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Tuesday, September 3, 2019
| Time | Event | |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration - Registration | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome talk - Welcome talk | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Introductory talk | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | › Opening avenues in astrobiology, a testimony - André Brack, Centre de biophysique moléculaire | |
| 10:00 - 11:10 | Social Sciences, Philosophy and Education - Muriel Gargaud | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | › Will recent advances in AI result in a paradigm shift in Astrobiology and SETI? - Joseph Gale, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | › Is real life somewhere else? - Jacques Arnould, CNES | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | › Extraterrestrial civilizations? Scientific, philosophical and theological consequences. - Gerhard Haerendel, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | |
| 11:10 - 11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40 - 12:40 | Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry - Paola Modica | |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | › FORMATION OF AMINO ACID PRECURSORS IN SLIGHTLY-REDUCING PRIMITIVE ATMOSPHERES BY SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES - Kensei Kobayashi, Yokohama National University | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | › Exploring Proto-cytoplasmic Media. Self-Assembly and Molecular Diffusion in Salt-Hydrogel Phases - Terence Kee, University of Leeds | |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | › Membraneless Polyester Microdroplets as Primordial Compartments at the Origins of Life - Tony Jia, Earth-Life Science Institute | |
| 12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:40 | Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry - Anna Neubeck | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Probing Organic Transformations on Mineral Surfaces Through Electrochemical and Hydrothermal Experiments - Kristin Johnson-Finn, Earth-Life Science Institute | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Anomalous fluctuations and selective extinction in populations of primordial replicators - Savino Longo, University of Bari | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | › Prebiotic Reaction Vessels – RNA Formation in Nanoconfinements of water - Andrea Greiner, TUM School of Education, Technical University of Munich and Deutsches Museum, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | › Liquid Crystal ordering of single and oligo nucleotides: from supramolecular assembly to polymeric nucleic acids - Tommaso Fraccia, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University - Intitut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | › STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF NUCLEOBASES UNDER MARS-LIKE CONDITIONS: IMPACT OF UV-IRRADIATION AND PERCHLORATES ON URACIL AND CYTOSINE. - Naïla Chaouche, Laboratoire inter-universitaire des systèmes atmosphèriques | |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | Coffee break | |
| 16:10 - 17:30 | Astrophysics and Planetary Habitability - Russell Deitrick | |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | › Early stages of the evolution of planetary systems - Ewa Szuszkiewicz, CASA* and Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin | |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | › The Evolution of Venus and its Late Accretion - Cedric Gillmann, Université libre de Bruxelles | |
| 16:40 - 17:10 | › Evolution of early Earth's atmosphere depending on interior volatile depletion and outgassing - Lena Noack, Free University Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences | |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | › Experimental constraints on the timing of degassing of nitrogen in the atmosphere. - Fabien Bernadou, Institut des Sciences de la Terre dÓrléans - UMR7327 | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | FIRST POSTER SESSION | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | Life Sciences | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Antarctic Dry Valleys melt water systems analogues of Martian gullies: characterization of microbial communities and soil properties - Fabiana Canini, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Biodiversity Dynamics, University of Tuscia, Department of Ecological and Biologica Sciences | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Challenging the survival potential of a desiccation-, radiation-tolerant cyanobacterium with perchlorates: Implication for the habitability of Mars - Beatriz Fernandez, Department of Biology, University of Rome, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Effect of simulated microgravity on the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger - Marta Cortesão, Space Microbiology Research Group, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Deinococcus aerius after exposure on the ISS Exposed Facility - Özgen Natalie, Department of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Vienna | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Microbial Monitoring in the EDEN-ISS Greenhouse, a Mobile Test Facility in Antarctica - Jana Fahrion, DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Ulm University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Responses of the cryptoendolithic Antarctic black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus in liquid media irradiated with space-relevant