An All Hands meeting of ASU's "Follow the Elements" Astrobiology group at ASU's Memorial Union on January 25-26th, 2010 brought together the many investigators on this grant from NASA's Astrobiology Institute. Two days of workshops, talks and poster sessions outlined the results already emerging from this exciting field of research, including Greg Brennecka's recent Science paper.
Other talks included The Stoichometry of LIfe - Lab, Field, Geology and Genomes (Jim Elser, lead); Astrophysical Constraints on the Elements of Life - 26Al, Water, Supernovae (Frank Timmes, lead); and Habitability of Water-rich environments - Mars, Europa, Enceledus, Titan and KBOs (Mikhail Zolotov, lead).
Updates on NASA Missions included presentations from Phil Christensen (Mars), Paul Scowen (Astronomy), Ron Greeley (Europa) and Dante Lauretta (asteroids). An undergraduate outreach event on the evening of January 26th was lead by Steve Desch.