RESEARCH ARTICLES ON ASTROBIOLOGY

    Chela-Flores, J. (1985). Evolution as a Collective Phenomenon. J.Theor.Biol. 117, 107-118.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1988). Evolutionary Implications of Genetic Code Deviations. Acta     Biotheoretica (Leiden) 37, 267-279.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1991). Comments on a Novel Approach to the Role of Chirality in the     Origin of Life. Chirality 3, 389-392. http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/Chirality1.pdf

    Chela-Flores, J. (1994a). Are viroids molecular fossils of the RNA world?. J. Theor. Biol.     166,
    163-166.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1994b). The origin of chirality in protein amino acids. Chirality 6, 165-168.
    http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/Chirality2.pdf

    Chela-Flores, J. (1995a). Is the Salam phase transition relevant to the causal origin of homochirality ?. Proc. Pakistan Acad. Sci. 32, 1-12 (By invitation of the Editor).
    http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/Chirality3.pdf

    Chela-Flores, J. (1996a). Preservation of relics from the RNA world through natural  selection, symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer. Acta Biotheoretica  44, 169-177.

16.      Chela-Flores, J. (1997b).  Testing for evolutionary trends of Europan biota. In: Instruments, Methods and Missions for Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, (R.B.Hoover,     ed.), Proc. SPIE, 3111, pp. 490-500, pp. 262-271.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1998a). First steps in eukaryogenesis: Origin and evolution of chromosome structure. Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 28, 215-225. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/eukaryogenesis.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (1998c). Europa: A potential source of parallel evolution for     microorganisms. In: Instruments, Methods and Missions for Astrobiology.  The International     Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington USA.  (R.B.Hoover, ed.), Proc.     SPIE, 3441, pp. 55-66.
    (cf., http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss4.html
http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/research/planetary/undergraduate/dom/titan/titan.htm

    Chela-Flores, J. (1998d).  A Search for Extraterrestrial Eukaryotes: Physical and Biochemical     Aspects of Exobiology. Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 28, 583-596.
    http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/searching_for_extraterr.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (1999). Eukaryogenesis: The search for an evolutionary transition towards intelligence in an extreme environmental habitat of the Outer Solar System. Invited chapter in the book:  Enigmatic microorganisms and life in extreme environmental habitats.  ed. J.  Seckbach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 63-71.
    http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss1.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2000a). Terrestrial Microbes as Candidates for Survival on Mars and     Europa. Invited chapter published in: "Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds:
Adaptation to Exotic Environments" , ed. Joseph Seckbach;  a volume which is part of the book series on Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Chapter 27, pp. 387-398. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss2.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2000b). Testing the Drake Equation in the solar system, in A New Era in     Astronomy, Lemarchand G.A. and Meech K. (eds.), ASP Conference Series, San Francisco,     213, 402-410. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/TestingDrakeEq.html

        Seckbach, J., Westall, F. and Chela-Flores, J. (2000). Introduction to Astrobiology. In: "Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds: Adaptation to Exotic Environments", ed. Joseph Seckbach; a volume which is part of the book series on Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme
    Habitats.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Chapter 25, pp. 367-375. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss3.html
    Translation (into Spanish):  http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss14.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2001a). Search for microorganisms on Europa and Mars in relation with the
    evolution of intelligent behavior on other worlds. ESA SP 496, pp. 219-222.
    http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss5.html

    Seckbach, J. and Chela-Flores, J. (2001) Frontiers of extremophilic microorganisms:
    From life on the edge to astrobiology. ESA SP 496, pp. 255-260.
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss10.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2002). Can evolutionary convergence be tested on Europa? European Space Agency Special Report ESA SP 518, 337-340. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss11.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2003). Testing Evolutionary Convergence on Europa. International  Journal
    of Astrobiology 2, (4): 307-312 (Cambridge University Press).
   
    Chela-Flores, J. (2004a). Astrobiology's Last  Frontiers: Distribution and Destiny of Life in the Universe, in: "Origins: Genesis, Evolution and the Biodiversity of Life ", J. Seckbach (ed.), Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology,  6, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp.  667-679. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss12.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2006b). The sulphur dilemma: Are there biosignatures on Europa’s icy and
                patchy surface?  International Journal of Astrobiology, 5, pp. 17-22.
        http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/ss64.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Testing the universality of biology. International Journal of     Astrobiology, 6 (3): 241-248. (Cambridge University Press).

