video, newspaper releases, interviews, teacher workshops

T. Hazen - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Public Outreach:
Posner, M.  Newspaper.  ….At Lawrence Berkeley.  Weapons Complex Monitor: Waste Management and Cleanup 16:11.  October 24, 2005.

Yarris, L.  Newspaper.  DNA Chip Scans for Disease-Causing Microbes.  Berkeley Lab VIEW 3 (17): 5.  October 14, 2005.

_____.  Newspaper.  Bissell and Hazen Honored as BER Distinguished Scientists.  Berkeley Lab VIEW 3(17):7.  October 14, 2005

Woodruff, A.  Newspaper.  Device Exposes Katrina’s Bacteria.  Picture and article featuring T. Hazen and G. Andersen.  The Daily California.  October 12, 2005.  Berkeley, CA.

Posner, M.  Newspaper.  LBNL Bioremediaiton Experiments show promise in Hanford 100-H Area.  Weapons Complex Monitor: Waste Management and Cleanup 16:12.  October 10, 2005.

_____  Newspaper.  Today at Berkeley Lab.  Bioremediation, Breast Cancer Work Awarded.  http://www.lbl.gov/today/  October 4, 2005.

_____  Newspaper.  Today at Berkeley Lab.  'Phylochip' Scans Flood Areas for Contaminants.  http://www.lbl.gov/today/  September 28, 2005.

S. Clifford - Lunar and Planetary Institute

Public Outreach - "Water on Mars", Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, January 2004.

K. Davis - University of Tennessee

Education: Selection of Tennessee candidates for Astrobiology Laboratory Institute for Instructors (ALI'I), University of Hawaii Manoa, June 14 -18, 2004.   With S. Pfiffner.

Education: Coordination, Carnegie Institution of Washington's Interactive Exhibit on hydrothermal vents at the Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair, University of Tennessee, April 5-8, 2004.   With S. Pfiffner.

Education: Co-director, the National Science Foundation sponsored "REU Site: Biogeochemical Educational Experiences - South Africa" 2003-2004.   With S. Pfiffner

Education: Davis, K.L.  June 2006.  Ethics and the Field of Astrobiology.  Astrobiology in Secondary Classroom at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

Education: Davis, K.L.  June 2006.  Ethical and Ideological Challenges in Astrobiology. Presentation at the IPTAI Astrobiolgy Workshop. Bloomington, IN.

T.C. Onstott - Princeton University

Public Outreach :   T.C. Onstott and David Klassen, an interview on WHYY Public Radio, Philadelphia, with Marty Moss-Coane - "To the Moon, Mars and beyond."
http://www.whyy.org/cgi-bin/RTsearcher.cgi    January 16, 2004

Public Outreach : "Mars Rovers and the Searching for Life on Mars."; Lecture for Princeton Charter School, 6th grade.   April 13, 2004

Public Outreach : New York Museum of Natural History, video for exhibit on life in extreme environments.   With Lynn Rothschild, Chris McKay and John Baross.

Public Outreach: Princeton University "Planets and Life Symposium" December 2, 2006 (program)

Public Outreach: December 11, 2006. T.C. Onstott, interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, "A New Kind of Life."

Public Outreach: May 2007, T.C. Onstott, Time Magazine's The Time 100 - The People Who Shape Our World. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595329_1615985,00.html

Public Outreach: June, 2007, T.C. Onstott, Microbe World Radio Microbes from Hell. http://www.flpradio.com/microbeworld/audio/070416-070511/070419.mp3

Student work:

Jessica Garvin, senior thesis entitled "The Geology of Eagle Crater."

S.M. Pfiffner - University of Tennessee

"Biogeochemical Educational Experiences - South Africa (BEE-SA)" (PDF)
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Site)
June 11 - August 2, 2004

Public Outreach:  Request for information on IPTAI from Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. - March 4, 2004 (PDF)

Education and Public Outreach Annual Report, November 1, 2003 - June 20, 2004 (PDF)

Public Outreach - Carnegie Institution of Washington's Interactive Exhibit on hydrothermal vents at the Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair, University of Tennessee, April 5-8, 2004.

