Astrobiology (general)

ASGSB Annual Meeting Abstract Notice

By Keith Cowing
June 28, 2007

Dear ASGSB members, The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2007 Annual Meeting is Friday, July 6 (http://www.asgsb.org/abstract/abstractsubmission.html).

This year’s meeting is scheduled for October 25-28, 2007, at the NASA Research Park, next to the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. The meeting features symposia on “Astrobiology: Understanding Life in the Solar System,” chaired by Carl Pilcher; “Science for Small Satellites,” chaired by John Hines; and “Radiation Biology,” chaired by Paul Todd. In addition, there will be a special session entitled, “Career Choices in the Space Life Sciences,” as well as opportunities for students to make oral presentations in the main sessions. At the banquet. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute will stimulate us with his questions, “Will we find ET? And, what if we do?”

For more information about the Annual Meeting, check out the spring Newsletter (http://www.asgsb.org/newsletter/v23_2/v23n2.pdf).

If you haven’t already renewed your membership, we hope you will take care of that soon, and use the attached form to register for the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Sincerely,

Dr. Tom K. Scott
ASGSB Executive Director

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