    Chela-Flores, J. (2008). Fitness of the cosmos for the origin and evolution of life: from
biochemical fine-tuning to the Anthropic Principle, in "Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning", John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen J. Freeland and Charles L. Harper, eds. Cambridge University Press, pp.151-166.

    Chela-Flores, J., Montenegro, M.E., Pugliese, N. Tewari, V.C. and Tuniz, C. (2009). Evolution of plant-animal interactions. In: All flesh is grass: Plant-Animal Interactions, a love-hate affair. J. Seckbach and Z. Dubinsky and (eds.). Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer: Dordrecht,  The Netherlands, in press.
    http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/PLAN.pdf

    Dudeja, S.,  Bhattacherjee, A. B. and Chela-Flores, J. (2009). Microbial mats in Antarctica as models for the search of life on the Jovian moon Europa. In: J. Seckbach and A. Oren (eds.) Microbial Mats, in the COLE series, to be published by Springer. http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/Dudeja.pdf

    Tewari, V. C. and Chela Flores, J. (2009). Possibe Role of Sulfur on the Early Diversification of Life on Earth: Astrobiological Implications. In: Economic Mineralisation  (Editor K.L. Srivastava) , Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur, pp. 53-56.
    http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/TewariJCF.pdf


RELATION BETWEEN ASTROBIOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY

    Chela-Flores, J. (2005). Fitness of the universe for a second genesis Is it Compatible with
    Science and Christianity? Science and Christian Belief Vol 17 (2), pp. 187-197.


POPULARIZATION ARTICLES ON ASTROBIOLOGY

    Chela-Flores, J. (1999b). Dalla Luna alle lune. By invitation, Kos. Rivista di medicina,     cultura e scienze umane. Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele, Milano. pp. 34-38.
    http://www.sanraffaele.org/Home/Ufficio_Stampa_-_HP/Editoria/KOS/58950.html?title=KOS%20166%20(Luglio%201999)

    Chela-Flores, J. (2001). La Astrobiologia, un marco para la discusion de la relación hombre-
    universo. Principia (Barquisimeto) 18, pp. 12-18. (By invitation.)
    http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf/ss6.html   /   http://www.acal-scientia.org/publicaciones.html

    Chela-Flores, J. (2008) Los fundamentos físicos y biológicos de la búsqueda de vida en el universo. In: Vida en el universo  Del mito a la ciencia. Ricardo Campo (ed.) La Fundación Anomalía (Spain, 2008). http://www.lulu.com/content/5268752.

    Chela-Flores (2009). Una fabula de nuestro tiempo. Arte y Educacion, Caracas.



NEWS ITEMS ON RESEARCH IN ASTROBIOLOGY

Singer, E. (2003). Vital clues from Europa, New Scientist magazine, issue N. 2414, 22-23.


    New Scientist Article: New Scientist.com news service, John Pickell, 4 September 2006.
"Top  10: Controversial pieces of evidence for extraterrestrial life".
cf., Question N. 8, referring to the Singer (2003) article.




BIOPHYSICS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed (search: Chela Flores)


    Chela-Flores, J. and Ghassib, H.B. (1987). Biophysics and the Microscopic Theory of He II.     Int. J. Theor Phys. 26, 1051-1058.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1987a). Towards a Collective Biology of the Gene. J. Theor. Biol. 126,     127-136.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1987b). Collective Biology of Neoplastic Disease in Dicotyledonous Plants.  Acta Biotheoretica  (Leiden) 36, 241-247.

    Chela-Flores, J., Liquori, A.M., and Florio, A. (1988). A Kinetic Thermodynamic Approach   to Genetic Expression of Heat-Shock Proteins. J. Theor. Biol. 134, 319-325.

    Chela-Flores, J. and Espejo Acuña, C. (1990). On the Possible Effects of Homeostatic Shifts   in Human Embryonic Development. Acta Biotheoretica (Leiden) 38, 135-142.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1992a). Towards the Molecular Bases of Polymerase Dynamics. Journal of  Theoretical Biology, 154, 519-539 and Erratum: J. Theor. Biol. 157 (1992b) 269.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1992b). Influence of Chromatin Molecular Changes on RNA Synthesis  during Embryonic Development. Acta Biotheoretica 40, 41-49.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1994). Towards the theoretical bases of the folding of the 100-Å nucleosome filament. J. Theor. Biol. 168, 65-73.


