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8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Final program
Monday 1 September 2008
08:00 Registration
09:10 Opening Session Welcome speeches
Official representative of Neuchatel's authorities
President of EANA (G. Horneck)
Chair of Organizing Committee of EANA 08 (J.-L. Josset)
09:30 Session Steps to life: Astrobiology experiments in space
10:45 Break
11:15 Session Steps to life: Chemical and early biological evolution
12:30 Lunch break Meeting of the EANA Council
14:00 Session Early biospheres: Environmental conditions/Habitability
15:15 Break
15:45 Session Early biospheres: Panspermia
17:00 Poster session
19:00 Public lecture D'Autres Mondes dans l'Univers by M. Mayor
Tuesday 2 September 2008
09:00 Session Life at the limits
10:15 Break
10:45 Session Astrobiological aspects in the solar system: ExoMars Mission
12:00 Lunch break Meeting of the EANA Council
14:00 Session Search for signatures of life in the solar system: How to detect?
15:15 Break
16:00 Plenary session Panel: Astrobiology worldwide
17:30 Social event
Wednesday 3 September 2008
09:00 Session Astrobiological aspects in the solar system: Asteroids and outer
planets
10:15 Break
10:45 Session Astrobiology aspects beyond the solar system: Education and
outreach
12:00 Closing session and
poster awards
Pre and post EANA-meetings:
Meeting of members of the FAO Meeting of the members of ABC-Net
Sunday, August 31, 2008, 15:00 Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 14:00
Place: Space Exploration Institute Place: Space Exploration Institute
Room: Salle Bachelin Room: Salle Rousseau
68 Fbg de l'hopital, CH-2000, Neuchatel 68 Fbg de l'hopital, CH-2000, Neuchatel
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Plenary sessions schedule
Monday 01 September 2008
09:10 Opening of EANA'08 Welcome Speeches
Steps to life: Astrobiology experiments in space
Co-chair: A. Brack
Co-chair: M. Heppener
Time N° Title and Authors
09:30 O1.1 Evolution of organic matter studied on EXPOSE-R on the International Space
Station
P. Ehrenfreund, Z. Peeters, B.H. Foing, F. Salama, E. Jessberger, F. Robert
09:45 O1.2 UV-olution: a space experiment for the study of the photochemistry of organic
molecules related to astrophysical environment
Y.Y. Guan, H. Cottin, P. Coll, N. Fray, F. Macari, F.Stalport, F. Raulin, C. Szopa, D. Coscia,
D. Chaput, M. Viso
10:00 O1.3 Significance of Organic Compounds in Interplanetary Dust Particles: Scientific
Objectives of Tanpopo Mission
K. Kobayashi, H. Hashimoto, T. Kaneko, H. Mita, S. Nakashima, H. Naraoka, K. Okudaira,
J. Takahashi, Y. Takano, A. Yamagishi, M. Yamashita, H. Yano, S. Yokobori, TANPOPO
WG
10:15 O1.4 Can martian rocks carrying martian microfossils make it to Earth?
F. Westall, R. Demets, F. BrandstŠtter, H.G.M. Edwards, C.S. Cockell, J. Parnell, F.
Foucher, G. Kurat, A. Brack
10:30 O1.5 Preservation of organic matter during the STONE 6 artificial meteorite experiment
J. Parnell, S. Bowden
10:45 Break
Steps to life: Chemical and early biological evolution
Co-chair: M. Viso
Co-chair: F. Westall
Time N° Title and Authors
11:15 O1.6 KL1 Emergence of protometabolisms and the self-organization of non-equilibrium
reaction networks
R. Plasson, H. Bersini, A. Brandenburg
11:45 O1.7 On the origin of informational polymers: nonlinear analysis of bacteria and
archaea tRNAs compared to computer-generated random sequences
G. Bianciardi, L. Borruso
12:00 O1.8 Conditions for thunderstorm activity in early Earth: can we speak about real role of
electric discharges in formation of prebiotic conditions?
Y. Serozhkin
12:15 O1.9 Terrestrial effects of high-energy cosmic rays
D. Atri, A.L. Melott, B.C. Thomas
12:30 14:00 Lunch Break Meeting of EANA Council
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Monday 1 September 2008
Early biospheres: Environmental conditions / Habitability
Co-chair: A.Brandenburg
Co-chair: P. Ehrenfreund
Time N° Title and Authors
14:00 O2.1 KL2 New insights Into the causes of mass-extinction events
G. Feulner
14:30 O2.2 Exploring the creation of an ozone layer on Mars; A sustainable or sterile surface?