Fe ions - Claudia Pacelli, Dept of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, Italian Space Agency (ASI) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Tardigrades in hypomagnetic conditions – further studies - Weronika Erdmann, Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 269 NEW DRAFT BACTERIAL GENOMES FROM ANTARCTIC CRYPTOENDOLITHIC COMMUNITIES IN THE CLOSEST MARS TERRESTRIAL ANALOGUE. - Claudia Coleine, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Italy | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | Astrochemistry | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Astrochemistry: synthesis of the basic ‘building blocks' of life - Sohan Jheeta, NoR CEL, Leeds | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Is primordial atmosphere a key to organic matter delivery to early Earth? - Gaia Micca Longo, University of Bari | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Mineral-mediated evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Nina Kopacz, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Theoretical and experimental studies of the kinetics of Ca/Mg-rich carbonates in an astrobiological context. - Savino Longo, University of Bari | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | Prebiotic Chemistry | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Abiogenically Relevant Self-Assembly Processes within Silica Hydrogels - Kamal Albdeery, University of Leeds | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Amino acids adsorption on pyrite surface by XPS: role of environmental conditions - Santos Gálvez Martínez, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Amino acids from photo- and thermo-processing of extraterrestrial ices: a possible source for further prebiotic chemistry - Paola Modica, LPC2E | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Combinatorial Prebiotic Chemistry using non-biological compounds - Kuhan Chandru, National University of Malaysia and Vscht, Prague | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Dunite as a source of H2 and Ni for the hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanoculleus bourgensis MAB1: Insights into methanogenic life at ultramafic hydrothermal settings - Neubeck Anna, Uppsala University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Ejection of glycine molecules adsorbed on a water ice surface by swift-heavy ion irradiation - Christian Anders, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Formation of amines : hydrogenation of nitrile and isonitrile as selective routes in the interstellar medium - Isabelle Fourré, Laboratoire de chimie théorique | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Laboratory studies on photo-processing and desorption of prebiotic molecules in space - Maria Angela Corazzi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Mass spectrometric analysis of proteinoids in spontaneously self-assembled microspheres - Miho Sase, Fukuoka Institute of Technology | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Microwave-driven synthesis of cyanide polymers under plausible hydrothermal conditions - Marta Ruiz-Bermejo, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Nucleotide synthesis experiments by UV irradiation for “TANPOPO3” - Madoka Shiromizu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Peptide bonds - Sohan Jheeta, NoR CEL, Leeds | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › The exploration of the effect of gamma radiation on primordial formamide-based solutions - Adam Pastorek, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, Faculty of nuclear sciences and physical engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | Astrophysics & Exoplanets | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Binary stars and habitable planets: can 'hostile' environments be less hostile for potentially habitable worlds? - Nikolaos Georgakarakos, New York University, Abu Dhabi | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Habitability of exoplanets in binary and multiple star systems - Leander Schlarmann, University of Vienna | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › THOR: A Fast and Flexible 3D GCM for the Study of Exoplanets - Russell Deitrick, Center for Space and Habitability [Bern] | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | Planetary Geology & Habitability | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › CO2 ice condensation is not a detriment to the habitability of warm terrestrial planets - Irene Bonati, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Dunite as a source of H2 and Ni for the hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanoculleus bourgensis MAB1: Insights into methanogenic life at ultramafic hydrothermal settings - Anna Neubeck, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › GENETIC HYPOTESIS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE WESTERN ARABIA TERRA SURFACE: ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS - Antonio Molina, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Geomorphological evidence of localized stagnant ice deposits in Terra Cimmeria, Mars - Solmaz Adeli, DLR Institute of Planetary Research | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE TRANSITION ARABIA TERRA/NOACHIS TERRA, MARS - Cristina Robas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Hydrothermally altered basalts at high water-to-rock ratio at Skouriotissa VMS (Cyprus): an analog site to constrain condition formations of Fe-Mg-Al phyllosilicates on Noachian Mars - Claire Ramboz, Université d'Orléans, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Identifying New Soil Microhabitats in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile. - Felix Arens, Center of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Impact enhanced habitats in the Chicxulub impact crater and the extraterrestrial relevance - Charles Cockell, University of Edinburgh | |
