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General information
The workshop takes place on the 6th to the 8th of September, 2010, in Pushchino, Russia.
The themes of the workshop are as follow together with the names of the members of the Scientific Organising Committee.
Chair: Dr. Gerda Horneck (DLR, Cologne, Germany)
Co-chair: Alexei Rozanov (Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences); David Gilichinsky (Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of
Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences); Anatoliy Pavlov (Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)
1. Origin of biosphere and evolution of geo-biological systems:
Frances Westall (ExoMars Microscope co-Team, CNRS, France)
Emannuelle Javaux, (University of Liège, Belgium)
Nils Holm (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Kirsi Lehto (University of Turku, Finland)
Charles Cockell (Open University, Milton Keynes, U.K.)
Georgii Zavarzin (Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Moscow)
2. Life in extreme environments with emphasis on frozen, hot and salt worlds:
Helga Stan-Lotter (University of Vienna, Austria)
Ricardo Amils (Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain)
Nicolas Walter (CAREX Project, Space Sciences Unit, European Science Foundation)
Elizaveta Rivkina (Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, RAS, Pushchino)
Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya (Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Moscow )
3. Experiments in space and in simulated space environments and terrestrial models of extraterrestrial habitats and inhabitants:
Kai W. Finster (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
R. de la Torre Noetzel ( lnstituto Nacional de Técnica Aerospatial, Madrid, Spain)
Martin Zell (ISS Utilisation Department, ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Györgyi Rontó (Research Group for Biophysics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest)
Natalia Gontareva (Institute of Cytology, RAS, St. Petersburg)
Vyacheslav Iliin (Institute of Medical-Biological Problems, RAS, Moscow)
4. Space missions searching for water and life:
Jorge Vago (Exploration Missions, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Alvaro Gimenez (Centro de Astrobiología, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial Madrid, Spain)
Andre Brack (Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, CNPS, Orléans, France)
Francois Raulin (University of Paris, France)
Christian Muller (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium)
Igor Mitrofanov (Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow)
5. Astrophysics and astrochemistry:
Helmut Lammer (Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria)
Pascal Ehrenfreund (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Netherlands)
Nigel Mason (Open University, Milton Keynes, U.K.)
Ewa Szuszkiewicz (University of Szczecin, Poland)
Cristiano Cosmovici (National Institute for Astrophysic, Roma, Italy)
Harry Lehto (University of Turku, Finland)
Igor Chashei (Radio Astronomy Observatory, RAS, Pushchino)
6. Planetary Protection:
Gerhard Kminek (ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Petra Rettberg (DLR, Cologne, Germany)
Michael Ivanov (Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Moscow)
Local Organising Committee of Russian Academy of Sciences:
Chair:
Valery Kudeyarov (Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science)
Secretary: Dr. Svetlana Chudinova
- Marina Astafieva (Paleontological Institute)
- Valentin Dergachev & Maria Vdovina (Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute)
- Andrei Mulyukin (Institute of Microbiology, RAS)
- Vera Soina & Elena Vorobyova (Moscow State University)
- Sergei Scarlato & Michael Simakov (Institute of Cytology)
- Tatiana Vorobyova & Vera Sukhoparova (Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science)
Deadlines
The deadline for abstracts submission: June 4th, 2010.
The deadline for receiving visas & travel grant applications: June 4th, 2010.
Programme and registration
Preliminary program is already available.
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