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Call for papers AGU 2010: Mission to Mars and Beyond: What Can We Learn About Life Detection From Exploring Extremes on Earth

nwalter@esf.org — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:23:00 +0200

Astrobiology Session B40: Mission to Mars and Beyond: What Can We Learn About Life Detection From Exploring Extremes on Earth.

Analog research projects are an important tool for developing and validating
mission concepts, exploration strategies, science operations, and prototype
technologies. These science investigations entail field research in
terrestrial environments that are analogous to those found on other planets,
past or present. Analog missions are used to test hypotheses on the limits
to life on Earth and habitability elsewhere, and to validate biosignature
detection techniques and contamination mitigation strategies. Results from
analog mission activities are solicited. This session will be run in
conjunction with a co-located workshop focused on analogs for Mars Science
Laboratory landing sites.

The deadline to submit an abstract is 02 September 2010, 23:59 (EDT) or 03:59+1 GMT.

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European Planetary Science Congress 2010 - Deadline Extension

nwalter@esf.org — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:38:00 +0200

Europlanet is organising its fifth Planetary Science Congress on September 19-25 in Rome, Italy with four sessions are of particular interest for the CAREX community (details) - the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to May 26, 2010.

Call for Papers - Life and Application of Extremophiles

nwalter@esf.org — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:01:00 +0200

Two journals: Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology are issuing a call for papers for a special issue on Life and Application of Extremophiles.

Flyer EMI - Flyer MBT

Call deadline: 20 September 2010

Online Presentations - CAREX European and international research organisations forum

nwalter@esf.org — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The presentations given during the CAREX research organisations forum are now online. Besides presentations form CAREX activities and its premiminary results, these also include presentations from NSF, NASA, JAMSTEC, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and
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Access to planetary analogues - Europlanet call for applications

nwalter@esf.org — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:42:00 +0200

The core objective of EUROPLANET is to provide European users a structured access to state-of-the art facilities and planetary analogues (TransNational Access Activities-TNA). TNA1 is focussed on providing the opportunity to visit Planetary Field Analogues and has currently a call opened for the Rio Tinto area (details) and The Kamchatka Peninsula (details).

Scientists interested in these (Rio Tinto and Kamchatka) opportunities can apply by Friday 16 April at the latest (extended dealine), all application information and forms are available on EUROPLANET website. Applications should be copied to Dr. Felipe Gómez Gómez (gomezgf[at]inta.es).

First metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions discovered

nwalter@esf.org — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A group of Italian and Danish researchers led by Roberto Danovaro (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy) discovered three species of multicellular organisms apparently reproducing and living all their life in anoxic conditions.

Read the (provisional) article in BMC Biology.

Credit: R. Danovaro

EUROFLEETS Call for ship-time 2010

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:32:00 +0100

Within the EU funded project EUROFLEETS "Towards an alliance of European research fleets", a call for TransEuropean funded ship-time is now open.

The EUROFLEETS project provides 66 fully funded days of ship time on 5 Global/Ocean research vessels (Polarstern, Marion Dufresne, L'Atalante, Explora, Celtic Explorer) and 110 days of ship time on 13 Regional ships sailing alongside all European eco regions. Access to large equipment such as ROVs and submersibles is also possible.

Selection will be based on scientific excellence and will take place in September 2010 for cruises to be scheduled in 2011 and 2012.

Deadline for the submission of full proposals is Monday 31st of May 18:00 HOURS (CET).

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CAREX Field Trip - Application open

nwalter@esf.org — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

CAREX will organise its second field trip in Iceland on June 15-18, 2010. This event will provide an opportunity for up to 20 selected participants to interact in a field setting to deploy instruments, demonstrate the use of selected technologies, compare methodologies, exchange research experiences and help promote harmonisation of techniques and methodologies. Study sites include hot spring area and a glacier.

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Call for papers - COSPAR Session F35: Life in Extreme Environments - Model Systems for Astrobiology

nwalter@esf.org — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:11:00 +0100

Life, as we know it, is constrained by various environmental parameters (physical and chemical) and these vary both in space and time. Environments where one or more of these parameters show values permanently close to the lower or upper limits known for life are considered extreme environments. Examples for remote and/or difficult to access 'extreme' environments of special astrobiological interest are sub-glacial lakes, deep-sea, continental aquifers, terrestrial and marine deep subsurface, hot and cold deserts, permafrost, salt brines etc. Several of these environments can be regarded as terrestrial analogues of potential habitats in our solar system like the sub-surface of Mars or the ocean of Europa. The oral and poster presentations of the symposium will cover different aspects of life in extreme environments with emphasis on general astrobiological questions concerning the potential of life to adapt to and evolve in a changing environment. Selected contributions will be published in ASR.

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ISSI Call for Proposals 2010 for International Teams

nwalter@esf.org — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:58:00 +0100

The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland, invites proposals for establishing International Teams to conduct on its premises research activities in Space Sciences, based on the interdisciplinary analysis and evaluation of data from spacecraft and possible integration with ground data and theoretical models. For the purpose of this Call, Space Sciences include the Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Plasma and Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary Sciences, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics, and Earth Sciences.

Letter of Intent: February 15, 2010

Deadline for proposals: March 31, 2010

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