Welcome to ABC – AstroBiology Centre
Astrobiology is now one of the fastest developing research areas. The evolution of life on Earth (and the influence of cosmic events like meteorite and comet impacts on it) has always been in, focus of the interest of researchers. Through discoveries of exoplanets during the last decades the question of extraterrestrial life has also gained actuality.
The new paper on methane and astrobiology has just been published with open access:
The production of methane, hydrogen and organic compounds in ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Astrobiology 15 (5). doi: 10.1089/ast.2014.1198.
Masters degree project
Metals for life
Masters degree project in astrobiology/geochemistry: The base of subseafloor microbial communities is hypothesized to consist of chemolithoautotrophs fueled by reduced chemical species produced by fluid-rock interactions (Gold 1992; Nealson et al., 2005).