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ASB Summer Internships 2024! Now Open!

Posted by on Feb 19, 2024 in News | 0 comments

ASB Summer Internships 2024! Now Open!

We are excited to announce that applications are now welcome for internships in the summer of 2024. Once a researcher/research group has agreed to host an internship, the applicant should download and fill out the application form and send it to astrobiosoc@gmail.com by the 28th March 2024. The applicant should prepare the research proposal (found in the form) in collaboration with the host.  Internship reports from previous years can be found here

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ASB9 report

Posted by on Feb 3, 2024 in News | 0 comments

ASB9 report

The 9th meeting of the ASB was held at Birkbeck, University of London, over the 7th and 8th ofSeptember 2023, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the society’s formation. With over 90 attendees, some of whom travelled a great distance to join us in person, across a widerange of academic disciplines and career stages, I think I speak for the whole organising committee in lauding the success of ASB9 and extending my sincere thanks to all our speakers and poster presenters for enabling us to put together such an engaging programme. Highlights from our keynote speakers included updates from...

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Open call for opportunities, news and for our new feature fieldnotes from…

Posted by on Jan 31, 2024 in News | 0 comments

Open call for opportunities, news and for our new feature fieldnotes from…

We are happy to advertise relevant jobs, meetings, summer schools, and other postgraduate opportunities that are of interest to the UK astrobiology community. Likewise, if you have any astrobiology-related news we are happy to share this! Fieldnotes from…We would love to hear about what our members are up to, so we are starting a new member contribution series called ‘Fieldnotes from…’. This is an opportunity for members to tell us about their experience on anything ranging from fieldwork, research lab or facility visits, public engagement events, conferences, etc. Please get in touch to...

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International Space Science Institute Webinars

Posted by on Jan 31, 2024 in News | 0 comments

International Space Science Institute Webinars

The ISSI run an excellent online space science and astrobiology webinar series: https://www.issibern.ch/online-seminars-gamechangers/ Past webinars are available, many of these are of interest to the astrobiologycommunity, for anyone looking to expand their knowledge on a variety of subjects!

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ASB internships returning soon for 2024

Posted by on Jan 31, 2024 in News | 0 comments

ASB internships returning soon for 2024

Details of this year’s internship program will soon be announced. In the meantime, here is a report from Sidonie Coker who tells us all about the work completed during the summer of 2023 with an ASB internship award. Sidonie was selected from an excellent field of potential interns and completed her work at University College London. She excellently demonstrates how an ASB internship can help support undergraduate students in completing research projects that may otherwise be financially unviable. This experience can offer a unique way to demonstrate to potential Master’s degree...

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Modelling the planets.

Posted by on Dec 9, 2022 in News | 0 comments

Modelling the planets.

Dr Julia Semprich researches the interactions between fluids and rock in the deep places of the world in order to understand planetary formation processes, which could give insights into habitability. Dr Ann Grand, senior lecturer in Astrobiology education at AstrobiologyOU, speaks to Dr Julia Semprich about her research on habitability on other planets for OpenLearn. The full article can be found here

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