V Astrobiology School at Observatório Nacional
V AstrobiON
September 9th-13th, 2024
Astrobiology has increasingly attracted the attention of the scientific community as it seeks to understand, in a multidisciplinary way, the origin and evolution of life on our planet and more broadly, the possibility of life in the Universe. This field of research has been further strengthened in the last decades with the discoveries of nearly 6,000 planets outside the solar system - the exoplanets.
The fifth edition of our traditional Astrobiology School at Observatório Nacional, in association to the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Astrobiology Society, will have three courses and three lectures given by renowned experts in the field.
V AstrobiON is mainly aimed at graduate students, postdocs and researchers working in the field or in related areas.
Registration for the event is no longer possible. The PDF files of the lectures and courses are available by clicking on the "Program" link in the menu on the left.
Courses
Dr. Stephen Kane
(University of California, United States)
"Planetary Habitability"
Dr. Stuart Kauffman
(Emeritus Professor University of Pennsylvania, and Affiliate Professor, The Institute for Systems Biology, United States)
"Cosmos and Life"
Dr. Tanja Bosak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Searching for microbial biosignatures on Earth and Mars"
Lectures
Dr. Alvaro Penteado Crósta
(Instituto de Geociências, UNICAMP)
"The quest for life on icy moons"
Dr. Carlos Eduardo Guerra Schrago
(Instituto de Biologia, UFRJ)
"Are 165 years of adaptationism enough?"
Dr. Mario de Pinna
(Museu de Zoologia/USP)
"Evolution of biological systems: adaptation, history and apparent trends"
Organizing Committee
- Marcelo Borges Fernandes (ON)
- Renato Dupke (ON)
- Jailson Alcaniz (ON)
- Mario de Pinna (Museu de Zoologia/USP)
- Gustavo Porto de Mello (OV/UFRJ)