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The goal of this meeting is to hold scientific sessions that are truly
interdisciplinary. We hope to assemble symposia that will include the breadth of science
represented by scientists attending this meeting, rather than one particular discipline
within Astrobiology. The Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of AbSciCon 2006,
invites one page proposals for 1/2 day or full day symposia at the meeting. In addition
to scientific symposia, we invite proposals on communicating science with the public:
education and outreach. Symposia could be either oral (limited space) or poster, or even a combination of the two.
Please submit the following to Marilyn L. Fogel, SOC Chair (fogel@gl.ciw.edu) before November 15, 2005, to be considered:
1) Your name(s) and full contact information.
2) Possible Symposia Title
3) Description of the topic and why it is important to highlight at this time. Explain how the symposia will help to foster interdisciplinary communication.
4) Indicate whether you would like to plan an oral or a poster symposia (or both).
Listed below is a good representation of many of the topics/subtopics that we hope to discuss at the meeting. The committee will be organizing sessions in mid-January based on interests from the community, and with an eye for interdisciplinary presentations within each theme. Related education and public outreach presentations will be integrated into these scientific sessions. After completing your registration for AbSciCon 2006, you will be entitled to submit your abstract at any time until midnight January 13, 2006. Abstracts must be sent as a MS Word Document and limited to 250 words. Please indicate whether you wish to give an oral presentation or a poster. All abstracts will be considered as posters once the committee has selected the oral presentations. There will be time for about 200 fifteen minute contributed talks. Posters will be up for the entire meeting with ample time surrounding lunch and early evening for the poster sessions.
Astronomical Topics (8):
Astrobiology of Meteorites: What do the organics tell us?
Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets
Terrestrial Planet Formation
Which one of these is not like the others? -- A comparison of extrasolar planetary systems to the Solar System and discussion of formation models to account for the differences.
The Role of Dust in Star and Planet Formation
Interstellar Grains in Meteorites, Stardust, and IDP's
Where did the raw material for Earth Life come from?
Ice and Gas Chemistry
Planetary Science and Astrobiology (9):
Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres and Stratospheres
Europa, remote oasis for life?
Titan, life as we do not know it? Weird life?
Comets: Windows into the most ancient solar system history
Mars: From Hydrogen to Ice and Implications for Climate Change
Iron mineralogy on Mars: parallels and disparities with Earth.
Mars' present and past surface environment: a session reviewing
what we know about the Martian surface environment would be incredibly
useful to those not directly affiliated with the NASA Mars missions and
help engage a broader scientific community.
Methane on Mars & Implications for Life
New research on the Moon
Biosignature Development (8):
Biological iron cycling in modern and ancient habitats on Earth.
Weathering: Geo- or biosignature?
Decoupling biology from abiological look a-likes.
Orbital-based Remote Sensing
Outcrop-scale Examination
Isotopic Biosignatures
New biosignatures: circular polarization
Biosignatures at Hydrothermal Vents and other extreme environments
Multidisciplinary approaches to astrobiology (5):
Geobiology of Mars Analog environments: Cold and dry environments
Major Evolutionary Transitions: Information, Ecology or Environment?
Mantle Carbon and Life
Overcoming biosignature ambiguity: Dubiofossils in the Rock Record-
Constraining astrobiological findings on the basis of inorganic processes that mimic fossilization
Carbon - Biogenic or Not?
Recent advances in our understanding of the early earth (6):
Small-scale interactions to long-term control over redox state of the atmosphere and ocean
Linking Early Biospheric Metabolisms to the Evolution of Complex Systems
The carbon cycle and understanding carbon isotopic excursions
Molecular, isotopic and geochemical records of Earth's environmental
evolution
Snowball glaciations: observations and implications
Microfossils and the earliest evidence of life
Habitability (8):
Habitable Regions of the Milky Way Galaxy: Disk, Halo, Bulge, Spiral Arms and more
Habitable Stellar Systems: Spectral Type, Multiplicity, Variability, Metallicity, Age and more
The Habitability of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
Mars Habitability past and present
Where Do Living Organisms Live Now and in the Past?
The Limits of Habitability on Earth: Extreme Surface Environments
Habitability of the Martian Subsurface
Timescales of Habitability
Origins (9):
The Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems
What got to the Earth? -- A theme on chemical processing in the
protoplanetary disk and to what extent large molecules, water, other
volatiles, etc. made it to the Earth by bombardment.
Origins of Pre-Biotic Material
Prebiotic chemistry (UV photolysis, chirality, citric acid cycle, etc.)
Water and Life in the Universe
Evolution of Biological Complexity
Origin of Life
Where did Life Originate on Earth?
Origin of Eukaryotes
Geobiology of Extreme Environments (9):
Genomic and Evolutionary Studies on Microbial Life Under Extreme Conditions
Evolutionary Genomics
Martian Analog Environments
Viruses in extreme environments
Biological Consequences of Impacts
Microbial Life at Low Temperature
Follow the Water or Follow the Ice?
Biogeochemistry and Habitability in Deep Sub-surface Environments
Evolutionary ecology
Life Detection Missions (7):
In situ life-detection strategies
Astrobiotechnology: The debate between Earth and Nonearth centric technology
Current Astrobiology Missions, e.g., currently in operation and already collecting/sending data, such as Spitzer, SOFIA
Future Astrobiology Missions: Astrobiology Explorer (this will give a chance to those, who are waiting for funding, to present their case); Astrobiology Lab
Development of Instrumentation for Planetary Missions
Implications of the Huygens results for habitability on Titan
Mars Science Laboratory Updates
Integrative Topics (5):
The future of life on Earth
Laws of Life: What general principles have we discerned that would apply to
life anywhere?
Planetary Biology, Evolution, and Intelligence
Humans in an Astrobiological Context
NASA's Return to the Moon
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