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Upcoming Events
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Event: Extraterrestrial Life - Beyond Our Expectations?
Where Vienna, Austria
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 16, 2012
During these two days the workshop will explore:
- Questions on the habitability of (extrasolar) terrestrial planets (and moons) for life‐as‐we‐know‐it, but also the scientific background of possibilities for life‐as‐we‐do‐not‐know‐it.
- Questions beyond natural sciences which will deal with theory of science, communication aspects with extraterrestrials and theological, sociological, historical and philosophical impacts of the potential discovery of extraterrestrial life on humankind.
For questions about registration and abstract submission contact: Johannes Leitner johannes.leitner@univie.ac.at or visit the website: http://www.univie.ac.at/EPH/exolife/
Posted on: December 1, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Third International Conference on Early Mars
Where Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 8, 2012
The purpose of The Third International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution, Physical and Chemical Environments, and the Implications for Life is twofold:
1. to consider how impacts, volcanism, the presence of abundant water, and the nature of the early terrestrial and martian climates affected the physical and chemical environments that existed on both planets >3.7 Ga — especially with regard to the geologic and mineralogical evolution of their surfaces, their hydrologic cycles,...Posted on: December 13, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Microbial Diversity Summer Course of the Marine Biological Laboratory
Where Woods Hole, MA, USA
Application Deadline: February 1, 2012
The Microbial Diversity Summer Course of the Marine Biological Laboratory welcomes applications from members of the Astrobiology community who are seeking to understand the microbial basis of life. The MBL Microbial Diversity course offered in Woods Hole, MA, since 1971, provides graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and established investigators with an unequaled opportunity to explore the diversity of the microbial world. The course is immersive, integrative, inter-disciplinary, and international in nature. The curriculum consists of lectures...
Posted on: November 21, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Course: GeoBiology 2012 An International Training Course
Where Great Salt Lake, Utah, Southern Wyoming, Golden Colorado, Catalina Island, CA, USA
GeoBiology 2012, co-sponsored by the NAI, is an intensive course exploring the coevolution of the Earth and its biosphere, with an emphasis on how microbial processes affect the environment and leave imprints on the rock record. Participants get hands-on experience in research methods in geobiology and work in research groups solving current questions relevant to the field. The course will be held June 10 – July 12, 2012. Applications are due February 17, 2012.
Themes include:
1) Molecular biology and lithification of...
Posted on: February 10, 2012 / Posted by: Estelle Dodson -
Event: 220th AAS Meeting
Where Anchorage, AK USA
Abstract Submission will open February 1 for The 220th American Astronomical Society Meeting.
Visit: http://aas.org/meetings/aas220 for all details.
Posted on: January 5, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Isotopomers
Where Washington, DC, USA
The Sixth International Symposium on Isotopomers will be held in the historic rooms of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The symposium has traditionally made strong contributions towards understanding mass independent isotope fractionation and site-specific isotope exchange in gas, liquid, and solid compounds from a wide range of disciplines including climate change, atmospheric chemistry, biogeochemical cycles, planetary atmospheres, biochemistry, authentication of art and food, and geochemistry. Contributions are especially invited on theory, experiments, and applications of clumped isotope research.
Information on registration...
Posted on: November 10, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Cool Stars 17
Where Barcelona, Spain
The 17th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun (Cool Stars 17) will be held at the World Trade Center in Barcelona, Spain. The workshop will focus on fundamental parameters and formation of cool stars and brown dwarfs, magnetic fields and activity, the solar-stellar connection and cool stars as exoplanet hosts.
For more information visit: http://www.coolstars17.net
Abstracts
Abstract submission opens: October 24, 2011
Abstract deadline for contributed talks: March 15, 2012. Notification April 20
Abstract deadline for...Posted on: October 17, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
Where Boulder, CO USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 12, 2012
The goal of this conference is to look at climate in the broadest sense possible — by comparing the processes at work on the four terrestrial bodies, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Titan (Titan is included because it hosts many terrestrial processes), and on terrestrial planets around other stars.
For more information visit: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/climatology2012/
Posted on: December 13, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Darwin Summer School on Biogeosciences
Where Utrecht and Texel, Netherlands
Application deadline: Friday, May 25, 2012
The second Darwin Summer School on Biogeosciences will give PhD and advanced MSc students an update on state-of-the-art research within the field of Biogeosciences.
The focus will be on ocean acidification, the carbon cycle, microbial ecology, biomarkers, terrestrial carbon cycling and climate reconstructions, in the past, present and future.
This Summer School is all about interdisciplinary research: students are expected to work in biology, earth sciences, chemistry and physics.
