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...
Read MoreInternational 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!
Read MoreASB 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...
Read MoreModelling 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
Read MoreWinner 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 Science Conference, hosted at The Open University in June 2022, in which she shared her work on the Lafayette meteorite. Lafayette was ejected from Mars millions of years ago and landed on Earth in the early 20th century. As an organic geochemist, studying the Lafayette meteorite was an incredible opportunity to study the...
Read MoreSpace 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 perspectives will be offered by Moon and Mars exploration, but these perspectives are not yet clear. The ESSC plans a study in two phases. In the first phase, they are surveying colleagues involved in experiments relating to space environment (microgravity, radiation, isolation, vacuum, etc.). The survey can be accessed...
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