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Upcoming Events
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Event: Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Polar Marine Science
Where Ventura, CA USA
Application Deadline: February 10, 2013
The Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Polar Marine Science will be held in Ventura, CA March 9-15, 2013. Abstract submissions for both the GRS (for early career researchers) and GRC (for all) are open now. Some funding will be available for students and postdocs attending both the GRS and GRC. Numerous astrobiological topics are a good fit for this meeting including low temperature ecology, ice shelf processes, and...
Posted on: July 17, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: International Workshop on Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life
Where Roorkee, India
The Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India is organizing an “International Workshop on Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life”.
Save the dates: March 21-23, 2013.
We will post more information as it comes but if you want to contact someone now email Professor Kamaluddin kamalfcy@iitr.ernet.inPosted on: July 10, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: From Stars to Life
Where Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: November 30, 2012
From Stars to Life – Connecting our understanding of star formation, planet formation, astrochemistry and astrobiology.
Science topics: Star Formation (including isolated and clustered star formation), Circumstellar Disks, Planet Formation, Exoplanets (including search and characterization), Solar System constraints, Astrochemistry, Prebiotic Chemistry.
We would like to understand the physical and chemical processes that lead to habitable planet formation, starting from the simplest interstellar medium initial conditions of pre-stellar cores, through star formation, accretion & protoplanetary disk evolution, and...
Posted on: November 5, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Transformational Science with ALMA: From Dust to Rocks to Planets Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
Where Waikoloa, HI
The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) is the world’s most complex ground-based astronomical observatory. While still under construction, ALMA is opening a window into cosmic origins from previously inaccessible cold and dark parts of our universe. In this workshop, investigators from around the world will meet in Hawaii to explore the evolution of material in protostellar disks from formation to dissipation.
For all the meeting information visit: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/rocks/index.html
Posted on: August 8, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Stellar Stoichiometry - Workshop Without Walls
Where Glendale, AZ
The Astrobiology group at Arizona State University is proud to sponsor Stellar Stoichiometry, April 11-12, 2013. This workshop will examine the growing evidence that elemental abundance ratios of stars vary considerably from solar, and discuss the consequences of elemental variability on the existence and habitability of planets. To this end we are bringing together many of the world’s leading stellar spectroscopists to figure out why abundance ratios derived by different groups vary significantly, and to figure out what...
Posted on: March 6, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: UK Astrobiology Conference 2013
Where Edinburgh, Scotland
The 5th UK Astrobiology Conference will be hosted by the UK Centre for Astrobiology University of Edinburgh. To understand the origin of life, how life has persisted on the Earth for over 3.5 billion years and whether we might find it elsewhere, requires that we understand how molecules and life evolve and adapt to extreme environments. The 5th UK astrobiology conference, supported by the UK Space Agency, will explore molecules and life in extremes. The conference welcomes astronomers, biologists, chemists,...
Posted on: July 10, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: From Outer Space to Mining
Where Boulby Mine, Cleveland, UK
You are warmly invited to attend a new one day workshop on the application of space technology to the mining environment, hosted by the UK Centre for Astrobiology, the Boulby Underground Science Facility and Cleveland Potash Ltd.
Time after time, technologies developed for a single purpose have found applications far beyond their original scope. Work carried out at BISAL (Boulby International Subsurface Astrobiology Lab), a new joint venture between the UK Centre for Astrobiology, the Boulby Underground Science Facility and...
Posted on: November 8, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 2013 STScI Spring Symposium - Habitable Worlds Across Space and Time
Where Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2013
On-line registration deadline: March 29, 2013Within a matter of years, humanity will know for the first time the frequency of terrestrial planets in orbit around other stars. This knowledge will pave the way for joining research from astronomy, Earth science, and biology to understand the past, present, and future of the Earth within its larger context as one of many habitable worlds. Such work seeks to understand the formation and fate of the Earth...
Posted on: November 28, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: The Humans-to-Mars (H2M) Summit
Where Washington, DC, USA
H2M will be a comprehensive Mars exploration conference to address the major technical, scientific, and policy related challenges that need to be overcome to send humans to Mars by 2030.