Education - K-12 teachers: IPTAI funded three high school science teachers (two women and one man, covering east Tennessee, Knoxville and Virginia) to attend the NAI teacher workshop, Astrobiology Institute for Teachers at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. The workshop was held June 14 - 18, 2004 and was led by Mary Kado'oka (EPO lead for the University of Hawaii).   In August the teachers will meet with Dr. Pfiffner to discuss the various plans the teachers have for disseminating what they have learned to area schools.

Education: " Biogeochemical Educational Experiences - South Africa (BEE-SA) " Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Site) June 11 - August 2, 2004.

For the REU:   We have selected and received acceptances from 10 undergraduates.   3 male 7 female.   (3 African-American, 1 Native American, 1 Asian American, 1 Eurasian).   The selection of SA students is as follows: one from University of the North, two from Western Cape and three from UFS. Mentors include, Kieft, Ghiring, Pfiffner, for 3-4 weeks stays; Onstott, DeFlaun, Phelps, and Davis for short stays; also, two assistants - one undergraduate from Princeton and one graduate student from Iowa State.

Education and Public Outreach Annual Report, November 1, 2004 - June 20, 2005 (here)

Education: Pfiffner, S.M.  June 2006. In Search of Aliens of the Deep.  Astrobiology in Secondary Classroom at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

Education: Pfiffner, S.M.  June 2006.   Microbial Characterization and Diversity.  Astrobiology and the Search for Life in Space at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Education and Public Outreach Annual Report, November 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006 (here)

Public Outreach, April 23, 2007: Travel support from NAI Central for S. Pfiffner, K. Davis, and K. Sparks, American Society for Microbiology meeting. Abstracts: K. Davis on the astrobiology teacher workshops, Michele Bahr's on astrobiology resources for educators, and K. Sparks on microbial characterization of permafrost core.

L.M. Pratt - Indiana

Public Outreach: "Exploring the Subsurface of Mars" iMars Technology and Space Exploration, School of Informatics, Indiana University Bloomington, February 23, 2004 (PDF) With D. Bish
website: www.iustv.com (under "video archives" February 26)

Public Outreach: The Friday Zone
Friday Zone Pro: Videotaped meeting with 10 year-old children, challenging them to become Martian scientists. With D. Bish. Program airs every Friday on PBS statiions WTIU and WFYI in Indiana.  February 17, 2004
 
Public Outreach: Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board Presentation,   talk entitled, "Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative Detection of Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycling in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars."; February 6, 2004

Public Outreach: NASA AbSciCon panel debate,"Terraforming Mars." NAI Annual Meeting, NASA Ames Research Center. Sponsored by Astrobiology Magazine. March 30, 2004.
Public Outreach: Interview for NOVA miniseries, "Origins." PBS broadcast September 28, 2004.

Public Outreach: Water On Mars, Indiana University Brownie Math and Science Day, November 2004. Hands-on science activities for 260 girls ranging in age from 6-8 years old.

Public Outreach: Phone interview for Earth and Sky. April, 2005

Public Outreach: Newspaper interview with the Indiana University Daily Student (IDS), August 2005.

Public Outreach: Newspaper interview with the Bloomington Herald Times, September 2005

Public Outreach: Microbial Adaptations to Biosustainability in Deep-Subsurface Environments on Earth. Phi Beta Kappa lecture, Purdue University February 2006

Putlic Outreach: Exploration for Life in the Deep Subsurface of Earth, talk for the opening of Aliens of the Deep, Louisville Science Center, Louisville KY, February 2006

Public Outreach: The film, Looking For Life; produced by Geoff Haines-Stiles was broadcast on PBS and the NASA channel in May 2006. This video included footage of a field trip to Lupin Mine in October, 2005. Peter Suchecki, the videographer on that trip, accompanied Lisa Pratt and a team of scientists down 1130 meters into the mine to collect water and gas samples. Peter Suchecki and Ruth Droppo sorted through 40 hours of footage for 20 minutes of material to send to Geoff Haines-Stiles for inclusion in the Looking For Life production. Lisa Pratt and Geoff Haines-Stiles wrote voice-over script for the segment, and Ruth Droppo facilitated the recording at IU Telecommunication’s audio lab.

