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Historic Bioastronomy Conference
Although a little too late to get involved (and old news to many, but)
what seems to be the most historically important scientific conference related to astrobiology and exoplanet related science seems to be underway at BIOASTRONOMY 2004: HABITABLE WORLDS http://www.bioastronomy2004.os.is/ Conference Program SPECIAL EVENT - PUBLIC TALK BY KAREN MEECH, FRIDAY JULY 9 Karen Meech, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii: Astrobiology at the University of Hawaii: Water and Life in the Universe Askja building, University of Iceland, July 9 at 13:00 BIOASTRONOMY 2004: HABITABLE WORLDS Conference program SUNDAY, JULY 11 Note: Registration tables will be open in the University Cinema and Conference Center on Sunday, 16:00-19:00 (4-7 PM). Please register Sunday, if possible, to avoid crowded registration tables Monday morning. Posters can be set up Sunday. 19:00 – 21:30 OPENING CEREMONY IN REYKJAVÍK CITY HALL Drinks and light refreshments will be served during this event. WELCOMING ADDRESSES City of Reykjavík representative Karen Meech, President of IAU Commission 51 Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Chairman of Local Organizing Committee Alan Boss, Chairman of Science Organizing Committee On the history of Iceland Dr. Gunnar Karlsson, professor of history, University of Iceland Volcanoes of Iceland Dr. Guðmundur Sigvaldason, Nordic Volcanological Institute, Reykjavík From Iceland to Mars Dr. William K. Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona Time First author Affiliation Title MONDAY, JULY 12 7:45 Registration tables open in University Cinema and Conference Center 8:20- 8:30 Opening and LOC / SOC announcements EXTRASOLAR HABITABLE WORLDS - I Chair: Eduardo Martin 8:30- 9:15 Artie P. Hatzes Tautenburg Observatorium Habitable planets around nearby stars (INVITED) 9:15- 9:30 Steinn Sigurðsson Penn State University An old and distant planet: Hubble observations of a jovian planet and implications for past planet formation 9:30- 9:45 John H. Debes Penn State University Digging in the stellar graveyard for planets with HST 9:45-10:00 Joseph Lazio Naval Research Laboratory Planetary magnetospheres, planetary habitability, and direct detection of extrasolar planets 10:00-10:15 Cristiano Cosmovici IFSI/CNR, Rome The search for the 22 GHz MASER water emission in comets and exoplanets 10:15-10:45 Coffee Break EXTRASOLAR HABITABLE WORLDS - II Chair: David Latham 10:45-11:30 John Chambers NASA Ames / Carnegie Institution The formation of habitable planets (INVITED) 11:30-11:45 P. Thebault – presented by F. Marzari Observatoire de Meudon, Paris Modelling planetary accretion in extrasolar planetary systems 11:45-12:00 Eiichiro Kokubo National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo The habitat segregation of planets 12:00-12:15 Alan P. Boss Carnegie Institution of Washington Planet formation in binary star systems 12:15-12:30 Anders Johansen NORDITA, Copenhagen Planetesimal formation in giant vortices? 12:30-13:45 Lunch EXTRASOLAR HABITABLE WORLDS - III Chair: Einar H. Gudmundsson 13:45-14:30 Álvaro Giménez ESA/ESTEC The search for extrasolar planets continues (INVITED) 14:30-14:45 Siegfried Franck Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Extrasolar habitable worlds: 47 UMa and 55 Cnc 14:45-15:00 Hans Zinnecker Astrophysical Institute, Potsdam The detection of terrestrial planets in extra-solar systems: Key science case for a 100m extremely large telescope (ELT) 15:00-15:15 Neville Woolf University of Arizona / NAI Lifefinder I : The science and the requirements 15:15-15:30 R. Angel – presented by N. Woolf University of Arizona / NAI Lifefinder II: The location and support 15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL LIFE - I Chair: Jason Dworkin 16:00-16:45 Pascale Ehrenfreund University of Amsterdam Exogenous and endogenous contributions to the origin of life (INVITED) 16:45-17:00 Clifford Matthews University of Illinois The HCN world: Exogenous contributions of HCN polymer by comets 17:00-17:15 George J. Flynn SUNY Plattsburgh Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen characterization of interplanetary dust particles: An assessment of the contribution to the surface of the early Earth 17:15-17:30 Pierre-Alain Monnard Harvard Medical School Non-enzymatic RNA polymerization in eutectic phase in ice: A clue to the early Earth environment? 