Events, Meetings and Seminars

06/16/08-06/20/08
Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology
The 2008 Summer School program will be focussed on the exploration of icy worlds orbiting the giant planets of our Solar System. These satellites are important astrobiology targets in the exploration plans of space agencies as reflected in the successes of the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.
http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/UIMP/IcyWorlds/

07/13/08-07/20/08
37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
The 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held in Montreal, Canada, including sessions relevant to astrobiology – Making the Connection: Astromaterials and Impact Studies and Circumstellar, Interstellar and Protostellar Organic Chemistry. See http://www.cospar-assembly.org/

07/20/08-07/25/08
Gordon Research Conference Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism
The 12th one-carbon meeting will cover a variety of topics, including: (a) genomics, metagenomics, and proteomic studies of microbial communities in diverse environments that are increasing our understanding of autotrophy and C-1 metabolism and the evolution of these pathways; (b) redox regulation of carbon cycles and the interrelationship between the carbon cycle and other biogeochemical cycles (sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen); © novel pathways for carbon assimilation; (d) biotechnology related to C-1 metabolism; (e) novel enzyme mechanisms including channeling of C-1 intermediates during metabolism; (f) the involvement of C-1 compounds in the origins of metabolism and life; and (f) the relationship between metal homeostasis and the global carbon cycle. See http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=molbasis

07/27/08-08/02/08
World Summit on Ancient Microscopic Fossils
The IGPP Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life (CSEOL) at UCLA will convene the World Summit on Ancient Microscopic Fossils to stimulate and encourage high-quality productive research on ancient, Precambrian, microscopic fossils in preparation for return of Martian samples. The Summit thus supports two fundamental goals of the NAI and the astrobiological community: (1) to better understand the history of early life on Earth; and (2) to prepare effectively for the study of samples to be returned from Mars.

08/24/08-08/29/08
15th International Conference on the Origin of Life
The 15th International Conference on the Origin of Life is scheduled to take place in Florence, Italy, from 24 to 29 August, 2008. For more information: http://www.dbag.unifi.it/issol2008/

09/01/08-09/03/08
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA 08
The 8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA 08 will be held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, September 1-3, 2008
For more information: http://www.space-x.eu/EANA08/

09/22/08-09/26/08
First IAA Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures
The first IAA Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures will be held in Paris, France, September 22-26, 2008.

For more information: http://iaaweb.org/content/view/295/434/