N.J. Mason, J. D.Skalny, J. Orszagh, G Horvath
14:45 O2.3 Accretion of interplanetary and interstellar dust particles and comet bombardment
as source of energy and nutrients for subsurface life on early and modern Mars
A.K. Pavlov, V.N. Shelegedin, M.A. Vdovina
15:00 O2.4 Chemical reactivity of lunar dust as it pertains to biological systems
E. Tranfield, J. C. Rask, W.T. Wallace, K. R. Kuhlman, A. S. Jeevarajan, R. Kerschmann,
D. J. Loftus
15:15 Break
Early biospheres: Panspermia
Co-chair: H. Stan-Lotter
Co-chair: A. Pavlov
Time N° Title and Authors
15:45 O2.5 The interplanetary exchange of photosynthesis
C.S. Cockell
16:00 O2.6 Can seeds survive shock impacts?
M.J. Burchell, A. Jerling, D. Tepfer
16:15 O2.7 Survival capacity of epilithic lichens and endolithic microbial communities in a
space mission: the Lithopanspermia experiment
R. De la Torre, L.G Sancho, G. Horneck, P. Rettberg, C. Ascaso, A. de los Ríos, J.
Wierzchos, J.P. de Vera, S. Ott, C. Cockell, K. Olsson, J.M. Frías, R. Demets
16:30 O2.8 Molecular adaptation strategies of microorganisms to different space and
planetary UV climate conditions
P. Rettberg, R. Möller, E. Rabbow, G. Horneck, C. Panitz, C. Cockell, H. Stan-Lotter, T.
Douki, J. Cadet
16:45 O2.9 NASA astrobiology small payloads workshop
B.D. Yost, J.L. Fishman, M. Fonda
17:00 POSTER SESSION
19:00 PUBLIC LECTURE "d'Autres Mondes dans l'Univers " by Michel Mayor
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Tuesday 2 September 2008
Life at the limits
Co-chair: P. Rettberg
Co-chair: C.S. Cockell
Time N° Title and Authors
09:00 O3.1 KL3 Extremely halophilic archaea from ancient salt sediments and microbial survival in
halite fluid inclusions
H. Stan-Lotter, S. Fendrihan, M .Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, A. Holzinger, F.W. Gerbl, C.
Frethem
09:30 O3.2 High altitude salt lakes in northern Chile and their extreme microbial life
N. Stivaletta, R. Barbieri, P. López-García, F. Cevenini
09:45 O3.4 Survival of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms after exposure to
UV and ionizing radiation
K. Beblo, H. Huber, R. Rachel, G. Reitzand, P. Rettberg
10:00 O3.5 Caves as model systems for the evolution of a complex biosphere in a
chemolithoautotrophic subsurface
N.M. Lee, A.S. Engel, D.B. Meisinger, M.L. Porter, M. Schmid
10:15 Break
Astrobiological aspects in the solar system: ExoMars Mission
Co-chair: A. Gimenez
Co-chair: C.Muller
Time N° Title and Authors
10:45 O3.6 KL4 ExoMars Mission
ESA, J. Vago
11:15 O3.7 CLUPI: CLose-UP Imager on the ExoMars Mission rover, Tool for identify
potential biofabrics on Mars
J.-L. Josset, F. Westall, B.A. Hofmann, J.G. Spray, C. Cockell, S. Kempe, A.D. Griffiths, A.
Coradini, L. Colangeli, D. Koschny, D. Pullan
11:30 O3.8 Development of a Sample Processing System (SPS) for the in situ search of
organic compounds on Mars : application to the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer
(MOMA) experiment
A. Buch, R. Sternberg, C. Garnier, C. Fressinet, C. Szopa, J. El Bekri, P. Coll, C. Rodier, F.
Raulin, F. Goesmann
11:45 O3.9 Looking for clues of extant or extinct life on Mars: GC-MS analysis of amino acid
enantiomers using N,N-Dimethylformamide Dimethylacetal
(DMF-DMA)
C. Freissinet, A. Buch, R. Sternberg, C. Rodier, C. Garnier, C. Szopa, M. Stambouli, F.
Goesmann
12:00 14:00 Lunch Break Meeting of EANA Council
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Tuesday 2 September 2008
Search for signatures of life in the solar system: How to detect?
Co-chair: B. Hofmann
Co-chair: R. Mancinelli
Time N° Title and Authors
14:00 O4.1 Synchrotron and NanoSIMS investigations of an early archaean microbial mat:
relevance for martian life
Lemelle, F. Westall, L.A. Simionovici, M. Salomé, Y. Marocchi, S. Mustafa, A. Meibom, F.