For all the summit details visit: http://www.exploremars.org/h2m
Posted on: August 8, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: First International Workshop on Education in Astrobiology
Where Hoor, Sweden
Deadline for registration, accommodation booking and abstract submission: 15 April 2013
The meeting aims to bring together scientists and teachers engaged in astrobiology education in universities and other training institutions to
• discuss new teaching and assessment forms in astrobiology
• foster international cooperation in astrobiology teaching
• give the attendants a thorough overview of the fieldTraining students in such a multidisciplinary subject implies a lot of challenges and pitfalls, both in the set-up and organization of the...
Posted on: December 21, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Isotopes as Diagnostic Tools in Astronomy, Geology and Biology
Where Höör, Sweden
Deadline for registration, accommodation booking and abstract submission: 15 April 2013
The third meeting of the Nordic Network of Astrobiology will be devoted to the subject “Isotopes as diagnostic tools in astronomy, geology and biology”. Isotope ratios are used in many fields of astrobiology, to determine the origin and synthesis pathways of interstellar molecules, to date early geological formation, to assess paleoclimates and, last but not least, to detect life on early Earth. The conference aims to bring researchers from...
Posted on: January 16, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Astrobiology Grand Tour - Western Australia
Where Western Australia
This eleven-day scientific discovery tour that journeys from the Western Australian coastal town of Denham through the Pilbara will be a trip back in time. It is designed for scientists interested in the earliest life on Earth, and early environments. Highlights range from the modern stromatolites of Shark Bay, through the banded iron formations of the Hamersley Ranges to the earliest convincing evidence of life on Earth in the 3.5 billion-year-old rocks of the Pilbara Craton. Your guide, Professor Malcolm...
Posted on: August 8, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 10th International Congress on Halophilic Microorganisms - Halophiles 2013
Where Storrs, CT
Deadline for Abstract Submission – April 30th
The 10th international congress on halophilic microorganisms – Halophiles 2013, which be held on the campus of the University of Connecticut, Storrs from June 23rd – 27th 2013.
This conference will bring together an exciting cohort of scientists from many fields of halophile research including but not limited to biodiversity, evolution, ecology, astrobiology, biogeochemistry, biochemistry, physiology, protein structure/function, genetics, genomics, metagenomics, and biotechnology.
Please visit our website for more details. www.regonline.com/halophiles2013
Registration is now open. ...
Posted on: March 6, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Summer Course: Molecules in Space
Where Kungsbacka, Sweden
The summer course “Molecules in space”, which will be held at Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden from 25 June to 2 July 2013, aims to give participants a thorough introduction into the role of molecules in many astronomical environments such as
- the early universe
- star-forming regions and protoplanetary disks
- atmospheres of plants and their satellites
- cometary comae
- circumstellar envelopes
- supernova remnants
The event will be organized by the Nordic Network of Astrobiology. Observations at the 20m telescope at Onsala and exercises will complement the lecture program. The...
Posted on: January 16, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Australian Astrobiology Meeting
Where Sydney, Australia
The Australian Centre for Astrobiology and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are pleased to invite you to the Australian Astrobiology Meeting. The two-day conference is open to all with an interest in astrobiology. It will be held at the Sydney Kensington campus of UNSW on Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd of July, 2013. For further information or to lodge an expression of interest please visit the conference website: http://aca.unsw.edu.au/aa-meeting
Posted on: January 7, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Protostars & Planets VI
Where Heidelberg, Germany
The Protostars and Planets series has served the community for more than three decades with state of the art compilations of the current knowledge in the fields of star and planet formation. The previous volume PPV was published in 2007. Since then, the field of protostars and planets has advanced tremendously, from a theoretical as well as observational point of view.
The primary outcome of the conference will be the Protostars and Planets VI book of review articles....
Posted on: July 31, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Gordon Research Conference - Microbial Population Biology
Where Andover, NH USA
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 23, 2013. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline.
The concept of a Microbial Population Biology GRC emerged at the 1983 meeting of the Genetics Society in St. Louis. Frustrated by a sense that most evolutionary biologists had little time for microorganisms, Dan Dykhuizen and Barry Hall called an informal session of those interested in the topic: they did so by nailing notices on trees. About...
