"Why is Mars considered to be the most likely candidate for life elsewhere in the solar system, and not Europa?"
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Seminars
The Director’s Seminar series features talks from scientists who are invited by the NAI Director to present their research results to the community. A primary goal of the seminars is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration across NAI teams and within the astrobiology community at large. These seminars are open to all, including the general public; however, the target audience is researchers and students who are engaged in astrobiology. While the seminars are technical in nature, speakers are encouraged to develop presentations that can be understood by colleagues from a variety of disciplines across the field. The talks are typically 50 minutes long, with time at the end for questions and discussion.
The Forum for Astrobiology Research (FAR) seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students to present their research results, and to meet as a student community for mutual encouragement and support. FAR science presentations are typically 20-30 minutes each, with several students presenting during one virtual event. On occasion, the FAR seminar will be devoted to group discussion and planning activities.
The University of Washington seminar series is hosted by the NAI UW alumni team from their campus in Seattle. NAI provides technical support for the seminar series and produces podcasts of the presentations. The talks are typically 50 minutes long, with time at the end for questions and discussion.
Other virtual seminars, such as workshops and summer student presentations, are hosted by NAI. These are typically scheduled as needed and vary in length, content, and target audience.
FAR Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTOctober 6, 2008William J. Brazelton and Catherine NeishPrebiotic Chemistry October 15, 2007Elise FurlanFirst Steps of Planet Formation in Protoplanetary Disks October 15, 2007Evgenya ShkolnikThe On/Off Nature of Star-Planet Interactions: A Probe of Magnetized Exoplanets September 12, 2005Dustin TrailA record of the earliest (4.5-3.8 Ga) surface conditions on Earth? August 8, 2005Liliana LefticariuSimulating groundwater radiolysis with oxidation of pyrite by hydrogen peroxide solution June 20, 2005Daniel Apai and Murray SilverstoneExploring Planet-forming and Debris Disks May 16, 2005Boncho P. BonevQuantifying Water Production in Comets - the "Meter Stick" for their Chemical Taxonomy March 14, 2005Margaret TurnbullRemote Sensing of Life and Habitable Worlds: Habstars, Earthshine, and the Challenge of TPF February 14, 2005Monica PonderLife of a permafrost bacterium: Psychrobacter 273-4 reveals ways to adapt September 13, 2004Dominic PapineauBiogeochemical responses to the changing Paleoproterozoic atmosphere August 9, 2004SUIA StudentsAmanda Cook, Anita Ganesan, Nida Rauf and Marina Yoder July 12, 2004Marc FriesEstablishing a Baseline for Antarctic Meteorite Research through the Antarctic Meteorite Contamination Study (AMCS) July 12, 2004Nick PlattsA new model for the origin of proto-informational oligomeric material on the early Earth, and elsewhere June 14, 2004Andrew CzajaIlluminating The Black Box That Is Fossil Kerogen June 14, 2004David SmithOxygen Triple Isotopes as a New Biogeochemical Tool May 10, 2004Corey CohnPyrite-generated radicals and the destruction of nucleic acids May 10, 2004Dave JohnstonIsotopic fingerprints of sulfur metabolisms: using the minor isotopes to distinguish between process April 12, 2004Mark TyraTERRESTRIAL ALTERATION OF CM CHONDRITIC CARBONATE March 8, 2004Kevin HandThe surface radiation chemistry of Europa and implications for a habitable ocean February 9, 2004Brian HynekMartian Water on the Brain November 10, 2003Julie HuberExpanding the subseafloor biosphere to ridge flanks and beyond October 20, 2003Jennifer HeldmannAn Investigation of Recent Water on Mars September 8, 2003Sara MartinezLooking for Hydrothermal Systems on Mars: An Integrated Study of Spectroscopic, Thermal, and Imaging Data July 14, 2003Kevin BoyceHow to make a leaf? 400 million years of repeated answers to the same evolutionary question June 9, 2003Ruth LeyThe Amazon Basin of the Mud World: Dizzying Microbial Diversity at Guerrero Negro's Salt Mats. May 12, 2003Henry ScottChemical stratification and hydrocarbon stability in large icy satellites April 14, 2003Michelle MinittiAssessing the Effect of Impact Shock on Water in Amphibole: Implications for the Martian Meteorites March 10, 2003Alex PavlovAtmospheric methane and oxygen in Archean and Proterozoic. Constraints from sulfur February 7, 2002Stacy VarnesBiological Potential of Martian Hydrothermal Systems 
