AbSciCon 2022 was held 15-20 May, 2022, as a hybrid conference online and in person in Atlanta, GA.AbSciCon 2022
AbSciCon 2022 Student Poster Competition
The winners of the Student Poster Competition from the 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon 2022) have been announced! This competition, sponsored by the NASA Astrobiology Program, is held every AbSciCon and has been a great way to highlight the high-quality, original research being undertaken by our early career scientists.
Please check out the links to the winning posters (complete with audio narration!), and don’t hesitate to reach out and congratulate the winners.
First place in the AbSciCon 2022 Poster Competition, “Bacterial Clathrate-Binding Proteins in the Deep Subsurface Biosphere: Implications for Gas Clathrate Stability and Habitability," Abigail Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology.Image credit: Abigail Johnson, Georgia Tech.
1st Place:
Abigail Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Bacterial Clathrate-Binding Proteins in the Deep Subsurface Biosphere: Implications for Gas Clathrate Stability and Habitability”
2nd Place:
Lucas Fifer, University of Washington, “Isotopic Fractionation and Volatile Loss on Enceladus Due to Plume Eruption”
3rd Place:
Nicole Fiore, University of Nebraska Lincoln, “Calcium Carbonate as a Carbon Source for Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis in the Martian Subsurface”AbSciCon 2022 Creative Writing Competition
The first annual AbSciCon Creative Writing Competition was held in association with AbSciCon 2022. All submissions needed to be related to astrobiology and the search for life, but could also be focused on science, technology, missions, architecture, and management. Winning entries have been posted with permission from the authors, and can be found at: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/education/AbSciCon2022WritingContest/.
The winners are:
POETRY
First place:Martian Melody, by Lydia Kivrak
Second place:
Once is Never, by Yunha Hwang
Third place:
On Waiting, by Annaliese Meyer
Honorable mention:
Six Limericks of Astrobiology, by Vince LiCata
FICTION
First place:Pinpricks, by Margaret Weng
Second place:
Encounters, by Teresa McCarrell
Third place:
A Sky Beneath the Crust, by Rohan Chowdhury and Anurup Mohanty
NON-FICTION
First place:Astrobiological Humanities Group for Interplanetary Protection and Defense Policies, by Flora Dutra
Please join us in also acknowledging all those who participated, organized, and judged the submissions.