S. Clifford - Lunar and Planetary Institute

"Water on Mars: Ancient oceans, deep aquifers and massive ground ice", dinner speaker at annual meeting of the Indiana Water Resources Association, Valparaiso University, Indiana, June 2004. D. P. Moser - Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

"Snapshots in the darkness: probing the subsurface biosphere by ship, shovel, and ultradeep mines."
University of Guelph, Department of Environmental Biology, Guelph, Ontario Canada - February 2004

"Deep continental biospheres: new insights from lake sediment and the world's deepest mines."
Denver University, Department of Biology, Denver CO - February 2004

"Three billion years from daylight: exploration of subsurface microbial ecosystems via ship, shovel, and the world's deepest mines."
Desert Research Institute, Reno March 11, 2004
Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas March 12, 2004

S.M. Pfiffner - Tennessee

"Adventures in South African Gold Mines: A Model to Study Extraterrestrial Life." (PDF)
University of Oklahoma, Oct. 24, 2003
East Tennessee State University, Feb. 11, 2004
Florida A&M University, Feb. 20, 2004

REU Site: Biogeochemical Education Experience-South Africa
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, June 2004

Astrobiology: The Search for Life on Earth and Beyond, REU Site
BEE-SA Symposium. University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, July 2004

T.J. Phelps - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

"Life at the Extremes of Temperature and Salinity, Particularly as Related to Astrobiology."
Brown University, Oct. 2003

"Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes and Potential Applications for the 21st Century."

L.M. Pratt - Indiana University

Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative, Detection of Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycling in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars
Indiana University Department of Geological Sciences Advisory Board Lecture, February 6, 2004

Detection of Biosustaining Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Banquet, Indiana University Bloomington April 27, 2004
Cook Corporation Executive Luncheon, Bloomington,October 13, 2004

If we encounter life on Mars, will we recognize it as living?
Phi Beta Kappa Lectureship Series, Augustana College, April 19, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa Fellows Lectureship Eastern Illinois University, September 23, 2004
National Science Teachers Association Regional Convention Indianapolis IN, November 5, 2004
Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Colloquium Series, November 15, 2004
NAI Executive Council Meeting, September 13, 2004

T.C. Hazen - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories

Hazen, T. C., and A. P. Arkin. Invited. Roundtable on Rapid Deduction of Stress Response Pathways in Metal-Reducing Bacteria: Ecology, Functional Genomics, and Bioinformatics. August 2004, Cancun,
Mexico. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology - 10.

Hazen, T. C., and A. P. Arkin. Invited. Workshop on Stress in Metal-Reducing Bacteria: Ecology, Functional Genomics, and Bioinformatics. July 2004, Anaheim, CA. Society for Industrial
Microbiology Annual Meeting.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. Recent Advances in Bioremediation. July 2004, Berkeley, CA. CEB Summer Student Lectures.

Hazen, T. C. Invited Keynote. Recent Advances in Bioremediation. June 2004, Chicago, IL. Seventh Biennial Symposium of the International Society of Environmental Biotechnology.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. Latest Advances in Environmental Biotechnology. June 2004, San Francisco, CA. BIO2004.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. Integration of Ecogenomics, Phenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Fluxomics, Bioinformatics, and Biogeochemistry: The New Frontier for Environmental Biotechnology. June 2004, Adelaide, Australia. Flinders University.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. From Sequence to Integration of Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics and Ecology: The New Frontier of Science. April 2004, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival: Rapid Deduction of Stress Response Pathways. April 2004, Bayamon, PR. University of Puerto Rico.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. An Overview of Environmental Biotechnology. March 2004, San Diego, CA. AEHS West Annual Symposium on Contaminated Soils.

Hazen, T. C. Invited Panelist. Round Table on Future of Biotechnologies. March 2004, Concepcion, Chile. Global Biotechnology Forum, United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

Hazen, T. C. Invited. Genes and Bacteria. Why are bacteria important and what do they do? As life forms, how are they structured? March 2004, Concepcion, Chile. Global Biotechnology Forum, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization.

Barbara Sherwood Lollar - University of Toronto

Invited Presentations
Keynote for Gordon Conference on Organic Geochemistry in August 2006
Keynote for Goldschmidt Session on Organic Geochemistry in August 2006.
Titles for both still to be determined.

Sherwood Lollar, B., Telling, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Slater, G.F., Onstoot, T.C. and Pratt, L. Distinguishing abiogenic from biogenic sources of methane and implications for Mars exploration. Special Session on Biosignatures. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting. Washington DC. May 2006.