17:30-17:45 Edward Braun University of Florida The evolutionary history of the protein subunit of RNase P in prokaryotes provides insights into the transition from the RNA World 17:45-20:00 POSTER SESSION TUESDAY, JULY 13 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL LIFE - II Chair: Rosalind Grymes 8:30- 9:15 Camilla Nesbø Dalhousie University Comparative genomics of Thermotoga (INVITED) 9:15- 9:30 Vladimir Kompanichenko Institute for Complex Analysis, Khabarovsk, Russia Properties of biological systems and their origin under specific hydrothermal conditions 9:30- 9:45 Janet Siefert Rice University The phylogeny of bacterial shape 9:45-10:00 Anna M. Carnerup Australian National University Inorganic biomimetic structures 10:00-10:15 Vladimir Ivkovic Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb Cybernetic models of biotic systems: Understanding emerging biocomplexity 10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL LIFE - III Chair: Natalia Gontareva 10:45-11:30 Sveinn Jakobsson Icelandic Institute of Natural History The alteration process of the Surtsey hyaloclastite, Iceland: Are microbes partly responsible? (INVITED) 11:30-11:45 Lucas Mix Harvard University The evolution of reaction centers in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria 11:45-12:00 David Schwartzman Howard University Biogenesis at life's upper temperature limit: A hyperthermophilic origin of life 12:00-12:15 J. William Schopf University of California, Los Angeles Raman imagery of ancient microscopic fossils 12:15-12:30 Alexandre Tsapin Jet Propulsion Laboratory Chirality as a biomarker. New approach for life detection 12:30-13:45 LUNCH ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL LIFE - IV Chair: Kristján Kristjánsson 13:45-14:30 Jakob Kristjánsson Prokaria / University of Iceland Diversity, distribution and use of thermophiles in Icelandic geothermal areas (INVITED) 14:30-14:45 Michael J. Mottl University of Hawaii Serpentinization, abiogenic methane, and extremophilic Archaea within the seafloor 14:45-15:00 Viggó Þór Marteinsson Prokaria, Reykjavík Hot subterranean biosphe An extreme habitat on Earth and possibly elsewhere 15:00-15:15 Joseph Seckbach Hebrew University of Jerusalem Terrestrial extremophiles as models for celestial life 15:15-15:30 Martin Nilsson NORDITA, Niels Bohr Institute Homochiral growth from enantiomeric cross-inhibition 15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM - I Chair: John Rummel 16:00-16:45 Christopher Chyba SETI Institute / Stanford University Potential for life on Europa or other outer solar system satellites (INVITED) 16:45-17:00 John Rummel NASA Headquarters Challenges in Astrobiology: Preserving the record of life (or not) in the Solar System 17:00-17:15 Kevin P. Hand Stanford University Oxidant production via electron bombardment of ice mixtures; implications for radiolysis on the surface of Europa 17:15-17:30 Max Bernstein NASA Ames Research Center Ice radiation chemistry as a source of potential false biomarkers on the surface of Europa 17:30-17:45 Giovanni Strazzulla INAF- Osservatorio Astrofisico, Catania Production of oxidants by ion irradiation of water/carbon dioxide frozen mixtures 20:15-22:30 EVENING PROGRAM, OPEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Eric Gaidos University of Hawaii Life under Ice: From Iceland to the Outer Solar System Alan P. Boss Carnegie Institution of Washington Looking for Earths in Nearby Solar Systems WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM - II Chair: Malcolm Walter 8:30- 9:15 Philip Christensen Arizona State University The history of water on Mars: Evidence from minerals, morphology (and rovers) - INVITED 9:15- 9:30 James