Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory
Two Columns
Press Releases
+ Glycine in Comet Wild 2, 2009, PDF of Elsila et al. 2009+ Enantiomeric amino acid excesses in meteorites, 2009, PDF of Glavin and Dworkin 2009
+ Reinvestigation of Stanley Miller's Experiments, 2008, PDF of Johnson et al. 2008
+ Nucleobases in meteorites, 2008, PDF of Martins et al. 2008
+ Amines in Stardust, 2006, PDF of Sandford et al., 2006
Research Themes
A central research component is the study of amines and nucleobases in martian and carbonaceous meteorites.Value is added to this work by comparing these results to terrestrial analogs of Mars, laboratory simulations of the formation of the solar system, and extraterrestrial samples retrieved by air and spacecraft. + NASA Goddard Cosmic Ice Lab
The study of the residues remaining after the irradiation of acetonitrile containing ices. + NASA Goddard Interstellar Grain Lab
The study of the volatiles and solids generated by Fisher Tropsch type reactions on simulated interstellar grains. + NASA Ames Astrochemistry Lab
The study of the residues remaining after the photolysis of cyanide containing ices. + Carnegie Institution of Washington Biogeochemistry Group
Stable isotopic analysis of meteoritic organics. + Stardust
Comet grains captured by the Stardust spacecraft! + Sample Analysis at Mars
Testing of methods and techniques. This poster summerizes the tools, research, and data products.
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