| 17:30 - 19:45 | › Survival of the halophilic archaeon Halovarius luteus after desiccation, simulated Martian UV radiation and vacuum in comparison to Bacillus atrophaeus - Niloofar Feshangsaz, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre | |
| 18:30 - 19:45 | Public lecture (in French) |
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
| Time | Event | |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Space Factor Contest - Marta Cortesao and Lena Noack | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | › Pluto, a distant cousin of the primitive Earth ? - Lora Jovanović, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) | |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | › FORMATION OF (PER)CHLORATES ON MARS - Antonín Knížek, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | › Automatic rock identification in macroscopic scale using image processing techniques: An application for planetary exploration - Lefteris Profitis, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering National Technical University of Athens - Elias Chatzitheodoridis, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering National Technical University of Athens | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | › Optimization of the LAb-CosmOrbitrap experiment negative ion mode - Barnabé Cherville, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › RAMAN ANALYSIS OF PIGMENTS FROM MESSINIAN GYPSUM ENDOLITHS - Kateřina Němečková, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › Understanding natural genetic networks and engineering artificial gene circuits in microgravity - Sayak Mukhopadhyay, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,HBNI. | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | › Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study - Corentin Loron, Department Geology and UR Astrobiology, University of Liège | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | › Addressing the fungal contamination – testing antifungal materials and radiation-driven decontamination methods - Stella Koch - Space Microbiology Research Group, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Astrophysics and Planetary Habitability | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | › Are Perchlorate Brines Habitable? - Jacob Heinz, Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrobiology Research Group, TU Berlin, Germany | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | › Perchlorate glasses on Mars and the search for extraterrestrial life - Philippe Reekie, University of Edinburgh | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | › The Process of Deliquescence Might Allow Methanogenic Archaea to Metabolize on Mars - Dirk Schulze-Makuch, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Astrobiology Group, ZAA, Technical University Berlin | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:50 | ExoMars 2020 - Frances Westall | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › ExoMars 2020 - Jorge Vago, European Space Research and Technology Centre | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | › The ExoFit Rover field trial - simulating ExoMars Rover operations - Matt Balme, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | › Investigating the clay-bearing unit of Oxia Planum, the landing site of the ExoMars 2020 mission - Lucia Mandon, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | › MOMA: THE MARS ORGANIC MOLECULE ANALYZER EXPERIMENT ON EXOMARS 2020 | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | › Testing the ExoMars 2020 scientific exploration protocol - Frédéric Foucher, Centre de biophysique moléculaire | |
| 15:50 - 16:20 | Coffee break | |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | ExoMars 2020 - Beda Hofmann | |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | › CLUPI: Geology and biosignatures on Mars close up - Jean-Luc Josset, Space Exploration Institute | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | › The PanCam instrument for the Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars 2020) rover - Andrew Coates, Centre for Planetary Science, Mullard Space Science Laboratory | |
| 17:00 - 17:40 | Space Missions and Instrumentation - Elias Chtazitheodoridis | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | › Toward a European Mars sample receiving facility. - Michel Viso, Centre National d'Études Spatiales | |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | › Scientific challenges to prevent the biological contamination of Outer Solar System bodies - what do we need to know for planetary protection? - Petra Rettberg, Strahlenbiologie, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin, German Aerospace Center (DLR) | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | SECOND POSTER SESSION - SPACE FACTOR CONTEST | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | Space missions | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › A novel laser desorption mass spectrometry technique for the in-situ detection of biomolecules on space missions - Niels Ligterink, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Accessing Icy Moon's Ocean with Thermonuclear Reactor - Pauli Laine, University of Jyvaskyla | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › AstroBio