnke, Jack D. Farmer, Harold P. Klein

Molecular Biomarkers for Stromatolite-Building Cyanobacteria
Linda L. Jahnke, Roger E. Summons, Harold P. Klein

Earth-Threatening Comets Leave Tell-Tale Dust Trails
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Peter Jenniskens, David Morrison

Amino Acids in Meteorites
Narcinda R. Lerner

Genetic Network Modeling
Shoudan Liang, Zoltan Szallasi, Stefanie Fuhrman, Roland Somogyi

Dynamical Behavior of Networks and Cellular Automata
Jeffrey Scargle, Silvano Colombano, Shoudan Liang

Simple Peptides at Water-Membrane Interfaces
Andrew Pohorille, Christophe Chipot

Nitrogen Sources and Sinks on Early Earth
David P. Summers

Prebiotic Synthesis of Activated Amino Acids
Arthur L. Weber

Exobiology for Missions

Capturing Cosmic Dust on Mir
Kenji Nishioka, Ted Bunch, Mark Fonda, Glenn Carle, Sherwood Chang, James Ryder, Janet Borg

Exobiology For Mars

Strategy to explore Mars
Michael H. Carr, Benton Clark, David J. DesMarais, Donald L. DeVincenzi, Jack D. Farmer, John M. Hayes, Heinrich Holland, Bruce Jakosky, Gerald F. Joyce, John F. Kerridge, Harold P. Klein, Andrew H. Knoll, Gene D. McDonald, Christopher P. McKay, Michael A. Meyer, Kenneth H. Nealson, Everett L. Shock, David M. Ward

Prebiotic chemistry on Mars
Sherwood Chang

Implementing a Strategy for Mars Exopaleontology
Jack D. Farmer, David J. Des Marais

Remote Analysis of Martian Surface Materials
D. Blake, P. Sarrazin, D. Bish, D. Vaniman, S. Chipera, S. A. Collins, T. Elliott

Space Technologies

Submicron Optical Aerosol Spectrometer
Mark L. Fonda, David M. Stratton

Bonded Capillary Columns
Thomas Shen, Jr-Lung Chen

Silicon-Micromachined Gas Chromatography System
Thomas Shen, James Suminto, Frank Yang, Daniel Kojiro, Glenn Carle

NASA Ames
Research & Technology Reports

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