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Winner of the 2022 Barrie Jones Memorial Award – Dr Áine O’Brien.
Pig vomitoxin and the story of the Lafayette meteorite Dr Áine O’Brien was awarded the 2022 Barrie Jones Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to communicating research related to astrobiology. Áine delivered an award lecture at the recent British and Planetary...
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Fixed-term Lectureship in Planetary Science
The University of St Andrews are seeking to appoint a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Planetary Science who will contribute to their undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in topics in planetary sciences, including astrobiology, planetary geology,...
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Nominations for the Barrie Jones Award 2022
The Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB), in collaboration with the Open University, is proud to announce the opening of nominations for the Barrie Jones Award to celebrate those who have made an excellent contribution to outreach and/or the teaching of Astrobiology, in memory...
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ASB Conference Postponed
After much consideration, the decision has been taken to postpone the upcoming ASB Virtual Conference ‘Habitats Beyond Earth’ (18-20th Oct). We know this is disappointing for those planning to attend or present, but following significant input from the community we...
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Space Environment Community Perspectives for The Post-ISS Era
The Life and Physical Sciences panel of the European Space Sciences Committee have prepared a Survey for The Post-ISS Era. This is an opportunity for the community to voice any possible needs or concerns for microgravity research after ISS closure. In addition, new scientific...
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About us
The Astrobiology Society of Britain is a learned society for people interested in the relationship between life and its cosmic environment. This covers a vast diversity of topics and research methodologies, encompassing observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, geological expeditions and laboratory-based microbiology and prebiotic chemistry.
The ASB is affiliated with the journal Life (ISSN 2075-1729, CiteScore: 4.0 (2019)), an international open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. It publishes scientific studies related to fundamental themes in life sciences, especially those concerned with the origins of life and evolution of biosystems. Other areas of interest include synthetic biology and astrobiology.
Upcoming conferences
1-2 Dec 2022 Molecular Microbial Ecology Group (MMEG) meeting
13-17 March 2023 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
4 May 2023 AbGradE
8-12 May 2023 BEACON (European Astrobiology Institute)
9-14 July 2023 Goldschmidt
27-28 Sept 2023 International Conference on Astrobiology and Planetary Science
2023 ASB 9 Details coming soon (sign up for a membership here to receive our newsletter and stay informed)
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