2018 Georgia Tech Astrobiology Colloquium

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday March 30, 2018
      12:00 am - 11:59 pm
  • Location: Daytime Program: Room 1005, Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. Evening Program: Ironmonger Brewing, 2129 Northwest Parkway, Marietta, GA 30067.
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  • Fee(s):
    None, but registration is required
  • Extras:
    Free food
Contact

info.gt.astrob.colloq@gmail.com

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Exploring Life Origins and the Universe: A Networking Event

Full Summary: The colloquium is aimed at early-career astrobiology researchers at Georgia Tech. Students and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to give talks and presentations. Plenary sessions are headlined by 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ada Yonath, of the Weizmann Institute, in Israel. 

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  • Ada Yonath Ada Yonath
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  • Niles Lehman Niles Lehman
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  • Shawn Domagal-Goldman Shawn Domagal-Goldman
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This colloquium is a new early-career event for the local astrobiology community. It will consist of talks and presentations by students and postdoctoral researchers working in astrobiology, space science, and engineering in Georgia Tech and greater Atlanta. It will include networking and innovation platform activities to forge connections and explore collaborative ideas among participants.

2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ada Yonath, of the Weizmann Institute, in Israel, leads a stellar lineup of plenary speakers, including Niles Lehman of Portland State University and Shawn Domagal-Goldman of NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center.

Venues

The program will take place in two locations:

  • 8:15 AM-3:55 PM Room 1005, Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, 950 Atlantic Drive, NW, Atlanta. GA 30332
  • 4:45-9:30 PM: Ironmonger Brewing, 2129 Northwest Parkway, Marietta, GA 30067

Call for Abstracts

The organizers are accepting abstract submissions. Please note:

  • Abstracts must be no more than 2000 characters including spaces.
  • Abstracts will be accepted as written, so please check for spelling and grammar.
  • No e-mails or PDF uploads are allowed.

To submit an abstract and register as a presenter, go to https://goo.gl/forms/jwRPJaHVybpGVYvf2

General Registration

For general registration (for those who are not presenters), go to https://goo.gl/forms/qMoLGvAxm6LTXU5W2

Schedule

The schedule is not yet finalized. It will be available at the colloquium website, https://astrobiology.blog/astrobiology-colloquium/

The plenary lectures are scheduled as follows:

  • 9:10-10:10 AM, Ada Yonath, Krone EBB
  • 1:15-2:15 PM, Niles Lehman, Krone EBB
  • 7:00-8:00 PM, Shawn Domagal Goldman, Ironmonger Brewing

For updates, check the colloquium website, https://astrobiology.blog/astrobiology-colloquium/

Related Links

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

College of Sciences, EAS, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Physics

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Conference/Symposium
Keywords
2018 astrobiology colloquium
Status
  • Created By: A. Maureen Rouhi
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 1, 2018 - 11:27am
  • Last Updated: Feb 1, 2018 - 3:06pm