Sherwood Lollar, B. Tracers in the Deep: Isotopic and geochemical evidence for H2 autotrophy and methanogenesis in the deep subsurface. University of Toronto at Mississauga. Feb. 2006

Sherwood Lollar, B. Tracers in the Deep: Isotopic and geochemical evidence for H2 autotrophy and methanogenesis in the deep subsurface. Centre for Applied Geosciences. University of Tuebingen. Tuebingen, Germany. Jan. 2006 Sherwood Lollar, B. Carbon and hydrogen isotope measurements in abiogenic hydrocarbon synthesis. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington DC. June 2005.

Sherwood Lollar, B., Telling, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Slater, G.F., Onstott, T.C. and Pratt, L.M.  Resolving abiogenic versus biogenic sources of methane and implications for Mars exploration. Methane on Mars NASA Astrobiology Institute Distributed Workshop. NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt MD. May 18, 2005.

Sherwood Lollar, B., Telling, J.P., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Fu, Q., Seyfried, Jr., W., Horita, J. and T.M. McCollom. Carbon and hydrogen isotope measurements in abiogenic hydrocarbon synthesis. 15th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID. May 2005.

Sherwood Lollar, B. Slater, G.F., Moser, D.P., Gihring, T.M., Telling, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Lin, L.-H., and T.C. Onstott. Abiogenic gases, H2-based autotrophy and methanogens in the deep subsurface. Keynote for session on “Biogeochemistry at the Limits of Habitability”,  American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. March 2005.

Sherwood Lollar, B. Unravelling abiogenic and biogenic sources of methane - Implications for the Earth’s deep biosphere and astrobiology. Departmental Lecture. School of Geology and Geography. McMaster University. Hamilton ON. Feb. 2005

Sherwood Lollar, B. Novel geochemical and isotopic techniques for delineating abiotic versus biotic sources of hydrocarbons in the subsurface. Canadian Mining Industry Research Organization (CAMIRO) - Exploration Division, Soil Gas Hydrocarbons Meeting. Toronto, ON. Dec. 2004

Sherwood Lollar, B. Stable Isotope Environmental Geochemistry - Recent Advances. Fields Institute - Research in Mathematical Sciences Annual Conference for Fellows of the Royal Society Canada. Toronto, Ont. Oct. 2004.

Sherwood Lollar, B. Geological and Geochemical Controls on the Earth’s Deep Biosphere. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) - Earth Systems Evolution Program Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ont. Sept. 2004.

Sherwood Lollar, B. Stable Isotope Environmental Geochemistry - Recent Advances. Keynote. Notre Dame Environmental Education and Research Symposium. Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN. Nov. 12, 2003.

Other Presentations

B. Sherwood Lollar, G.F. Slater, J. Telling, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, T.C. Onstott and L. Pratt. Tracers in the deep: Stable isotope signatures of energy sources and microbial activity in ultramafic-hosted sites in the deep subsurface. ABSCICON 2006. Washington DC. March 2006.

Boettig, C., McGown, D., Davidson, M., Onstott, T.C., Soffentino, B., Bakermans, C., Thomashow, M., Miller, S.,  Balkwill, D., Pratt, L., Ruskeeniemi, T., Ahonen, L., Telling, J., Sherwood Lollar, B., Frape, S. and Stotler, R. Distribution and diversity of microorganisms of deep, subpermafrost brine in the Canadian Arctic. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco CA. Dec. 2005.

Slater, G.F., Lippman, J., Reddy, C.M., Ward, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Lin., L.-H., Hall, J., Onstott, T.C. and B. Sherwood Lollar. Evaluating bacterial methanogenesis via the distribution of`14C between dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and CH4 in South African gold mines. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM). Jackson Hole, WY. August 2005.

Moser, D.P., Gihring, T.M., Brockman, F.J., Fredrickson, J.K., Balkwill, D.L., Dollhopf, M.E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E., Southam, G., Wanger, G., Baker, B.J., Pfiffner, S.M., Lin, L.-H., Kieft, T.L., Mileson, M. and T.C. Onstott. Microbial communities of deep crustal fracture systems may reveal a new mechanism for fueling subsurface biospheres. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM). Jackson Hole, WY. August 2005.

Kieft, T.L., Milleson, M., McCuddy, S.M., Onstott, T.C., Davidson, M., Mislowac, B., Lin, L.-H., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann, J., Gihring, T., Moser, D., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E., Pfiffner, S.M. and T.J. Phelps. Comparing the geomicrobiology of two neighboring 3-km deep groundwaters of widely differing age. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM). Jackson Hole, WY. August 2005.

