Agenda
Dates: January 7-10, 2004
Schedule (subject to changes):
January 7th:
noon-10:00pm
Pick up info packets at registration at Marriot hotel. Sign up for hike, Mirror Lab tour and order t-shirts. Coffee mugs for sale at check-in booth.
7pm-late
Welcome reception at Gentle Ben's next door to Marriott.
7:30pm
Welcome to ABGradCon, Maggie Turnball
8:00pm-10:00pm
Music by Scoot!. Buffet dinner
January 8th:
8:30am-noon
Talks, sign up: Foothills hikes, Mirror Lab tours
8:30am-9:00am
Welcome to the Astrobiology Graduate Conference: Maggie Turnbull, Nick Woolf, Jonathan Lunine
9:00am-10:30am
- Presentations at the ILC Bldg., U of A campus
- Speakers: Formation of Planets and Evolution of the Biosphere
- Moderator, John Armstrong
9:00am-9:30am
Hector Montiel, UNAM: "Amino Acid Formation in the Interstellar Medium"
9:30am-10:00am
Josh Eisner, Caltech: "Frequency, Mass, and Evolution of Young Circumstellar Disks"
10:00am-10:30am
Stan Metchev, Caltech: "Imaging Extrasolar Planets from the Ground"
10:30am-11:00am
Coffee Break. Sign up for hike, Mirror Lab tour
11:00am-11:30am
Sean Raymond, UW: "Making Other Earths: The Formation of Habitable Planets?"
11:30am-noon
Hilary Justh, PSU: "The CH4 Greenhouse and Anti-Greenhouse Effect on Early Mars"
noon-5pm
Lunch (on your own), hike, leisure time
1:15pm
Leave for hike. Meet outside Steward Obs. on Cherry Ave for pickup. Hikers, bring water and good shoes
5:00pm-7:30pm
- Talks (refreshments provided throughout session)
- Moderator, Julie Huber
5:00pm-5:30pm
Jelte Harnemeijer, UW: "BIF-Hosted Phosphates: Implications for the Archean Phosphate Cycle"
5:30pm-6:00pm
Corey Cohn, Stony Brook: "Controls on Mineral-Generated H2O2 and OH"
6:00pm-6:30pm
Mark Claire, UW: "Biogeophotochemical Modeling of the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen"
6:30pm-7:00pm
Matthew Hurtgen, PSU: "Snowball Earth Events and the Evolution of Microbial Sulfur Species"
7:00pm-7:30pm
Lisa Faithorn and Estelle Dodson, NAI: "NAI Resources for Astrobiology Graduate Students"
January 9th:
9:00am-noon
Talks
9:00am-9:30am
Olga Zhaxybayeva, U Connecticut: "Cladogenesis and Coalescence: Evolution of the Three Domains of Life"
9:30am-10:00am
Julie Huber, UW: "Expanding the Subseafloor Biosphere to Ridge Flanks and Beyond"
10:00am-10:30am
Jim Moran, PSU: "Anaerobic Methane Consumption"
10:30am-11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am-11:30am
Annika Mosier, DRI: "Microbial Assemblages in the Antarctic Lake Vida Ice Cover"
11:30am-noon
Rachel Horak, William & Mary: "Light Production by Sulfide-oxidizing Bacteria?"
noon-12:30pm
Erika Offerdahl, UA: "Students' Understanding of Key Astrobiology Concepts"
12:30pm-3:00pm
Lunch at Steward, poster session and Mirror Lab tours
12:30pm-4:00pm
Lunch (in Rm. N305), set out posters (N210, lobby, N305)
1:00pm-2:00pm
Group 1 Mirror Lab tours (meet outside front doors to lobby)
2:00pm-3:00pm
Group 2 & 3 Mirror Lab tours (meet outside front doors to lobby)
4:00pm-6:30pm
- Last of the talks (refreshments throughout session)
- Moderator, Teresa Longazo
4:00pm-4:30pm
Aubrey Zerkle, PSU: "Trace Metal Signatures as Biomarkers for Microbial Metabolisms"
4:30pm-5:00pm
Sabine Airieau, Scripps: "Mars N2O Sample Return, A Mission Concept"
5:00pm-5:30pm
Kevin Hand, Stanford: "Surface Detection of Life on Europa"
5:30pm-6:00pm
Andrew Howard, Harvard: "Optical SETI at Harvard"
6:00pm-6:30pm
Vladimir Ivkovic, Inst. Anthrop. Res., Croatia: "Neurocybernetics of Emerging Biotic Systems: Where Astrobiology Meets Neuroscience"
January 10th:
Need warm clothes for Kitt Peak
10:00am-11:15am
Discussions with NAI on Graduate Issues: Lisa Faithorn, Estelle Dodson
11:15am-noon
Conference Evaluation and Planning for Future Graduate Conferences
noon-1:30pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm
Leave for Kitt Peak (meet outside Steward on Cherry Ave)
3:00pm
Tours of 4m telescope, SpaceWatch telescopes
4:45pm
Visitor's Center for Kitt Peak Evening Program
9:00pm
Head back to Tucson (arrive home ~10pm)
January 11th:
10:00am
Farewell Breakfast (meet in Marriott lobby). Catch planes home.
Dates: January 7-10, 2004 |
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Schedule (subject to changes): |
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January 7th: |
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| noon-10:00pm | Pick up info packets at registration at Marriot hotel. Sign up for hike, Mirror Lab tour and order t-shirts. Coffee mugs for sale at check-in booth. |
| 7pm-late | Welcome reception at Gentle Ben's next door to Marriott. |
| 7:30pm | Welcome to ABGradCon, Maggie Turnball |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Music by Scoot!. Buffet dinner |
January 8th: |
|
| 8:30am-noon | Talks, sign up: Foothills hikes, Mirror Lab tours |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Welcome to the Astrobiology Graduate Conference: Maggie Turnbull, Nick Woolf, Jonathan Lunine |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
|
| 9:00am-9:30am | Hector Montiel, UNAM: "Amino Acid Formation in the Interstellar Medium" |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Josh Eisner, Caltech: "Frequency, Mass, and Evolution of Young Circumstellar Disks" |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Stan Metchev, Caltech: "Imaging Extrasolar Planets from the Ground" |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Coffee Break. Sign up for hike, Mirror Lab tour |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Sean Raymond, UW: "Making Other Earths: The Formation of Habitable Planets?" |
| 11:30am-noon | Hilary Justh, PSU: "The CH4 Greenhouse and Anti-Greenhouse Effect on Early Mars" |
| noon-5pm | Lunch (on your own), hike, leisure time |
| 1:15pm | Leave for hike. Meet outside Steward Obs. on Cherry Ave for pickup. Hikers, bring water and good shoes |
| 5:00pm-7:30pm |
|
| 5:00pm-5:30pm | Jelte Harnemeijer, UW: "BIF-Hosted Phosphates: Implications for the Archean Phosphate Cycle" |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Corey Cohn, Stony Brook: "Controls on Mineral-Generated H2O2 and OH" |
| 6:00pm-6:30pm | Mark Claire, UW: "Biogeophotochemical Modeling of the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen" |
| 6:30pm-7:00pm | Matthew Hurtgen, PSU: "Snowball Earth Events and the Evolution of Microbial Sulfur Species" |
| 7:00pm-7:30pm | Lisa Faithorn and Estelle Dodson, NAI: "NAI Resources for Astrobiology Graduate Students" |
January 9th: |
|
| 9:00am-noon | Talks |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Olga Zhaxybayeva, U Connecticut: "Cladogenesis and Coalescence: Evolution of the Three Domains of Life" |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Julie Huber, UW: "Expanding the Subseafloor Biosphere to Ridge Flanks and Beyond" |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Jim Moran, PSU: "Anaerobic Methane Consumption" |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Annika Mosier, DRI: "Microbial Assemblages in the Antarctic Lake Vida Ice Cover" |
| 11:30am-noon | Rachel Horak, William & Mary: "Light Production by Sulfide-oxidizing Bacteria?" |
| noon-12:30pm | Erika Offerdahl, UA: "Students' Understanding of Key Astrobiology Concepts" |
| 12:30pm-3:00pm | Lunch at Steward, poster session and Mirror Lab tours |
| 12:30pm-4:00pm | Lunch (in Rm. N305), set out posters (N210, lobby, N305) |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Group 1 Mirror Lab tours (meet outside front doors to lobby) |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | Group 2 & 3 Mirror Lab tours (meet outside front doors to lobby) |
| 4:00pm-6:30pm |
|
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Aubrey Zerkle, PSU: "Trace Metal Signatures as Biomarkers for Microbial Metabolisms" |
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | Sabine Airieau, Scripps: "Mars N2O Sample Return, A Mission Concept" |
| 5:00pm-5:30pm | Kevin Hand, Stanford: "Surface Detection of Life on Europa" |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Andrew Howard, Harvard: "Optical SETI at Harvard" |
| 6:00pm-6:30pm | Vladimir Ivkovic, Inst. Anthrop. Res., Croatia: "Neurocybernetics of Emerging Biotic Systems: Where Astrobiology Meets Neuroscience" |
January 10th: |
|
|
Need warm clothes for Kitt Peak |
|
| 10:00am-11:15am | Discussions with NAI on Graduate Issues: Lisa Faithorn, Estelle Dodson |
| 11:15am-noon | Conference Evaluation and Planning for Future Graduate Conferences |
| noon-1:30pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30pm | Leave for Kitt Peak (meet outside Steward on Cherry Ave) |
| 3:00pm | Tours of 4m telescope, SpaceWatch telescopes |
| 4:45pm | Visitor's Center for Kitt Peak Evening Program |
| 9:00pm | Head back to Tucson (arrive home ~10pm) |
January 11th: |
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| 10:00am | Farewell Breakfast (meet in Marriott lobby). Catch planes home. |