Public Outreach: Indiana hosted Dr. John Rummel for the National Science Olympiad on the Bloomington Campus, May 16-18, 2005. Dr. Rummel gave two lectures and hosted a hospitality afternoon where he signed hand-out posters and talked with parents and students about the Spirit and Opportunity missions.

Public Outreach: May 2006, If we encounter life on Mars, will we recognize it as living? Finnish Geological Survey

Education : June 2006. If we encounter life on Mars, will we recognize it as living? Indiana University Astrobiology Teacher Workshop, Bloomington, IN

Public Outreach: Press articles on the Science paper entitled, Long-term sustainability of a high-energy, low-diversity crustal biome by Li-Hung LIn, et al.

______October 19, 2006,
1) United Press International, "Bacteria found digesting radiated water"
2) Scripps-Howard News Service, "A microbial lost world two miles down in Earth's crust"
3) New Scientist, "Gold mine holds life untouched by the Sun"
4) G1 (Brazil), "Subterranean bacteria hint at life on Mars"
5) G1 (Brazil), "Vida na terra pode ter tido origem "profunda", diz geologo"

______October 20, 2006
1) San Francisco Chronicle, "Bacteria found living 2 miles underground"
2) Washington Post, "Newfound bacteria fuled by radiation"
3) Bloomington IN Herald Times, "Bacteria find could point way to life on Mars"

______October 23, 2006
1) WFFA (Dallas/F.W.), "Bacteria found 2 miles beneath Earth's surface"
2) Cosmos (Australia), "Subterranean bacteria hint at life on Mars"

______October 24, 2006
1) NSF, "Discovery Files: Uranium Subterranean"
2) Indiana Daily Student, "Study fuels debate of life on Mars"

______November 7, 2006
1) Star (South Africa), "Mine bacteria stir speculation about Mars"
2) Independent (South Africa), "Mine bacteria stir speculation about Mars"

Public Outreach: December, 2006, Lisa M. Pratt, phone interview with The Naked Scientist, BBC, regarding the Science paper on communities of extremophile bacteria from Mponeng Mine, South Africa.

Public Outreach: January 28, 2007, Lisa M. Pratt, Live radio interview/broadcast with The Naked Scientist, BBC. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/

Public Outreach: January 30, 2007, Lisa M. Pratt, interview with the Indiana Daily Student, "Are We Alone?"

Public Outreach: May, 2007, Lisa M. Pratt, contributing figures to Young Copernicus, Chinese publication http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/design/future/YoungCopernicus.htm

Public Outreach: May, 2007, Lisa M. Pratt, NSF website publication, animation contribution to "Extreme Microbes" http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/microbes/index.jsp

Public Outreach: July, 2007, Lisa M. Pratt, The History Channel, video footage for "Quest for Life"

Barbara Sherwood Lollar - University of Toronto

Public Outreach: January 2007 Public Lecture to Attached High School of Ochanomizu University Tokyo, Japan.

Public Outreach: October 2006 CBC radio Quirks and Quarks - Interview on Science paper by Lin et al., 2006 on ancient microbial communities found at 2.8 kmbs in South Africa gold mine

Public Outreach: Aug. 2006 Toronto Star feature on our research on deep subsurface biosphere and origin of methane

Public Outreach: July 2006 CBC Radio Interview - NASA searches for life on Mars deep in the Canadian Shield

Public Outreach: July 2006 Timmins Daily Press Kidd Creek Mine: NASA search for extraterrestrial life