• Fee Euro 895 – Course + course materials...
Posted on: April 19, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Nordic-NASA Summer School
Where Iceland
The Nordic-NASA Summer School “Water, Ice and the Origin of Life in the Universe”, will consist of lectures by internationally leading scientists covering a broad range of subjects in astrobiology; Investigation of colonisation of volcanic rocks and glaciers with in situ life detection techniques; Excursions to geologically and biologically interesting sites (lava caves, new lava fields); 2 Poster sessions for students and early career scientists; Participants-led discussions about hot-topics.
The event is aimed for graduate students and early career scientists...
Posted on: November 10, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: COSPAR 2012
Where Mysore, India
Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 February, 2012
The next meeting of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) will be held in 2012 in Mysore, India. For all the meeting information visit: http://www.cospar-assembly.org/
Posted on: January 8, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 7th International Symbiosis Society Congress “The Earth’s Vast Symbiosphere”
Where Krakow, Poland
http://www.eko.uj.edu.pl/symbiosis/
Hosted by one of the oldest and prominent universities in Europe, Jagiellonian University, the meeting will welcome hundreds of researchers, educators, and students from around the world, all of whom are immersed in some aspect of symbiosis. Held every three years and organized by the International Symbiosis Society, the Congress is one of the most unique gatherings of life science research specialists in the world.
As symbiotic systems encompass and even dominate many phyla and most domains...
Posted on: September 12, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 2012 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop - Working with Exoplanet Light Curves
Where Pasadena, CA, USA
This workshop will explore the use of exoplanet light curves to study planetary system architectures and atmospheres and to discover exomoons and search for life. Attendees will participate in hands-on exercises to gain experience in working with Kepler and CoRoT light curves, and will also have the opportunity to present their own work through short presentations (research POPs) and electronic posters.
For more information visit: http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2012/
Posted on: November 1, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Communicating Science A National Conference on Science Education and Public Outreach
Where Tucson, AZ, USA
Join us in the beautiful setting of the American Southwest for a three-day symposium on the joys and challenges of communicating our understanding of the universe and science in general—whether in the classroom, in a museum or nature center, to general and specific audiences, through books and magazines, on the web, via festivals and fairs, on radio and television, or through the social media. Preceding the symposium will be a two-day workshop: In the Footsteps of Galileo, a...
Posted on: December 13, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
Where Cairns, Australia
For meeting information visit: http://shrimp.anu.edu.au:16080/metsoc2012/Welcome.html
Posted on: November 1, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: XXVIII International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly
Where Beijing, China
In August 2012 China will for the first time host the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Beijing. This triennial gathering of astronomers from around the world to discuss and debate the most recent discoveries about the universe is an important part of the vitality of our science. Astrophysics remains one of the most exciting areas of human endeavor, and the venue of the Beijing GA will be equally impressive: the new China National Conference Center that...
Posted on: June 13, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Conference: 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference
Where Pasadena, CA, USA
The 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference will be held on August 27–30, 2012, preceded by the Research Focus Group splinter, August 24-26. The conference will be held at the California Institute for Technology (Caltech), with an outreach event at the University of Southern California (USC), and a field-trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The conference will consist of three days of scientific sessions, two evenings of public outreach and education activities, and a one day field trip to...
Posted on: February 2, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: European Planetary Science Congress 2012
Where Madrid, Spain
Abstract submission deadline: May 23, 2012
The European Planetary Science Congress 2012 will cover a broad area of science topics related to planetary science and planetary missions. The program will contain oral and poster sessions, and it will emphasize workshops and panel discussions in order to have a strong interaction between the participants.
For all the meeting information visit: http://www.epsc2012.eu/
Posted on: April 23, 2012 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Where Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: 26 July 2011
The theme to this years meeting is, Archean to Anthropocene: The past is the key to the future
Visit the Meeting site at: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/
Posted on: January 8, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 12th European Workshop on Astrobiology (EANA’12)
Where Stockholm, Sweden
EANA’12 will take place in Stockholm at the AlbaNova University Centre. For all the details visit: http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2996
Posted on: September 22, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher -
Event: 3rd Conference on Terrestrial Mars Analogues
Where Marrakech, Morocco
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 August, 2012
The analysis of Mars analogue environments on Earth is of paramount importance for the interpretation of the data from past, present and future orbital and landed missions, as well as mission planning (both robotic and human). Sedimentary environments in particular attract strong interest because they can retain the palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental history of the planet and under the right conditions may harbour fossil or present life signatures. The participation of terrestrial geologists is particularly encouraged,...
Posted on: November 21, 2011 / Posted by: Julie Fletcher
