‘Re-Conceptualizing the Origin of Life’ Conference
Hosted by the Carnegie Institute of Washington in Washington D.C. from the 9th to the 11th of November 2015, this conference aims to explore ways to build a deeper understanding of the nature of biology, by focusing on modelling the origins of life on a sufficiently abstract level. The conference will cover a diverse range of topics bearing on the problem of solving life’s origins, starting from prebiotic conditions on Earth and possibly on other planets and moving up through the hierarchy of structure in biology all the way to social complexity. The focus is therefore on studying the origin...
Read MoreResearch Opportunities with ELSI Origins Network
The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) Origins Network project (EON) is a newly-funded project beginning on 1st July 2015, which aims to help build a cohesive and lasting global network of researchers working to address questions relating to the origins of life. EON was created to form a world-wide and interdisciplinary network, centered at ELSI, for research into the Origin of Life. Its goal is to bring together existing ideas from different sciences to shape each other’s development, and to create a collaborative research community with global vision, which can recognize and ask the...
Read MoreRegistration for ASB6 now open
The sixth bi-annual conference of the Astrobiology Society of Britain — ASB6: The Origin, Distribution & Detection of Life in the Universe — will take place at University College London from 2–4 September 2015. The meeting is being hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, and registration is now open. For more information, visit the ASB6 website.
Read MoreESO – AstroBio 2015
Chile is becoming one of the major poles of astrobiology worldwide with active research groups at several major universities and observatories. An important activity of the astrobiology community in Chile is the organisation of a major biennial symposium of astrobiology in Chile bringing together astronomers, biologists, geologists, and climatologists from all over the world to discuss the most recent progress in the quest for exolife. AstroBio 2015 is the third symposium of this series, and will be held in Santiago, Chile from September 28 – October 2, 2015 The main aims of this...
Read MoreFameLab at AbSciCon15
FameLab was set up in 2005 by Cheltenham Festivals in partnership with the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts (NESTA) to find and nurture scientists and engineers with an interest in communicating with public audiences. Since 2007, via a partnership with the British Council, FameLab has gone global, with competitions now held in 20+ countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. Globally more than 4000 researchers have taken part. The result is a vibrant network of exciting scientists and engineers engaging international audiences but also...
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