University of Washington Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTDecember 2, 2008Tori HoehlerQuantifying Habitability as Organism/Environment Energy Balance November 4, 2008Joshua BandfieldA complex compositional and aqueous history of Mars October 7, 2008Rory BarnesHabitability of Tidally-Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets May 20, 2008Andrew PohorilleCyanobacteria in a Lunar Environment May 13, 2008James KastingWas the Early Earth Hot? April 29, 2008Jeremy BaileyUsing Polarization to Detect and Characterize Extrasolar Planets April 22, 2008Siegfried FranckEarth System Analysis: Applications to Astrobiology April 8, 2008Janet SiefertStromatolites: What's Sulfur Got to Do With It? November 20, 2007Matthew PasekPhosphorus and the Origin of Life November 6, 2007Ram SamudralaModelling Interactomes October 23, 2007Robert M. WingleePlasma/Upper Amtospheric Interactions Within the Saturn/Titan System October 16, 2007Sean RaymondExotic Earths: Hot Jupiters, Tidal Evolution, and Ocean Planets October 9, 2007David CrispMeasuring CO2 from Space: the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Mission October 2, 2007Erika HarnettMars: where did all the water go? May 29, 2007Joe KirschvinkFour Billion Years of Climate Change (Lessons from the Precambrian): From Oxygen Poisoning to Snowballs & True Polar Wander May 1, 2007Robert M. HazenLEFT & RIGHT: Geochemical origins of life's homochirality February 20, 2007Megan Elwood MaddenGas hydrates as planetary-scale water and greenhouse gas reservoirs: Implications for Astrobiology January 30, 2007Marc KuchnerFrom Carbon Planets to Water Planets: The Composition of Low-mass Extrasolar Planets January 23, 2007Vikki MeadowsPlanets Around Other Stars: Exploring Habitability and Spectral Signatures November 14, 2006David DeamerSelf-assembly Processes in the Prebiotic Environment October 24, 2006George ShawA (not so) Brief History of Carbon on Earth October 17, 2006Mario LivioCosmology and Life December 6, 2005Eric AgolThe Future of Extrasolar Planet Searches November 29, 2005Martin FiskLife in igneous rocks on Earth and Mars November 22, 2005Donald BrownleeA Report on the Stardust Mission December 7, 2004Maria RiveraThe Ring of Life Provides Evidence for a Genome Fusion Origin of Eukaryotes November 16, 2004Penny BostonLife Below and Life "Out There": The Role of Caves in Astrobiology November 9, 2004Dave Des MaraisThe Mars Exploration Rover Mission November 2, 2004James MurrayThe Suboxic Zone in the Black Sea October 26, 2004Walter HarrisIn the rearview mirror: Studying the role of comets in the formation and ongoing evolution of a planetary system December 9, 2003Steven BennerWeird Life November 18, 2003Peter WardWhy there were dinosaurs; Why there are birds October 14, 2003Jim KastingMethane greenhouses and anti-greenhouses on the early Earth May 27, 2003Robert BlankenshipThe transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis and how it changed the Earth May 20, 2003Roger BuickA Subsurface Biota in the Archean? April 29, 2003Tori HoehlerEnergetic habitability: Boundary conditions for life-as-we-know-it April 22, 2003Jack FarmerMicrobial biosedimentology of some extreme terrestrial environments with implications for the exploration for extraterrestrial life April 15, 2003Geoff GarrisonGeochemical Seasonality in a Unique Aquatic Environment: Who needs oxygen, anyway?
Other Seminars DATEPRESENTERTITLEPODCASTAugust 6, 2008NAI StudentsGSFC Summer Student Presentations August 1, 2007NAI StudentsSummer Student Presentations August 18, 2006NAI StudentsSummer Student Seminar Series January 9, 2004VariousAstrobiology Graduate Conference Webcast 3 January 9, 2004VariousAstrobiology Graduate Conference Webcast 4 January 8, 2004VariousAstrobiology Graduate Conference Webcast 1 January 8, 2004VariousAstrobiology Graduate Conference Webcast 2 December 18, 2003Anatoli PavlovAge of liquid water on Mars and Martian bugs on Earth?! Where to look for Martian life? November 1, 2002Peter JenniskensAn Astrobiology Mission to Explore the 2002 Leonid Storm
January 21, 2008
- 05/11 (Mon) FAR Seminar: Analogue Research and Instrumentation Seminar
