of extremophiles as an unknown guy. He had no funding from NSF, no funding from anyone, from NASA, anyone. He had done some original work on, on looking for microbial life deep
And mushrooms are extremophile, so they grow really easily.
So what are extremophiles?
So the existence of extremophiles in such extreme environments on Earth make us think that it may be possible for extremophiles
And I think extremophiles is one of the things that motivates the scientists to create this scientific endeavor called
So exoplanets and extremophiles, right, two big game changers.
But the fact that extremophile today can survive in such an extreme range of temperatures doesn't mean that life could begin
But the fact that extremophiles today can survive in such an extreme range of temperatures doesn't mean that life could begin under such an extreme range of temperatures.
But the fact that extremophiles today can survive in such an extreme range of temperatures doesn't mean that life could begin
Some people think that the concept of extremophiles is an anthropocentric concept.
And there are different categories of extremophiles, as you can see here in the first column in this table.
And with all this research on extremophiles, how does this relate to human space exploration?
So you open the book with extremophiles-- so, bacteria in a rock here?
And maybe tell us about some of your work with extremophiles and what this tells us about ..
So there are living organisms that are known as extremophiles in science, meaning organisms that can survive in extreme environments, like extreme cold or heat,
But it certainly isn't now except for maybe just very extremophile kinds of creatures.
We did not know about the world of extremophiles at that time, but we did know that maybe on a planet
And I'm also continuing my NPP work on extremophiles in radiation.
That can be anything that we can consider as life nowadays-- extremophiles or things like that.
to what I was saying earlier about the extremophiles, it is a really interesting, potential insight because there's this whole class of, of bacteria called methanogens and they produce methane.
Huntsville we've actually cultured some of these unique extremophile bacteria extracted proteins from those we
that certainly makes a lot of sense because even those extremophiles still require liquid water as some part in their life cycle in order to survive.
I am really happy to be here talking a little bit about my work on extremophiles and how it relates to human space exploration.
So we know that there are different industries on Earth right now using extremophiles for production of different things from food, biofuels, materials, and so on.
There's another area, which was extremophiles, which has also been going in parallel, where we've discovered that life on Earth is much more resilient, creative, resourceful than we
In fact, we're the extremophiles.
Similarly, we can't assume that just because extremophiles on Earth can only survive from minus 25 to plus 125, that means that life elsewhere could not survive
Similarly, we can't assume that just because extremophiles on Earth can only survive from minus 25 to plus 125, that means that life elsewhere could not survive
Ann Cooper: It was chicken nuggets, corn dogs, extremo burritos, grilled cheese sandwiches, and pizza pockets and they are all pre frozen and pre made things and they had chocolate
Bacteria were much more diverse compared to the archaea, the extremophiles.
So the topic of my research is to test what are the limits of life and working specifically with extremophiles and looking at radiation resistance.
And additionally, we now know about organisms that we call extremophiles, forms of life, not just microscopic,
to 100 degrees Celsius, that certainly makes a lot of sense because even those extremophiles still require liquid water as some part in their lifecycle
And additionally, we now know about organisms that we call "extremophiles"- forms of life living in environments which,
I mean, the kids had a five day rotating cycle of chicken nuggets, extremo burritos, pizza pockets,
Durísimo, durísimo, durísimo, durísimo, hasta extremos que no podéis imaginar de exigencia.
there has been life. So microbes are a big deal. And this gets into the world of extremophiles which are microbes that live in places where they should not be living. The research on
When we look at life on Earth, there are some organisms, especially extremophiles, that can cope with fairly large ranges of conditions.
So for example, there's some thermophiles that can range from minus 25 degrees Celsius, and you have other extremophiles, which can live at 125 degrees Celsius.
When we look at life on Earth, there are some organisms, especially extremophiles, that can cope with fairly large ranges of conditions.
So for example, there's some thermophiles that can range from minus 25 degrees Celsius, and then you have other extremophiles which can live
So, for example, there's some thermophiles that can range from minus 25 degrees Celsius, and then you have other extremophiles which can live