CubeSat: a mini laboratory payload for space environment astrobiology experiments - Andrea Meneghin, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Biomarker preservation in Antarctic sandstone after space exposure outside the International Space Station - Alessia Cassaro, Dept of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Impact of Calcium perchlorate on the TMAH thermochemolysis reaction: application to SAM and MOMA - Yuanyuan He, Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038 | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Moon CubeSat Hazard Assessment (MOOCHA) – An International Earth-Moon Small Satellite Constellation and its Possibilities for Astrobiology - Hector-Andreas Stavrakakis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › OSIRIS-REx sample return space mission exploring primitive carbonaceous asteroid Bennu: Spectroscopy of laboratory analogs to understand data from an astrobiology-relevant target - Giovanni Poggiali, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Raman spectroscopy as a tool for discrimination of sulfates in exobiology: In-situ and laboratory studies - Filip Košek, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Space Exposure of Amino Acids and Their Precursors in the Tanpopo Mission: Results and Future Prospects - Kensei Kobayashi, Yokohama National University | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › They work, they replicate, they Live! - how space law shoukd regulate the use of synthetic biological organisms used for space industrial operations - Kamil Muzyka, Institute for Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | Instrumentation & Approaches | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › 67P/CG Dust Particles Composition as measured by the COSIMA/Rosetta Mass Spectrometer - Christelle Briois, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Application of two-step laser mass spectrometry to the characterization of fossil organic matter and prospects for Exobiology | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Microbial component detection in Enceladus snowing phenomenon; proposed missions instrumentation analysis - Jan Kotlarz, Institute of Aviation [Warsaw] | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › The derivatization procedure for the in situ analysis of organic compounds on Mars with the MOMA experiment onboard the Rosalind Franklin rover of the Exomars 2020 space mission - Naïla Chaouche, Laboratoire inter-universitaire des systèmes atmosphèriques | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy for the detection of biomarkers among layered minerals - Bram Mooij, LaserLaB Vrije Universiteit Amserdam | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | Biosignatures & Biogeosciences | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Biogenic or not? Morphometric analysis of filamentous structures - Beda Hofmann, Natural History Museum Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences [Bern] | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › BIOMARKER DETECTION IN FOSSILIZATED ANAEROBIC BACTERIAL STRAINS - Laura García-Descalzo, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Detection of carotenoids of halophilic organisms in inclusions inside complex laboratory-grown chloride and sulfate crystals using a portable Raman spectrometer - Adam Culka, Charles University, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Mars Brine Chemistries: Habitability, Biosignatures, and Detection - Anushree Srivastava, The Open University | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Microbial nitrate-dependent Fe(II) oxidation: mechanisms and astrobiological significance - Alex B. Price, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Resolving the microbe-meteorite interface of the extreme thermoacidophile Metallosphaera sedula at nanometer scale - Denise Koelbl, University of Vienna | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Searching for subterranean-adapted microorganisms as part of the ESA CAVES and PANGAEA Astronaut training programs for planetary exploration - Ana Miller, HERCULES Laboratory, University of Évora | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Twenty years of Raman spectroscopy in exobiology research - Jan Jehlicka, Charles University, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | Social Sciences & Philosophy | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Charles Cros and Nikola Tesla, Pioneers of Interplanetary Telegraphy - Florence Raulin-Cerceau, Centre Alexandre Koyré (UMR 8560-CNRS/EHESS/MNHN) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | Education, Outreach & Networking | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Astrobiology and Society. Public interaction activities in Greece. - Hector-Andreas Stavrakakis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Astrobiology at middle school level in Pakistan - Rabeea Abdul Rasheed, Lahore Grammar School EME | |
| 17:40 - 19:45 | › Sonifying the Universe in Quest for Life 2.0: New Tools for Research and Outreach - Deborah Kala Perkins, Eubios Ethics Institute, AUSN |
Thursday, September 5, 2019
