Sao Paulo Advanced School of Astrobiology – SPASA 2011
Applications are now being accepted for the “Sao Paulo Advanced School of Astrobiology – Making Connections (SPASA 2011)”, organized by the Department of Astronomy of the Universidade de Sao Paulo and by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil.
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: December 11 to 20, 2011
Home Page: www.astro.iag.usp.br/~spasa2011
Target audience: Undergraduate, graduate students and early career post-docs in biology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and related areas.
Objective: Astrobiology is a multidisciplinary field that aims to study the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the Universe, with a broad and multidisciplinary scope, requiring a constant dialogue among different areas. This is a new and very promising scientific research field, with the ambitious goal of seeking answers to some of the most complex scientific questions. The SPASA aims to bring together renowned experts from different countries with students of different fields in a multidisciplinary event that will address some of the general themes of research in astrobiology, as well as more specific topics in the frontier of science that are being developed worldwide. Stimulating the connection between topics and the exchange of knowledge among the participants is the main goal of this event.
Application Period: Until October 1, 2011, through the event website. Contact: [email protected]
Selected participants from all countries will have travel and accommodation expenses covered by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation.
Source: NAI newsletter
