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Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory

The Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory is dedicated to the study of organic compounds derived from Stardust and future sample return missions, meteorites, lab simulations of Mars, interstellar, proto-planetary, and cometary ices and grains, and instrument development.

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The Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory is dedicated to the study of organic compounds derived from Stardust and future sample return missions, meteorites, lab simulations of Mars, interstellar, proto-planetary, and cometary ices and grains, and instrument development.

Related Publications

2025. "Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes.", Astrobiology, [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2025.0017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu.", Nature Astronomy, [Full Text] [10.1038/s41550-024-02472-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Prebiotic chiral transfer from self-aminoacylating ribozymes may favor either handedness.", Nature Communications, 15 (1): 7980 [10.1038/s41467-024-52362-x] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Extraterrestrial hydroxy amino acids in CM and CR carbonaceous chondrites.", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 56 (6): 1005-1023 [Full Text] [10.1111/maps.13661] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu.", Science, 379 (6634): eabn9033 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.abn9033] [Journal Article/Letter]