Head Brown University Mars: Geological evidence for long-term climate change and implications for the hydrologic cycle and habitable environments 9:30- 9:45 James Rice Arizona State University The aqueous history of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites 9:45-10:00 A. A. Hansen – presented by K. Finster University of Aarhus Activity and stability of a complex terrestrial bacterial community in a simulated Martian environment 10:00-10:15 K. Thomas-Keprta – presented by S. Clemett Lockheed Martin, Houston Truncated hexa-octahedral magnetite in Martian meteorite ALH84001: Evidence of biogenic activity on early Mars 10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK SPECIAL SESSION ON LATEST RESULTS FROM MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS, MARS EXPRESS AND MARS ODYSSEY Chair: James Garvin 10:45-10:55 Jim Garvin NASA HQ Introduction to Special Session: State of Mars science in 2004 and NASA's strategy 10:55-11:15 Benton Clark Lockheed-Martin Survival of life on Mars: Current thoughts including results from MER Rovers 11:15-11:35 Joel Levine NASA Langley Research Center Search for life in the Mars atmosphe Current and future possibilities 11:35-11:55 James W. Head Brown University Climate dynamics on Mars and its relation to life, including new views from Mars Express 11:55-12:00 Summary of Special Session 12:00-12:15 Haraldur P. Gunnlaugsson University of Aarhus Icelandic basalts as analogues for Mars Exploration Rover samples: Implications for magnetism and soil formation processes 12:15-12:30 I. Kanik - presented by L.W. Beegle Jet Propulsion Laboratory Wet chemistry experiment at Mars (WetChem) 12:30-13:00 LUNCH 13:00 – 22:00 MID-CONFERENCE TOUR TO ÞINGVELLIR, GULLFOSS AND GEYSIR* *Dinner at Geysir is included in the tour price THURSDAY, JULY 15 LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM - III Chair: Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson 8:30- 9:15 William K. Hartmann Planetary Science Institute The first 500 My: Early bombardment and planetary habitability (INVITED) 9:15- 9:30 Diedrich Möhlmann DLR Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin Adsorption water related potential chemical and biological processes in the upper Martian surface 9:30- 9:45 Jens Ormö Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid Indications for microbial activity in the formation of hematite concretions in southern Utah: An analogue to the hematite deposits at the Opportunity landing site, Mars? 9:45-10:00 David L. Bish Indiana University Can microorganisms utilize water of hydration in minerals in extremely dry environments? 10:00-10:15 Sergey A. Bulat St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Life detection strategy for subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica: The lessons for bioexploration of icy planets and moons 10:15-10:45 coffee break LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM - IV Chair: Ray Norris 10:45-11:30 Michael Meyer Astrobiology, NASA Headquarters The Search for Life, even as we don't know it (INVITED) 11:30-11:45 Tobias Owen University of Hawaii Titan before Huygens 11:45-12:00 Joop M. Houtkooper University of Giessen Possible evolutionary pathway for Martian biota 12:00-12:15 Hermann Böhnhardt Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung The Rosetta Lander PHILAE and bioastronomy of comets 12:15-12:30 David Stubbs - presented by Joe Pitman Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto Multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor (MIDAS) design concept 12:30-13:45 Lunch LIFE IN EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS - I Chair: Eric Gaidos 13:45-14:30 David J. Stevenson California Institute of Technology Planetary diversity (INVITED) 14:30-14:45 John Parnell University of Aberdeen The influence of plate tectonics on the microbial colonization of planetary surfaces 14:45-15:00 Helmut Lammer Space Research Institute, Graz Atmospheric stability of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of M stars 15:00-15:15 Charles H. Lineweaver University