Fu, Q., Sherwood Lollar, B., Horita, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G. and W. Seyfried, Jr. Hydrogen and carbon isotope compositions of hydrocarbons in hydrothermal carbon reduction processes. 15th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID. May 2005.

Ballentine, C.J., Marty, B., Sherwood Lollar, B. and M. Cassidy. The source and consequence of neon isotope heterogeneity in the mantle. 15th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID. May 2005.

Sherwood Lollar, B., Telling, J., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Slater, G.F., Onstott, T.C. and Pratt, L.M.  Signatures of life? Resolving abiogenic versus biogenic sources of methane and implications for Mars exploration. 5th Canadian Space Exploration Workshop - The Future of Space Exploration in Canada. Canadian Space Agency, Longueuil Quebec. May 2005.

Telling, J.P., Lacrampe-Couloume, G. and B. Sherwood Lollar. Compound specific hydrogen and carbon isotopes as a tool to distinguish abiogenic from biogenic hydrocarbons. NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) Annual Meeting. Boulder CO. April 2005.

Kieft, T.L., Onstott, T.C., Lin, L.-H., Sherwood Lollar, B., Moser, D., Phelps, T.J., Pfiffner, S.M. and L.M. Pratt. Limits to life in the deep terrestrial biosphere. International Continental Drilling Program Workshop, Potsdam, Germany March 30-April 1, 2005.

Morrill, P.L., Telling, J.P., Slater, G.F., Lacrampe-Couloume, G. and B. Sherwood Lollar. Compound specific carbon and hydrogen isotooe analysis - diagnostic tools for identifying abiogenic hydrocarbons. Gordon Research Conference on Origin of Life. Jan. 2005.

Moser, D.P. Gihring, T.M., Fredrickson, J.K., Brockman, F.J., Onstott, T.C., Pratt, L., Boice, E., Davidson, M., Balkwill, D.L., Dollhopf, M.E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Southam, G., and Wanger, G. Investigations of deep subsurface microbial ecology via the ultradeep gold mines of South Africa.. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Microbial Ecology. Cancun, Mexico. Aug. 2004.

Mislowack, B., Onstott, T.C., Lin, L.-H., Rose, G., Ralston, C., Sherwood Lollar, B., Pfiffner, S.M., Kieft, T and S. McCuddy. In situ cultivation of deep subsurface microorganisms in a mafic sill: Implications for SliME’s. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans LA May 2004.

Onstott, T.C., Mislowack, B., Lin, L.-H., Davidson, M.M., Gihring, T.M., Moser, D.P., Fredrickson, J.K., Brockman, F.J., Pfiffner, S.M., Phelps, T.J., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E.A., Sherwood Lollar, B., Ward, J., Lippmann, J., Litthaur, D. and E. van Heerden. Does the lack of energy limit deep subsurface life? 104th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans LA May 2004.

Davidson, M.M., Onstott, T.C., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E.A., Southam, G., Wanger, G., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann, J. and W Seymoor. Microbial diversity associated with geochemical changes in a deep subsurface aquifer. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco CA. Dec. 2003.

Ballentine, C.J., Sherwood Lollar, B., Marty, B. and M. Cassidy. CO2 well gases, noble gases and the origin of volatiles in the earth’s mantle. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco CA. Dec. 2003.

Slater, G.F., J. Lippman, C. Reddy, J. Ward, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, L.-H. Lin, J. Hall, T.C. Onstott and B. Sherwood Lollar. Radiocarbon distribution in DIC and CH4 in South African gold mines – evidence for current methanogenesis? Annual Radiocarbon Meeting. New Zealand Oct. 2003

Moser, D.P., Gihring, T.M., Fredrickson, J.K., Brockman, F.J., Onstott, T.C., Hall, J., Lin, L.-H., Davidson, M., Balkwill, D.L., Drake, G.R., Trimarco, E., Pfiffner, A., Welty, A.H., Southam, G., Lengke, M., Wanger, G., Tipple, B., Sherwood Lollar, B., Ward, J.  Changes over a 2.5 km vertical flow path in a deep hydrological downwelling zone. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. May 2003.

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Press Summary for ASM General Meeting,
May 21-25, 2006, Orlando, FL

RELEASE DATE
May 21st, 2006

POPULAR TITLE
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Life in the Deep Subsurface

TECHNICAL TITLE
Environmental Genomic Characterization of the Deep Subsurface Microorganism Desulforudis audaxviator (PDF)