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PCB 7922 - Space Biology and Astrobiology Journal Club
This Journal Club will examine literature
concerned with two aspects of scientific exploration beyond the surface of the
Earth. First, we will discuss the results of Spaceflight experiments conducted
in the microgravity environments of the Space Shuttle and the Space Stations (ISS,
MIR). Second, we will examine literature concerned with other biological
perspectives of NASA research. Astrobiology explores the age-old questions of
how life began and developed, whether life also originated elsewhere in the
universe, and what the future holds for life on earth and elsewhere.
Tuesdays, 9-10am, room
PSF #4 (out by the Environmental Horticulture greenhouses).
Tuesday, December 10th @ 9am, Shai Lawit will be
presenting our final paper from
Andy
Staehelin's lab at the University
of Colorado: Nodal
Endoplasmic Reticulum, a Specialized Form of Endoplasmic Reticulum Found in
Gravity-Sensing Root Tip Columella Cells
Plant Physiology. 125(1):252-265
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September |
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Sept. 17 |
Matt Reyes
– Introduction to Astrobiology and the concept of
Terraforming
Fogg, M.J., 1998.
Terraforming
Mars: A review of current research.
ADV IN SPACE RES 22 (3):
415-420 1998.
The
Astrobiology Roadmap |
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Sept. 24 |
The Debate on Terraforming |
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Sept. 26 |
Dr. Oscar Monjes
from
DYNAMAC will
be giving a seminar entitled "Space Farming: Challenges of growing
crops in space."
at the Department of Agronomy at
4:05pm in Room G186
McCarty Hall. All are invited. |
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October |
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Oct. 1 |
Matt Reyes
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Markus Braun et al., 2002.
Actomyosin-Mediated Statolith Positioning in Gravisensing Plant Cells
Studied in Microgravity.
J. of Plant Growth Reg. 21:137-145 |
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Oct.1 |
Dr. (Venkat)
Kasthuri Venkateswaran
from
JPL will be giving a seminar
entitled
"Microbial
Diversity in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilities."
in
the Chemistry Laboratory Building Room 212 at 1pm. All are invited! |
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Oct.4
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Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul
will be giving a seminar
entitled "TAGES Flight Experiment and
Implications to Signal Transduction in Plants"
at the Department of Botany at
3:30pm in Room
211 Bartram Hall. All are invited. |
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Oct.7 |
Dr. Greg Goins
from
DYNAMAC
will be giving a seminar entitled "Experiments
from the Astronauts' Salad Bar - Characterization of Photosynthetic
Performance under Narrow-spectrum Red & Blue Wavelengths"
at 4:05pm in Room 1306 Fifield Hall. All are invited. |
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Oct. 8 |
Mike Manak
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Thomas
&
Dieckmann.,
2002. Antarctic Sea Ice - A
Habitat for Extremophiles. Science. 295:641-644 |
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Oct.8 |
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul
will be giving a seminar
entitled "Launching a Space Flight
Experiment - What do you need to know before you go?"
at the Department of Plant Pathology at
4:05pm in
Room 2316 Fifield Hall. All are invited. |
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Oct. 15 |
Stephanie Wyles -
Chapelle et al., 2002. A hydrogen-based
subsurface microbial community dominated by methanogens.
Nature. 415:312-315 |
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Oct. 22 |
Brian Fuller
–
Wynn-Williams et al., 2002.
Pigmentation as a survival strategy
for ancient and modern photosynthetic microbes under high ultraviolet stress
on planetary surfaces INT. J ASTROBIOLOGY 1(1):39-49 |
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Oct. 29 |
Karen Chamusco -
Hose
&
Pisarowicz., 1999.
CUEVA DE
VILLA LUZ, TABASCO, MEXICO: RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF AN ACTIVE SULFUR SPRING
CAVE AND ECOSYSTEM. J. of Cave and Karst Studies. 61(1):13-21 |
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November |
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Nov. 5 |
Jenny Roll -
Mancinelli
&
Klovstad., 2000.
Martian soil and UV radiation: microbial viability assessment on spacecraft
surfaces.
Planetary & Space Sciences. 48:1093-1097 |
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Nov. 12 |
Eduardo F. Carlos -
Liemann &
Glockshuber., 1998.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.
Biochem. & Biophys. Res. Com. 250:187–193 |
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Nov. 19 |
Mike Kocsis -
Kern et al., 2001.
Amyloplasts
that sediment in protonemata of the moss Ceratodon purpureus are nonrandomly
distributed in microgravity.
Plant Physiology. 125:2085-2094 |
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Nov. 26 |
Andrea Eveland
- Link,
Wagner,
& Cosgrove., 2001.
The effect of a microgravity (space) environment on the expression of
expansins from the peg and root tissues of Cucumis sativus.
Physiologia Plantarum. 113(2):292-300 |
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December |
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Dec. 3 |
John Mayfield -
Pornprasertsuk
et al., 2001.
Fractal dimension analysis of weight-bearing
bones of rats during skeletal unloading.
Bone. 29(2):180-184 |
| Dec. 10 |
Shai Lawit -
Zheng &
Staehelin.,
2001. Nodal
Endoplasmic Reticulum, a Specialized Form of Endoplasmic Reticulum Found in
Gravity-Sensing Root Tip Columella Cells
Plant Physiology. 125(1):252-265 |
| Dec. 17 |
Finals week – no Journal Club |
Astrobiology / Space Biology Journal Club Members:
Suggested Background Links:
Click here for a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet of suggested books relating to Space Biology - Astrobiology
For more information on NASA's Astrobiology Initiative,
please visit:
For more information on the International Efforts in
Exobiology and Space Biology, please visit:
For more information on Plant Space Biology, specifically
dealing with the effects of Gravity, please see this special issue:
For more information on Space Biology of all sorts, please
visit Space Link:
For more information on the Astrobiology Academy at NASA
Ames Research Center, please click here:
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