• Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers (IOoL2026)

    Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) 2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Tokyo, Japan

    The Origin of Life Early Career Network (OoLEN) is pleased to announce that this year’s Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting for Early Career Researchers (IOoL2026) will be held in Tokyo, Japan at […]

  • Europlanet Early-Career (EPEC) Committee Meeting

    AMARE Spuiplein 150, 2511 DG Den Haag, Netherlands

    Our next Europlanet Early-Career (EPEC,) Committee Meeting will take place at EPSC 2026 in The Hague, Netherlands and online in hybrid on the 9th September 2026 at 15:00 CEST. EPEC will have lots of news and updates to share amid the excitement of EPSC, as well as the chance to get involved with some all-new […]

  • The Science of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory Greenewalt Lecture Hall 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    For nearly 60 years, Star Trek has sent its crews toward the same question that working astrobiologists ask every day: What does life look like somewhere that isn't Earth? In this Neighborhood Lecture, join astrobiologist Mike Wong—who studies the chemical fingerprints that could reveal life on distant worlds and hosts a podcast on the science […]

  • Women of Astrobiology: Intelligence on and off Earth with Dr. Lori Marino

    Online - Webinar

    How should our understanding of intelligence on Earth shape the search for intelligence beyond it? In the next Women of Astrobiology talk, neuroscientist and 2026 Drake Award recipient Dr Lori Marino will discuss the diversity of complex intelligences on our planet and the limitations of viewing human intelligence as the standard for recognising other minds. […]

  • Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) 2026

    University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building (ENR2) at 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ, United States

    5 September update - Program, speakers, social media etc. Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon26)  https://astrobiology.com/2026/09/04/astrobiology-graduate-conference-abgradcon26-update/ ------- The Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) is an annual, student-led conference to highlight and promote the scientific research of early career astrobiologists.  Attendees of this conference are graduate students and post-doctoral researchers which creates a more relaxed atmosphere for scientific discussions and […]

  • LIFE NASA RCN Seminar Series: Cobamide biosynthesis in the last universal common ancestor?

    Online - Webinar

    Time: September 15th, 8 AM PDT/11 AM EDT JOIN THE WEBINAR VIA ZOOM Val Karavaeva is a PhD student at the Genome Evolution and Ecology Group (GEEG) at the University of Vienna. Their work concerns microbial bioenergetics, with a focus on evolution of cofactor biosynthesis enzymes, in particular tetrapyrroles, such as cobalamin (vitamin B12) and […]

  • PCE3 Seminar: Directed evolution of RNA for self-replication

    Online - Webinar

    Edoardo Gianni Investigator Scientist MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology "Directed evolution of RNA for self-replication" Tuesday, Sept 15th 12 p.m. EDT/9 a.m. PDT More information & registration: https://www.prebioticchem.org/seminar-series-signup Edoardo Gianni […]

  • Machine Learning in Solar and Planetary Research Summer school

    Space Research and Technology Institute (SRTI) Primorsko, Bulgaria

    The Europlanet Early Career Network and the Europlanet Machine Learning Working Group is excited to announce the Machine Learning in Solar and Planetary Research Summer school.  Being organized by Space […]

  • NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award 2024 Showcase

    Online - Webinar

    Join us September 16 from 3-5 PM ET on Webex for the 2024 Planetary Science Early Career Award Showcase, featuring talks from selected investigators from ROSES-2024. Speakers will highlight projects […]