Robert
14:15 O4.2 Characteristics and turnover of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in a hypersaline
microbial mat: implication for preservation of microbial signatures in the rock
records
O. Braissant, K.L. Gallagher, A.W. Decho, K.M. Przekop, C. Glunk, C. Dupraz, P.T.
Visscher
14:30 O4.3 Experimental fossilisation of thermophilic microorganisms. Application for the
search of early life on Earth and Mars
F. Orange, F. Westall, J.R. Disnar, D. Prieur, P. Gautret, M. Le Romancer, C. Défarge
14:45 O4.4 The reality of scientific ambitions:
Designing Instrumentation for astrobiological investigations
A.H. Farrington, T.M. Munson, J. Dooley, F. Grunthaner, J. Bada, P. Ehrenfreund, R.
Mathies, A. Zent, R.Quinn
15:00 O4.5 Sterilizing aspects from the Mars atmosphere near the surface from a Martian
GCM and SPICAM observations
F. Daerden, J.W. Kaminski, J.C. McConnell, C. Muller, C. Depiesse, Y.
Willame, D. Moreau, D. Gillotay
15:15 O4.6 Preliminary proposal to update the draft protocol to prepare the Mars sample
return mission
M. Viso, A. Debus
15:30 Break
Panel: Astrobiology worldwide
Co-chair: C. Pilcher
Co-chair: G. Horneck
16:00 G. Horneck Introduction
Statements :
16:05 S. Ramirez-J. Astrobiology in Mexico
K. Kobayashi Astrobiology in Japan
A. Pavlov Astrobiology in Russia
Y. Zhao Astrobiology in China (report)
C. Pilcher Astrobiology at NAI
M. Walter Astrobiology in Australia (report)
M. Zell Astrobiology at ESA
16:45 Discussion
16:55 C. Pilcher Résumé
17:00 Break
17:30 Social Event
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Wednesday 3 September 2008
Astrobiological aspects in the solar system: Asteroids and outer planets
Co-chair: F. Raulin
Co-chair: J.-L. Josset
Time N° Title and Authors
09:00 O5.1 Science of Marco Polo : Near-Earth Object Sample Return Mission
M.A. Barucci, M. Yoshikawa, D. Koschny, H. Boehnhardt, J.R. Brucato, M. Coradini, E.
Dotto, I.A. Franchi, S.F. Green, J.-L. Josset, P. Michel, J. Kawagushi, K. Muinonen, J.
Oberst, H. Yano, MARCO POLO science team
09:15 O5.2 Geomicrobiological and spectral characterization of a sulfur-rich glacial
ecosystem, and field analog to Europa
Damhnait Gleeson,, Robert Pappalardo, Alexis Templeton, Steve Grasby, John Spear and
Charles Williamson
09:30 O5.3 Life inside refrigerators - satellites of giant planets
M. B. Simakov
09:45 O5.4 Astrobiology of Titan and Enceladus: from Cassini-Huygens to TSSM
F. Raulin, A. Coustenis, J.-P. Lebreton, M.-J. Nguyen, P. Coll, Y. Bénilan, M.-C. Gazeau
10:00 O5.5 The chemistry of Titan's atmosphere after the Cassini-Huygens mission
G. Contreras Jiménez, S.I. Ramirez Jiménez
10:15 Break
Astrobiology aspects beyond the solar system / Education and outreach
Co-chair: L. Colangeli
Co-chair: W. Geppert
Time N° Title and Authors
10:45 O5.6 KL5 Time for the Super-Earths
F. Ferrari, A. Lacny, E. Podlewska, E. Szuszkiewicz
11:15 O5.7 Knowledge Management in Interdisciplinary Environments: the Astrobiology case
E. Chatzitheodoridis, I. Lyon
11:30 Discussion on Education and Outreach
12:00 Closing Session
8th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA'08 Conference centre "Aula des Jeunes Rives"
September 1-3, 2008 Espace Louis Agassiz, 2000 Neuchatel - CH
Poster session
Monday 01 September 2008, 17:00-18:30
Posters will be on display during the whole workshop
Part 1: Steps to life
Co-chair: H. Rauchfuss
Co-chair: H. Strasdeit
N° Title and Authors
P1.1 New Prebiotic Syntheses of Pyrroles and Oligopyrroles
S. Fox, H. Strasdeit
P1.2 (FeFe)hydrogenases: a modern bio-catalytic link to ancient geochemistry
S. E. McGlynn, O. Robus, N Haydon, J. B. Broderick, J. W. Peters
P1.3 The influence of a clay mineral on the behaviour of glycine at 200 degrees Celsius
P. Dalai, H. Strasdeit
P1.4 Is glycine able to survive under irradiation in space?
