THE CASE FOR LIFE EXISTING

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THE CASE FOR LIFE EXISTING
OUTSIDE OF OUR BIOSPHERE
TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR STRUCTURES
RICCARDO S. GATTA Ph.D. Molecular Genetics,
ICGEB New Delhi, Regd Pharmacist
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POSTER PRESENTATION

• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

TO
SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

• SELECT TARGET,

• SELECT TECHNIQUE,

• ADAPT...

• APPLY THIS TO A SPECIFIC PARADIGM.

• EUROPA,

• CRYOBOT,

• MINIATURISATION...

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POSTER PRESENTATION

• TARGET THE SEARCH CRITERIA

LAST
L
UNIVERSAL
U
COMMON
C
EVOLUTION
MODELS
OF
ANCESTOR
A

• PARALLEL

• DIVERGENT

• CONVERGENT

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POSTER PRESENTATION

• TECHNIQUE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

• EARTH OR NON-EARTH CENTRIC APPROACH...

• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY,

• IMMUNO-FLUORESCENCE...

• ADAPTION REPRODUCIBILITY

• ELEMENTS/CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETE PICTURE

• ION CHANNELS,

• PROBE DESIGN

Moczydlowski, 1998
From Alberts, Bray, Johnson, Lewis, Raff,
Roberts, Walterc 1999
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POSTER PRESENTATION

• EXOBIOLOGY WHAT TO DO WITH IT...

• SAMPLE COLLECTION ...

• EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENT,

• SAFETY CONCERNS ...?

• DEVICES FOR DOING IT...

• ISOLATION

From MBARI

• VISUALISATION

GeneChip Affymetrix

• INTERPRETATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the abdus salam       international
centre for theoretical physics
Participants of the Sixth Trieste Conference on
Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life 
(2000, ICTP Photo Archives and Massimo Silvano)