Posted on: November 5, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 13th European Workshop on Astrobiology (EANA 13)
Where Szczecin, Poland
15 March: Deadline for travel grant applications
15 March: Deadline for abstract submission
30 March: Deadline for booking hotels at discounted pricesThe European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) has organized the 13th European Workshop on Astrobiology in Szczecin, Poland from the 22th to the 25th of July. The main topics will be:
- Astrochemistry, interstellar medium;
Astrophysics, protoplanetary discs and planets;
Planetary habitability and exploration;
Macromolecules and models of prebiotic molecules;
Origin and evolution of life, extremophiles;
Rocks, fossils and meteorites;
Space...
Posted on: February 12, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher - Astrochemistry, interstellar medium;
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Event: Gordon Research Conference - Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology
Where Lucca (Barga), Italy
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 30, 2013. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline.
Archaea, one of three evolutionary lineages of life, is a diverse group of microbes with deep roots overlapping those of eukaryotes. The focus of the “Archaea: Ecology Metabolism and Molecular Biology” GRC conference expands on a number of emerging topics highlighting new paradigms in archaeal metabolism, genome function and systems biology; information processing; evolution and the tree...
Posted on: November 5, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Summer course: "Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life"
Where Saaremaa, Estonia
Application Deadline: 30 April 2013
The course “Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life” will take place from 16 to 25 August 2013 at Kuressaare and the Kaali impact crater site on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. The following subjects will be covered:
- Roles of impacts in the formation of habitable planets
- Physical and chemical properties of comets and meteorites
- Detection and investigation of impact craters by geological methods and remote sensing from space
- Ecological consequences of impacts and the role of impacts...
Posted on: January 16, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Astrochemistry Symposium at American Chemical Society Meeting
Where Indianapolis, IN
We are pleased to announce that at the national American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Philadelphia, the ACS-PHYS division established a new Astrochemistry Subdivision. Astrochemistry is the study of the abundances and chemical reactions of atoms, molecules, and ions and how they interact with radiation in both gas and condensed phases in Solar Systems and in the Interstellar Medium. The new Subdivision provides an interdisciplinary “home” for individuals interested in this growing research area. In addition, the...
Posted on: November 8, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 2013 Polar and Alpine Microbiology Conference
Where Big Sky, Montana, USA
Registration and abstract submission deadline: June 1, 2013
The 5th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology (PAM5) will be held in Big Sky, Montana (USA) from 8-12 September 2013. This meeting will be a continuation of the highly successful meetings previously held in Rovaniemi, Finland (2004), Innsbruck, Austria (2006), Banff, Canada (2008) and Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011), which brought together leading international researchers and students in this field. The objectives of the Big Sky meeting will be again to bring...
Posted on: November 28, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Where Beijing, China
Abstract submission deadline: February 21, 2013
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the largest space-related conference worldwide and selects an average of 1000 scientific papers every year. The Congress’ theme is Promoting Space Development for the Benefits of Mankind.
Please visit the IAC website, http://www.iac2013.org/ for additional information.
Posted on: January 7, 2013 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: International Biogeoscience Conference 2013
Where Nagoya, Japan
The International Biogeoscience Conference 2013 – “Revealing the biotic diversity on the early Earth and the evolution of cyanobacteria and eukaryotes” will take place at Nagoya University, Japan, co-hosted by Nagoya City Science Museum, the Japan Astrobiology Network Association, and the Australian Centre for Astrobiology.
This conference aims to bring together geologists, paleontologists, geochemists, biologists, and molecular and evolutionary biologists to discuss significant contemporary issues relating to our understanding of the early evolution of life and its interaction with Earth’s surface...
Posted on: October 9, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: ASTROBIO 2013: An International Workshop on Astrobiology
Where Santiago, Chile
ASTROBIO 2013: “The Distribution of Life on Earth, in the Solar System, and the Galaxy” will be held in Santiago, Chile, 9-13 December 2013
TOPICS:
1. Life on Earth: Origin of Life, Evolution, Climate Change
2. Extremophiles in Local Environments: Antarctica, Atacama, and the Deep Ocean
3. Exploration of the Solar System: Life searches on Mars, Europa, Titan, and elsewhere
Beyond our Solar System: Search and Study of Extrasolar Planets, Biomarkers
Molecules of life: first observations with ALMA,...Posted on: October 9, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher
