Monday, August 27 |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Warm-Up Talks: Metabolism, Evolution, Extremophiles, and Adaptations |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | A Metabolic Tree of Life: The Emergence and Early Evolution of Biological Carbon Fixation - Rogier Braakman |
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Detection and Quantification of Viable Environmental Surrogates by Propidium Monoazide-PCR/qPCR Methods - Nicholas Fingland |
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Mapping Structural Interactions in a Model Ancestral Ribosome - Tim Lenz |
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Mimicking Homologous Recombination In-Vitro - Jessica Bowman |
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Genomic Adaptations of Bacillus subtilis to Hypobaria: Implications for Planetary Protection and Lithopanspermia - Samantha Waters |
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Physiological Adaptations of the Lichen Pleopsidium chlorophanum to Martian Surface Conditions Can Occur within 34 Days - Afshin Kahn |
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | The Role of the Air-Water Interface in the Emergence of Complexity - Elizabeth Griffith |
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Introduction to Saganet.org - Sanjoy Som & Grasshopper Illangkoon |
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | The High Life: Microorganisms in the Upper Atmosphere - David Smith |
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Diversity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Extreme Environments - Amy Jo Johnson |
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Potential for Survival and Adaptation of Extremophile Exiguobacterium antarcticum in Simulated Extraterrestrial Environments - Felipe Nobrega |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Sulfur Cycling in Sediments Associated with Springs on the Margin of a Saline Alkaline Lake - Cindy Elbaz |
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Isolation of Astrobiological Interest from the Sairecabur Volcano, Atacame Desert - Andre Pulschen |
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places: Microbial Communities in Low-Energy, Anoxic, Low-Light Environments - Rebecca McCauley |
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Isotopic and Lipid Signatures of Freshwater Microbialites in Kelly Lake, British Columbia - Sarah Soles |
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Extremophilic Life in Subzero Hypersaline Spring of the High Arctic - Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Frontiers and Career Panel |
Tuesday, August 28 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Warm-Up Talks: Prebiotic Chemistry, Exoplanets and Organics in Space |
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Abiotic Synthesis Of RNA From Imidazole Activated Nucleotides Using “Molecular Midwives” And Montmorillonite Clay Catalysts - Bradley Burcar |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Dynamic Ligation: How Informational Biopolymers May Have Formed Before Enzymes - Brian Cafferty |
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Iron (II) Mediated RNA Folding And Catalysis In An Anaerobic Environment - Lively Lie |
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Metal Ion And Buffer Effects On The Activity Of A Copper-dependent, Dual-site Self–kinasing Ribozyme - Raghav Poudyal |
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Life's First Energy Currency: Pyrophophate Synthesis in Alkaline Hydrothermal Vents - Laurie Barge |
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Hydrothermal Fabrication of Iron Sulfide Chimneys and Organic Molecules - Lauren White |
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Prebiotic Chemistry on Cryogenic Worlds: Tribochemical Reactions of Organics and Water in Titan - Daniel Thomas |
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Detection of Primary Amines in Titan Tholins using 18-Crown-6 Ether Complexation and Fixed Charge Derivatization - Kathleen Upton |
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Science & Technology Capabilities in Africa - Julia DeMarines, Grasshopper Illangkoon, & Kennda Lynch |
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar Ice Analogues and Comets: The Origin of Prebiotic Handedness - Amanda Evans |
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | A Search for the Potential Glycine Precursor Hydroxylamine (NH2OH) - Brett McGuire |
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Efficient Surface Formation of Interstellar Hydroxylamine through NO Hydrogenation - Sergio Ioppolo |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | The Debris Disc - Habitable Planet Connection - Mark Booth |
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | C/O Ratios Of Stars With Transiting Hot Jupiters: Connecting Stars To Planets - Johanna Teske |
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | The Effect Of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution Ice-Albedo Feedback On The Climate Of Extrasolar Planets - Aomawa Shields |
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | The Influence Of Clouds On The Spectra Of Earth-like Planets Around Various Host Stars - Sarah Rugheimer |
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Effect Of Radiative Transfer In The Photochemistry Of Rocky Planets Atmospheres - Alfonso Delgado Bonal |
Wednesday, August 29 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Warm-Up Talks: On Planetary Habitability, Earth Analogs, & Biosignatures |
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | The New Era Of Exoplanet Imaging - Sasha Hinkley |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Quantifying Habitability Through Time - Andrew Rushby |
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Nature's Starships: Amino Acid Synthesis, Distribution, And Their Delivery To Earth Via Meteorites - Alyssa Cobb |
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Radiogenic Heating In Exoplanet Systems - Bryce Carrande |
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Plate Tectonics On Large Terrestrial Exoplanets - Lena Noack |
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | An Integrated Picture of Europa as a Habitat - Britney Schmidt |
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Carbon Dioxide And Methane – Are Carbon Molecules Available For Life In Icy Moons? - Olivier Bollengier |
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Captured Exomoons: A New Frontier In Habitability - Simon Porter |
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Martian Hydrogen Loss Observed By Mars Express: Implications For Long-term Climate Change - Michael Chaffin |
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | The Role Of Groundwater In Subglacial Habitats In Antarctica - Brad Gooch |
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | A Multi-component Model Of A Subglacial Ecosystem With Implications For Mars - Thomson Fisher |
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Biogeochemical Characterization Of A Late Archean Sub-seafloor Hydrothermal System, Dome Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada - Jessica Stromberg |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | The Great Salt Lake Desert: Exploring The Habitability Of Paleolakes On Earth And Mars - Kennda Lynch |
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Geochemical And Mineralogical Investigation Of Lake Deposits At Da Langtan (China) - Implications For Exobiology On Mars - Pablo Sobron |
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Microbially-induced Precipitation Of Salt From Sodium Sulfate-rich Brines: Biology’s Role In Evaporite Formation - Ian Foster |
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Exceptional Preservation Of Ancient Life And The Early Evolution Of The Biosphere - Leila Battison |