19th EANA Astrobiology Conference

›9:00 (1h)

Space Missions and Instrumentation
Pauli Laine

9:00 - 10:00 (1h)

Space Missions and Instrumentation

Pauli Laine

› 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 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› 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 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Newly developing methodologies to investigate health hazards posed by ionizing radiation to space travel - Franco Ferrari, CASA* and University of Szczecin 09:40-10:00 (20min)

›10:00 (1h)

EANA and EAI Roundtable

10:00 - 11:00 (1h)

EANA and EAI Roundtable

›11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:30 (1h)

Life Sciences
Oleg Kotsyurbenko

11:30 - 12:30 (1h)

Life Sciences

Oleg Kotsyurbenko

› Exposure Experiments in the 2nd Japanese Astrobiology Experiment, Tanpopo2 - Hajime Mita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology 11:30-11:50 (20min)

› 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 11:50-12:10 (20min)

› Improved resistance to UV radiation resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana by expressing genes isolated from hyperhalophilic microorganisms - Sara Gómez de Frutos, Centro de Astrobiología 12:10-12:30 (20min)

›12:30 (1h30)

Lunch

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

›14:00 (1h40)

Life Sciences
Claudia Pacelli

14:00 - 15:40 (1h40)

Life Sciences

Claudia Pacelli

› 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) 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Search of mechanisms of adaptation to UV radiation in microorganisms from salterns using a functional metagenomics approach - Macarena Benguigui, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› 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 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› Antarctic cyanobacteria sources of biosignatures - Yannick Lara, Early Life Traces & Evolution – Astrobiology, UR Astrobiology, Geology Department, University of Liège, Belgium 15:00-15:20 (20min)

› Effect of saltation and abraded silicates on the survival of bacteria on Mars - Kai Finster, Stellar Astrophysics Centre [Aarhus] 15:20-15:40 (20min)

›15:40 (30min)

Coffee break

15:40 - 16:10 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:10 (1h20)

Biosignatures & Biogeosciences
Barbara Cavalazzi

16:10 - 17:30 (1h20)

Biosignatures & Biogeosciences

Barbara Cavalazzi

› Viroids and viruses during evolution of life on Early Earth as model for Exoplanets? - Karin moelling, Moelling Karin 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› Reasons To Get Salty - adrienne Kish, Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (MCAM) 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Searching for molecular biomarkers in Atacama microbialites (N Chile). Relevance for astrobiological exploration of rocky planets - Laura Sánchez-García, Centro de Astrobiología 16:50-17:10 (20min)

› Bacterial presence in cold perchlorates solutions: Implications for Mars - Laura García-Descalzo, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) 17:10-17:30 (20min)

›17:30 (20min)

Award ceremony

17:30 - 17:50 (20min)

Award ceremony

Space factor contest

›19:30 (2h30)

Conference dinner

19:30 - 22:00 (2h30)

Conference dinner