19th EANA Astrobiology Conference

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Registration

8:00 - 9:00 (1h)

Registration

›9:00 (30min)

Welcome talk

9:00 - 9:30 (30min)

Welcome talk

›9:30 (30min)

Introductory talk

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9:30 - 10:00 (30min)

Introductory talk

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› Opening avenues in astrobiology, a testimony - André Brack, Centre de biophysique moléculaire 09:30-10:00 (30min)

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Social Sciences, Philosophy and Education
Muriel Gargaud

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10:00 - 11:10 (1h10)

Social Sciences, Philosophy and Education

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Muriel Gargaud

› Will recent advances in AI result in a paradigm shift in Astrobiology and SETI? - Joseph Gale, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Is real life somewhere else? - Jacques Arnould, CNES 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› Extraterrestrial civilizations? Scientific, philosophical and theological consequences. - Gerhard Haerendel, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics 10:40-11:10 (30min)

›11:10 (30min)

Coffee break

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11:10 - 11:40 (30min)

Coffee break

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Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry
Paola Modica

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11:40 - 12:40 (1h)

Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry

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Paola Modica

› FORMATION OF AMINO ACID PRECURSORS IN SLIGHTLY-REDUCING PRIMITIVE ATMOSPHERES BY SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES - Kensei Kobayashi, Yokohama National University 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Exploring Proto-cytoplasmic Media. Self-Assembly and Molecular Diffusion in Salt-Hydrogel Phases - Terence Kee, University of Leeds 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› Membraneless Polyester Microdroplets as Primordial Compartments at the Origins of Life - Tony Jia, Earth-Life Science Institute 12:20-12:40 (20min)

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Lunch

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12:40 - 14:00 (1h20)

Lunch

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Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry
Anna Neubeck

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14:00 - 15:40 (1h40)

Astrochemistry and Prebiotic Chemistry

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Anna Neubeck

› Probing Organic Transformations on Mineral Surfaces Through Electrochemical and Hydrothermal Experiments - Kristin Johnson-Finn, Earth-Life Science Institute 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Anomalous fluctuations and selective extinction in populations of primordial replicators - Savino Longo, University of Bari 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› 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 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› 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 15:00-15:20 (20min)

› 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 15:20-15:40 (20min)

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Coffee break

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15:40 - 16:10 (30min)

Coffee break

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Astrophysics and Planetary Habitability
Russell Deitrick

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16:10 - 17:30 (1h20)

Astrophysics and Planetary Habitability

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Russell Deitrick

› Early stages of the evolution of planetary systems - Ewa Szuszkiewicz, CASA* and Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› The Evolution of Venus and its Late Accretion - Cedric Gillmann, Université libre de Bruxelles 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Evolution of early Earth's atmosphere depending on interior volatile depletion and outgassing - Lena Noack, Free University Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences 16:40-17:10 (30min)

› Experimental constraints on the timing of degassing of nitrogen in the atmosphere. - Fabien Bernadou, Institut des Sciences de la Terre dÓrléans - UMR7327 17:10-17:30 (20min)

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FIRST POSTER SESSION

17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

FIRST POSTER SESSION

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Life Sciences

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17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

Life Sciences

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› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› Tardigrades in hypomagnetic conditions – further studies - Weronika Erdmann, Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

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Astrochemistry

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17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

Astrochemistry

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› Astrochemistry: synthesis of the basic ‘building blocks' of life - Sohan Jheeta, NoR CEL, Leeds 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Is primordial atmosphere a key to organic matter delivery to early Earth? - Gaia Micca Longo, University of Bari 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Mineral-mediated evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Nina Kopacz, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

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Prebiotic Chemistry

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17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

Prebiotic Chemistry

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› Abiogenically Relevant Self-Assembly Processes within Silica Hydrogels - Kamal Albdeery, University of Leeds 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Amino acids adsorption on pyrite surface by XPS: role of environmental conditions - Santos Gálvez Martínez, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Amino acids from photo- and thermo-processing of extraterrestrial ices: a possible source for further prebiotic chemistry - Paola Modica, LPC2E 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Combinatorial Prebiotic Chemistry using non-biological compounds - Kuhan Chandru, National University of Malaysia and Vscht, Prague 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› Ejection of glycine molecules adsorbed on a water ice surface by swift-heavy ion irradiation - Christian Anders, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› Mass spectrometric analysis of proteinoids in spontaneously self-assembled microspheres - Miho Sase, Fukuoka Institute of Technology 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Microwave-driven synthesis of cyanide polymers under plausible hydrothermal conditions - Marta Ruiz-Bermejo, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Nucleotide synthesis experiments by UV irradiation for “TANPOPO3” - Madoka Shiromizu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Peptide bonds - Sohan Jheeta, NoR CEL, Leeds 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

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Astrophysics & Exoplanets

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17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

Astrophysics & Exoplanets

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› 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 (2h15)

› Habitability of exoplanets in binary and multiple star systems - Leander Schlarmann, University of Vienna 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› THOR: A Fast and Flexible 3D GCM for the Study of Exoplanets - Russell Deitrick, Center for Space and Habitability [Bern] 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

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Planetary Geology & Habitability

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17:30 - 19:45 (2h15)

Planetary Geology & Habitability

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› 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 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› GENETIC HYPOTESIS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE WESTERN ARABIA TERRA SURFACE: ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS - Antonio Molina, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC) 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Geomorphological evidence of localized stagnant ice deposits in Terra Cimmeria, Mars - Solmaz Adeli, DLR Institute of Planetary Research 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE TRANSITION ARABIA TERRA/NOACHIS TERRA, MARS - Cristina Robas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 (2h15)

› Identifying New Soil Microhabitats in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile. - Felix Arens, Center of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› Impact enhanced habitats in the Chicxulub impact crater and the extraterrestrial relevance - Charles Cockell, University of Edinburgh 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

› 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 17:30-19:45 (2h15)

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Public lecture (in French)

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18:30 - 19:45 (1h15)

Public lecture (in French)

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