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Category: Events

British Columbia’s Unassuming Planetary Laboratory: How a Handful of Frozen Saline Lakes Can Help Us Understand Brines Across the Solar System

May 20, 2022 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 05/24/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Jacob Buffo Abstract: Introduction:  Mounting observational and…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Research Filed under: Colloquium

Prebiotic Compartments for Protometabolism

April 11, 2022 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/26/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by Sheref Mansy Abstract: Much progress has been…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Graduate Program

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Biogeochemistry of Modern Lakes as Environmental Analogs for the Origin and Early Development of Life

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/19/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Sebastian Haas Abstract: The concentrations and stoichiometric…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Postdocs

“The Path to Habitable Worlds: Roadmaps, Missions, and Astro2020”

April 8, 2022 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/05/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by Aki Roberge NASA Goddard Space Flight Center…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured

Magma Ocean Crystallization, Redox, and C-O-H Volatiles

April 4, 2022 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 04/05/2022 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By: Ardith Bravenec Abstract: The…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Postdocs

Developing Community Best Practices for Biosignature Assessment and Reporting

November 29, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/30/2021 3:00pm PST Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Dr. Victoria Meadows,Professor, UW Astronomy DepartmentDirector,…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Faculty, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Developing Community Best Practices for Biosignature Assessment and Reporting”

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Dr. Victoria Meadows,Professor, UW Astronomy DepartmentDirector, UW Astrobiology ProgramPrincipal Investigator, NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System ScienceVirtual Planetary Laboratory Team Zoom…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Faculty, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Alien Earths: The Search for Habitable Worlds around Nearby Stars”

November 2, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/23/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By: Daniel Apai (U Arizona…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“Planetary Self-Regulation and The Role of Interior Processes for Habitability”

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/16/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented By Johnny Seales, Rice University…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

Hannah Dawson & Zac Cooper Presentations

November 1, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/9/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Hannah Dawson will present “Expanding the…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Graduate Program, Graduate Student, Research Rotation Filed under: Colloquium

“Planetary Systems Biochemistry: Inferring the laws of life at a Planetary Scale”

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Zoom Link for Colloquium 11/2/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by: Sara Imari Walker Currently,…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program Filed under: Colloquium

“The M-dwarf Opportunity: Characterizing Nearby M-dwarf Habitable Zone Planets”

October 22, 2021 astrobio

Zoom Link for Colloquium 10/29/2021 3:00pm PST. Please email astrobio@uw.edu for zoom presentation password Presented by: Ravi Kopparapu  NASA Goddard…

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Fall 2021 Colloquium Speakers Announced

March 22, 2021 astrobio

Our line-up for the Fall 2021 Colloquium series is being finalized and so far includes and mix of amazing experts…

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Posted in: Events, Featured Filed under: Colloquium

Public Presentation at LPSC by Ken Williford on Mars 2020 Mission

March 9, 2021 astrobio

The public is invited to hear from planetary scientists about the latest research and discussions occurring during the annual Lunar and Planetary…

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Posted in: Alumni, Events, Featured, Research Filed under: Ken Williford, LPSC, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Public Lecture

How to Weigh an Exoplanet: Ask the Astronomers Live!

February 19, 2021 astrobio

UWAB faculty member Eric Agol and Program Director Victoria Meadows were recently interviewed by Phil LaMarr with the Universe Unplugged:…

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Posted in: Events, Faculty, Featured, Media, Research Filed under: Eric Agol, Interview, TRAPPIST-1, Universe Unplugged, Victoria Meadows

Autumn 2020 Colloquium Speakers Announced

October 6, 2020 astrobio

Our line-up for the Autumn 2020 Colloquium series has been finalized and includes and mix of amazing experts from outside…

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Posted in: Events, Featured Filed under: Addien Wray, Anitra Ingalls, Colloquium, Roger Buick

Spring 2020 Colloquium Will Be Held Online Only!

