Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology 2008

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/

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/

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...

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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...

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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/

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/

Iron Isotope Record Reflects Microbial Metabolism Through Time

NAI’s University of Wisconsin team presents a review of iron isotope fingerprints created through biogeochemical cycling in the May, 2008 issue of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. This landmark paper brings together for the first time the co-evolution records of photosynthesis, bacterial sulfate reduction, and bacterial iron reduction in the early Earth. They review data on natural systems and experiments, looking at both abiological and biological processes, and conclude that the temporal carbon, sulfur,...

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August 27, 2008 / Posted by: Daniella Scalice