| Time | Event | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Space Missions and Instrumentation - Pauli Laine | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | › High resolution mass spectrometry for future space missions: comparative analysis of Titan's tholins - Laura SELLIEZ, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace | |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | › UV luminescence characterisation of organics in Mars-analogue substrates. - Boris Laurent, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews | |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | › Newly developing methodologies to investigate health hazards posed by ionizing radiation to space travel - Franco Ferrari, CASA* and University of Szczecin | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | EANA and EAI Roundtable | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Life Sciences - Oleg Kotsyurbenko | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | › Exposure Experiments in the 2nd Japanese Astrobiology Experiment, Tanpopo2 - Hajime Mita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | › Survival and DNA Damage of Deinococcal Species in Space: Three Years of Microbe Space Exposure Experiment of Tanpopo Mission at Exposure Facility of Japanese Experiment Module of International Space Station - Shin-ichi Yokobori, School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | › Improved resistance to UV radiation resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana by expressing genes isolated from hyperhalophilic microorganisms - Sara Gómez de Frutos, Centro de Astrobiología | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:40 | Life Sciences - Claudia Pacelli | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Search for perchlorate resistance genes in microorganisms of a hypersaline lake of Atacama - Jorge Díaz-Rullo, Laboratory of Molecular Adaptation, Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC/INTA) | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Search of mechanisms of adaptation to UV radiation in microorganisms from salterns using a functional metagenomics approach - Macarena Benguigui, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | › Resistance to simulated extraterrestrial conditions (space and Mars) of the first colonizing lichens collected from a Mars analogue volcanic area (Lanzarote) - Rosa de la Torre, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | › Antarctic cyanobacteria sources of biosignatures - Yannick Lara, Early Life Traces & Evolution – Astrobiology, UR Astrobiology, Geology Department, University of Liège, Belgium | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | › Effect of saltation and abraded silicates on the survival of bacteria on Mars - Kai Finster, Stellar Astrophysics Centre [Aarhus] | |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | Coffee break | |
| 16:10 - 17:30 | Biosignatures & Biogeosciences - Barbara Cavalazzi | |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | › Viroids and viruses during evolution of life on Early Earth as model for Exoplanets? - Karin moelling, Moelling Karin | |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | › Reasons To Get Salty - adrienne Kish, Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (MCAM) | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | › Searching for molecular biomarkers in Atacama microbialites (N Chile). Relevance for astrobiological exploration of rocky planets - Laura Sánchez-García, Centro de Astrobiología | |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | › Bacterial presence in cold perchlorates solutions: Implications for Mars - Laura García-Descalzo, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) | |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | Award ceremony - Space factor contest | |
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Conference dinner |
Friday, September 6, 2019
| Time | Event | |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Biosignatures & Biogeosciences - Kai Finster | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | › Effect of Solar radiation on the Distribution of Raman Biosignatures in Salt Nodules from the Atacama Desert - Mickael Baqué, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Research Group Astrobiological Laboratories, Berlin, Germany | |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | › Planetary simulations at DLR Berlin and in space – results and future work - Jean-Pierre de Vera, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research | |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | › Pyrolysis-compound specific isotope analysis (Py-CSIA) of terrestrial analogue samples. Possible applications in astrobiology and geomicrobiology - Nicasio T. Jiménez-Morillo, IRNAS-CSIC, Laboratorio Hercules (Universidade de Évora) - Ana Z. Miller, IRNAS-CSIC, Laboratorio Hercules (Universidade de Évora) | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | › Simple biochemical methods for the detection of life-inhibiting peroxidants and life signatures on Mars-like soils - Konstantinos Grintzalis, Dublin City University | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | › The Trouble with Tubules: Iron-Mineral Chemical Gardens Mimic Numerous Purported Fossil Microbial Filaments - Sean McMahon, UK Centre for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | › Multi-scalar trace element biosignatures and rare earth element reconstruction of Palaeoarchaean biomes of microbial life: a fossil-calibrated approach - Keyron Hickman-Lewis, Centre de biophysique moléculaire | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Concluding talk | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Astrobiology: The future of life and the search for life in the universe - Rocco Mancinelli, BAER Institute | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Conclusions and closing remarks | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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