More info at links provided.

[link to www.accessexcellence.org]

Rothschild's research focuses on the evolution and physiological ecology of protists, with an emphasis on the algae. While at NASA, she has studied carbon metabolism and DNA synthesis patterns of microbial mats in Baja, Yellowstone National Park and thermal areas in New Zealand. The purpose of this work is to model precambrian ecosystems and to predict the effect of global change variables, particularly carbon dioxide pressure and UV radiation, on ecosystem functioning. The most recent work, on the effect of UV radiation, has led to the first measurements of a form of UV damage repair in nature, excision repair.

[link to astrobiology.nasa.gov]

Program for Molecular Paleontology and Resurrection: Rewinding the Tape of Life

Day 1- Monday, November 8

Minerals to Enzymes

Replaying the Tape of Life: The potential of Evolution as a Predictive Science
Lynn Rothschild

CO and the Evolution of Methanogenesis
Greg Ferry

Iron-Sulfur Enzyme Evolution
John Peters

Metals, Sulfide and Phosphate Bring Wet Rocky Worlds to Life
Mike Russell

Iron-Sulfur Mineral Based Prebiotic Chemistry
Robert Szilagyi

Break (2:50 pm – 3:05 pm EST)
Early Prebiotic Chemistry

Ancestral Biopolymers
Nick Hud