(b) Physical Sciences

FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS: STRONG, ELECTROWEAK AND GRAVITATIONAL

    Chela-Flores, J.  (1968).  Relation between CP violating parameters.  Nucl. Phys. B7, 409-412.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1970). Mandelstam Representation in Potential Scattering. J. Math. Phys.  11, 2013-2015.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1974). Physical Quantities in a Classical Two-Tensor Theory of Gravitation. Int. J. Theor. Phys. 10, 103-114.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1982). Tests for Complete Breakdown of Discrete Symmetry in D-D.   
Nuovo Cimento 68A, 266-278. http://ccdb3fs.kek.jp/cgi-bin/img_index?8112102

    Chela-Flores, J. and Varela, V.     Chela-Flores, J. and Varela, V..      
http://prola.aps.org/thumbnail/PRD/v27/i6/p1248_1?start=0

    Chela-Flores, J. (1984). Abrupt Onset of Scaling Violations. Phys. Rev. D29, 1339-1344.
    http://cornell.mirror.aps.org/thumbnail/PRD/v29/i7/p1339_1?start=0


QUANTUM LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS

    Chela-Flores, J. (1974). An Action Principle for Superconductivity. J. Math. Phys. 15,     547-551.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1975). Gauge Theory of Superfluidity. J. Low Temp. Phys. 21, 307-319.
    http://ccdb3fs.kek.jp/cgi-bin/img_index?197400195

    Chela-Flores, J. (1976). Condensate Fraction of Liquid Helium Four. J. Low Temp. Phys.     23, 775-783. http://ccdb3fs.kek.jp/cgi-bin/img_index?19751116

    Chela-Flores, J. (1977a). Atomic Order in Liquid Helium II. J. Low Temp. Phys. 28, 213-228.

    Chela-Flores, J. (1978). Anisotropic Superfluidity of Hadronic Matter. Phys. Rev. D18,     2632-2637. http://cornell.mirror.aps.org/thumbnail/PRD/v18/i7/p2632_1?start=0

    Chela-Flores, J. and De Lisa, F. (1980). Anisotropic Superfluidity of Hadronic Matter. II.  Nuovo Cimento 58A, 67-79.

    Alonso, V., Chela-Flores, J., and Paredes, R. (1982). Pairing in the Cosmic Neutrino     Background. Nuovo Cimento 67B, 213-222.
    http://ccdb3fs.kek.jp/cgi-bin/img_index?8111209

    Chela-Flores, J. (1982). Pairing in Hadron Structure. Nuovo Cimento 68A, 308-323. http://ccdb3fs.kek.jp/cgi-bin/img_index?8112102

    Chela-Flores, J. and Ghassib, H.B. (1986).  Towards a Comprehensive Theory for Helium II:     A Temperature-Dependent Field Theoretic Approach. Int. J. Theor. Phys. 25, 273-291.

    Chela-Flores, J. and Ghassib, H.B. (1987). Solitons, Bose-Einstein Condensation and Superfluidity in He II. Int. J. Theor. Phys. 26, 1039-1049.

    Chela-Flores, J., Das, M.P., and Saif, A.G. (1988). A Phenomenological Approach to High Tc  Oxide Superconductors. Solid State Commun. 65, 77-80.

    Chela-Flores, J., Saif, A.G., and Shehata, L.N. (1988).  Phenomenological Approach to the Coexistence of Planar Antiferromagnetism with High Tc Type II Superconductivity. J.     Low Temp. Phys. 71, 295-310.

    Chela-Flores, J and Shehata, L.N. (1988). A New Quantum Interferometer Effect in Superconducting Oxide Ceramics. Solid State Commun. 65, 497-499.

    Chela-Flores, J., Martin, P., and  Rodriguez-Nuñez, J.J. (1988). A New Effect on the Critical Temperature in Non Rare Earth Ceramic Superconductors. Int. J. Mod. Phys. B2, 1079-    1084.

    Saif, A.G.and Chela-Flores, J. (1989a). Vortex Structure in High Tc Ceramic     Superconductors. J. Low Temp. Phys. 75, 281-288.

    Saif, A.G. and Chela-Flores, J. (1989b). Nucleation of Superconductivity in Ceramic Oxides.     Phys. Stat. Solidi b 152, 617-623..


RELATION BETWEEN ASTROBIOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY

    Chela-Flores, J. (2003b) Evolution of intelligent behavior:: Does complex chemistry offer
    evidence of purpose?  Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning.
    Con. sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
    Astrophysics, October 11-12, 2003.
    http://www.templeton.org/biochem-finetuning/participants.html