2005 MEETINGS
2006 MEETINGS
INVITED MEETINGS


AbSciCon
Washington DC
26-30 March, 2006

Princeton University

Martian Subsurface Biotomes: A Fanciful Speculation
T.C. Onstott, Princeton University
L. M. Pratt, Indiana University
S.M. Clifford, Lunar Planetary Institute
B. Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto
T.J. Phelps, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Metagenomic Characterization of a Deep Subsurface Microorganism
T.C. Onstott, Princeton University
T.C. Hazen, A. Arkin, E. Brodie, D.Chivian, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
E.Alm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P.R. Alla Lapidus, DOE Joint Genomics Institute
D. Cullery and F. Brockman , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
L. H. Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
T. Gihring, Florida State University
D.P. Moser, Desert Research Institute

Species Diversity and Sulfur Metabolism of Psychrophiles in a Deep Subpermafrost Brine in the Canadian Arctic
D. McGown, C. Boettiger, M. Davidson, E. Chan, T.C. Onstott, Princeton University
L.M. Pratt, Indiana Univesity
C. Bakermans, M. Thomashow, Michigan State University
S. Miller, D. Balkwill, Florida State University
B. Soffentino, University of Rhode Island
T. Ruskeeniemi, L. Ahonen, Geological Survey of Finland
J. Telling, B. Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto
S. Frape, R. Stotler, University of Waterloo

High Precision Measurements of d13C-Ch4 and d2H-CH4 with Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
J.D. Kessler, T.C. Onstott, D.McGown, Princeton University
K.K. Lehmann, University of Virginia
B. Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto
S.M. Clifford, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Culturing of Deep-Subsurface Bacterium Reveals Surprising Metabolic Strategy for Sulfur Sequestration
Mark Davidson, T.C. Onstott Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Jon Fong, L.M. Pratt Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University

Indiana University

The Intersection of Science and Art at Lupin Mine: The Poetics of Place
Ruth Droppo, L.M. Pratt Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
Peter C. Suchecki Oakland, CA

Using Appraisal of Microbial Activity in Sub-Permafrost Brines to Refine Life-Detection Strategies for Mars
L. M. Pratt Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
T.C. Onstott Department of Geosciences, Princeton University

Sulfur Isotopic Signatures from Basalt-Hosted Saline Lakes in Oregon as Analogues for Paleolakes on Mars
I. Arango, L.M. Pratt Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University

University of Tennessee

Investigations of Microbial Diversity in Deep, Subpermafrost Brine in a Canadian Gold Mine
S.M. Pfiffner, S.A. Bottomly, A.S. Parsons, A.N. Smithgall, M. Gan, D.C. White
Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee

University of Toronto

Tracers in the Deep: Stable Isotope Signatures of Energy Sources and Microbial Activity in Ultramafic-Hosted Sites in the Deep Subsurface
B.Sherwood Lollar, J. Telling, G. Lacrampe-Couloume Department of Geology, University of Toronto
G.F. Slater School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Canada
T.C. Onstott Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
L.M. Pratt Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University bar