April 2, 2020 astrobio

Our line-up for the Spring 2020 Colloquium series has been finalized and includes and mix of amazing experts from outside…

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UWAB Members Presenting at SEEC Symposium

November 1, 2019 astrobio

UWAB Program Director Vikki Meadows and senior graduate student Jacob Lustig-Yaeger will both be featured presenters at the upcoming annual…

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Posted in: Events Filed under: Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Victoria Meadows

2019 UWAB Annual Workshop at Friday Harbor Labs

October 23, 2019 astrobio

Article Written by Dominic Sivitili Among the grey autumn seas of the San Juan Islands and the stunningly green campus…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Graduate Program, Workshop Filed under: Dominic Sivitilli, Jody Deming, Newsletter, Ocean Memory, Rachel Carson, Roger Buick, Workshop

UWAB Postdoc Mike Wong Crowned “Slammer Supreme” at Annual Physics Dept. Slam Event

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On Friday October 18th, six scientists turned into slammers for one night as they competed with each other to bring…

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Posted in: Events, Featured, Postdocs Filed under: Michael Wong

Autumn 2019 Colloquium Speakers Announced

September 13, 2019 astrobio

Our line-up for the Autumn 2019 Colloquium series has been finalized and includes and mix of amazing experts from outside…

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AbSciCon 2019 Public Lecture Tonight!

June 25, 2019 astrobio

As part of the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon 2019) the University of Washington Astrobiology Program will be hosting a…

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UWAB At AbSciCon

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Are you attending AbSciCon and have questions about the UW Astrobiology Program? We have a vendor table set-up outside of…

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Posted in: Administration, Events, Featured, Research Filed under: Andrew Lincowski, Andrew Shumway, Dale Winebrenner, David Catling, Dominic Sivitilli, Hannah Dawson, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Jodi Young, Jonathan Toner, Kimberly Bott, Michael Brown, Michael Wong, Owen Lehmer, Rodrigo Luger, Rory, Victoria Meadows

Women’s Economic Empowerment

December 4, 2018 astrobio

On May 4, 2018, first year UW Astronomy & Astrobiology graduate student Guadalupe Tovar participated in the “Women’s Economic Empowerment – Breaking…

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Posted in: Events, Graduate Student Filed under: Beyond the Science, Lupita Tovar, Newsletter

UW Astrobiology Workshop: Death Valley 2018

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By: Jana Meixnerová, ESS Department In later October 2018, 12 graduate students and 4 senior staff members of the UW Astrobiology…

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Posted in: Events, Graduate Program, Research, Workshop Filed under: Darrell Cohen, Death Valley, Jana Meixnerova, Roger Buick, Workshop

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Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Last April, 4 grad students, accompanied by Prof. Baptiste Journaux and funded by the UWAB program, documented the 2024 total solar eclipse. The team traveled to Arkansas to reach the center of the 115-mile band of totality stretching from Texas to Maine, and were the subject of a CENV mini-documentary!

The eclipse team delivered a talk about their trip and outreach work to the rest of the UWAB community on October 15th! Thanks to Baptiste Journaux, Sarah Smith, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones for representing the program! 

See the full Eclipse Documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1IpJYI9NQ
… or watch their UWAB Colloquium Talk here: https://youtu.be/TG5QlVPq8rg?si=gIH2hKHxd7JsFpz-

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(left to right) Sarah Smith, Baptiste Journaux, Alysa Fintel, Andrew Shumway, Haskelle White-Gianella, and Ula Jones at Calico Rock AK just after the total solar eclipse on April 8 2024.
On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a On October 8th, UWAB hosted Dr. Kathy Campbell - a geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist from the University of Auckland! Dr. Campbell spoke about her work investigating extreme environments as analog settings for early life on Earth. She uses a comparative paleoenvironmental approach to searching for evidence of past life in Martian rocks by focusing on Earth’s hot spring deposits and unusual hydrothermal silica found by Spirit rover at Columbia Hills on Mars. 

In other words, her work helps us understand geochemical signs of past life, which is used to inform biosignature detection on Mars! 

The colloquium recording is now available on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/hYuuMY-yNu4
This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and pos This week UWAB faculty member, Jodi Young, and postdoctoral researcher, Fabian Klenner, joined the UW College of Environment’s Extreme Environments podcast, FieldSound, to teach the community about how extreme environments on Earth can inform us about the search for life on distant exoplanets and icy moons, such as Europa and Enceladus!

Jodi Young studies how marine microalgae shape our ecosystems, flourishing in the harsh icy brine environments of Earth’s polar regions. Fabian Klenner combines experimentation and modeling to understand the oceans of icy moons and biosignature detection. In the FieldSound podcast, Young and Klenner discuss topics including the Solar System’s icy moons, marine fieldwork, and the Europa Clipper mission – demonstrating how astrobiology is a field of extreme interdisciplinary collaboration! 

Listen to their full podcast here:
https://environment.uw.edu/news/2024/10/s3-e2-astrobiology-with-jodi-young-and-fabian-klenner/
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