of New South Wales Increasingly detailed prerequisites for life and the Galactic habitable zone 15:15-15:30 Sandra Pizzarello Arizona State University The cosmic distribution of biomolecule precursors 15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK LIFE IN EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS - II Chair: Roger Knacke 16:00-16:45 Sara Seager Carnegie Institution Biosignatures on extrasolar planets (INVITED) 16:45-17:00 Giovanna Tinetti NAI-NRC / California Institute of Technology Sensitivity of extrasolar terrestrial planets' climate to different orbital geometries 17:00-17:15 France Allard Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon Spectral properties of extrasolar giant planets 17:15-17:30 Edwin L. Turner Princeton University Earthshine: A reference case for extrasolar terrestrial planet characterization 17:30-17:45 Victoria Meadows JPL / Caltech Synthetic spectra of extrasolar terrestrial planets 19:00-23:00 CONFERENCE DINNER IN RESTAURANT PERLAN FRIDAY, JULY 16 INTELLIGENT LIFE BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM - I Chair: Thor Jakobsson 8:30- 9:15 Lori Marino Emory University A research program for the study of the evolution of intelligence (INVITED) 9:15- 9:30 David Waltham University of London Anthropic selection for mild seasons 9:30- 9:45 John B. Campbell James Cook University The Fermi paradox and the Galactic Habitable Zone: Some possible solutions 9:45-10:00 Kim Binsted University of Hawaii Recognizing features of evolved intelligence 10:00-10:15 Claudio Maccone Via Martorelli 43, Torino Moon farside and quiet cone as best places to do radioastronomy and SETI 10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK A. INTELLIGENT LIFE BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM – II. B. ORIGIN OF LIFE Chair: David Morrison 10:45-11:30 Frank Drake SETI Institute Summary of SETI observing projects on the telescope today, and on the drawing board for tomorrow (INVITED) 11:30-11:45 William H. Edmondson University of Birmingham Refining the SETI enterprise 11:45-12:00 Andrew W. Howard Harvard University Five-year search for nanosecond optical pulses from nearby Solar-type stars at Harvard and Princeton 12:00-12:15 Dan Werthimer University of California, Berkeley The SERENDIP V Multibeam Arecibo Sky Survey 12:15-12:30 Angela Ciaravella INAF- Osservatorio Astronomico, Palermo Role of clay on adsorbed DNA against X-ray radiation: Possible implications for the origin of life 12:30-13:45 LUNCH PANEL DISCUSSION - Chair: Alan Boss EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH - Chair: Ásta Thorleifsdóttir 13:45-14:45 Panel discussion: Where to look for habitable planets? Panelists: Kaspar von Braun, David Latham, Eduardo Martin, Margaret Turnbull 14:45-15:00 Carol Oliver Australian Centre for Astrobiology High school students in an international NASA mission: Unexpected outcomes 15:00-15:15 Erika G. Offerdahl University of Arizona Journey across the disciplines: A foundation for scientific communication in Bioastronomy 15:15-15:30 Cherilynn A. Morrow Space Science Institute, Boulder The Alien Earths Education Program 15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK COMETS, SUMMARY - Chair: Drake Deming 16:00-16:15 Karen Meech University of Hawaii NASA's Deep Impact Mission: Understanding pre-biotic comet composition 16:15-16:30 Michael J. Mumma NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chemical diversity among comets: Implications for delivery of water and pre-biotic organics to early Earth 16:30-16:45 Audrey Delsanti Observatoire de Paris-Meudon Composition and surface diversity of the Trans-Neptunian objects: A source of prebiotic material for the inner solar system ? 16:45-17:00 Zan Peeters Leiden University The photostability of nucleobases and their precursor molecules 17:00-17:45 Simon Conway Morris Cambridge University Summary of conference 17:45-18:00 FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS I would have loved to have gone to that one!!! Jason H. |
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