O. Risset, M. Lattelais, J. Pilmé, F. Pauzat, Y. Ellinger
P1.5 Formation of protonated methanimine as a key step on the route to glycine
S. Arbabi, J. Pilmé, F. Pauzat, Y. Ellinger
P1.6 Quantum Mechanics and the Emergence of Life Giving Catalysts
N. Haydon, S. McGlynn, O. Robus, P. Bandyopadhyay, G. Brittan
P1.7 Effect of Impact Shock Simulation on Amino Acids
M. Bertrand, S. van der Gaast, F. Vilas, F. Hörz, G. Barnes, A. Chabin, A. Brack, F. Westall
Part 2: Life at the limits
Co-chair: D. Prieur
Co-chair: M. Burchell
N° Title and Authors
P2.1 Caves as model systems for the evolution of a complex biosphere in a chemolithoautotrophic
subsurface
A.S. Engel, D.B. Meisinger, M.L. Porter, M. Schmid, N.M. Lee
P2.2 Astrobiological significance of sulfur-reducing microorganisms
G. Bianciardi, L. Borruso
P2.3 HADES: Habitability of the deep subsurface
V. Stamenkovic
P2.4 Halotolerant Bacteria surviving to Europa's Environment
H. Terrazas, S.I. Ramírez
P2.5 Detection of survivability of Haloarchaea in space return samples using the BacLightTM
Bacterial Membrane Potential Kit.
M. Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, T.K. Polacsek, H Stan-Lotter
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N° Title and Authors
P2.6 TV1, the first virus-like particle of Thermococcus, a hyperthermophilic archaea genus
A. Gorlas, C. Geslin, D. Prieur
P2.7 Colored fungal spores as candidates for space experiments
I. Gomoiu, E. Saratopoulou, Z. Kollia, A.C. Cefalas, J. van Loon, D. Mogaldea, D. Hasegan, V. Valeanu
P2.8 TANPOPO: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments -- For
Understanding Survival Possibility of Trans-Space Migration of Microorganisms
S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, Y. Yang, K. Fujisaki, H. Hashimoto, H. Kawai, K. Kobayashi, H. Mita, K.
Okudaira, M. Tabata, H. Yano, M. Yamashita, Y. Yoshimura, TANPOPO WG
P2.9 Estimation of mass transfer from Mars to Earth
M. Gorski, W.
Borkowski, G. Wikotorwicz
P2.10 Molecular basis of the resistance of different strains of Deinococcus radiodurans (wild type
and DNA repair-deficient mutants) to mono- and polychromatic UV radiation and vacuum
exposure
A. Bauermeister, R. Möller, G. Reitz, P. Rettberg
P2.12 European Research on life in extreme environments, setting up research priorities and
coordinating the community: the CAREX project
P. Rettberg, C. Ellis-Evans, D. Prieur, F. Loreto, N. Walter, N. Le Bris, J. Elster, R. Amils, V.
Marteinsson
Part 3: Signatures of life
Co-chair: J. Parnell
Co-chair: N. Mason
N° Title and Authors
P3.1 Concentration of organic matter in hydrothermal deposits
P. Lindgren, N.G. Holm, J. Parnell
P3.2 Profiling geothermal chemistry and microbiology using microbial membrane lipids in hot
spring deposits
G. Kaur, B.W. Mountain, R.D. Pancost
P3.3 Importance of micro-scale oxygen isotopic study in precambrian cherts: new constraints on
paleo-temperatures reconstructions
J. Marin, M. Chaussidon, F. Robert
P3.4 Ancestral cellulose in space?
Y. Keheyan, M. Speranza
P3.5 Identification of beta-carotene in an evaporitic matrix by Raman micro-spectroscopy:
implication for astrobiological research on Mars
P. Vítek, J. Jehli
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P3.6 Degradation of -carotene exposed to UV-rich irradiation: implications for Mars conditions P.
Vítek, J. Jehli, J. Bezd, E. Franc
P3.7 Detection of urea in calcite and gypsum mineral matrices by means of Raman spectroscopy
A. Culka, J. Jehli
P3.8 Life on Mars: protocols for extraction and detection of biomarkers, with emphasis on
hereditary information
M.S. Direito, H. Smidt, P. Ehrenfreund, H.V. Westerhoff, W.F.M. Röling
P3.9 The use of Raman spectroscopy in an astrobiological context to detect usnic acid in
hydrothermal minerals
K. Osterrothov, J. Jehli
P3.10 Identification of possible microbial life in Martian subsurface halite by Raman spectroscopy
studies
S. Fendrihan, M. Musso, H. Stan-Lotter
P3.11 Bacteriohopanepolyols as biomarkers in geothermal settings
R.A. Gibson, H.M. Talbot
P3.12 The spectroscopic search for the signatures of life in the atmosphere and on the surfaces of
Mars and Venus
Maria I. Blecka
Part 4: Astrobiology beyond Earth: Mars, Asteroids,Titan
Co-chair: R. Amils
Co-chair: J. Perez-Mercader
N° Title and Authors
P4.1 Mössbauer spectroscopy used for iron-oxide determination in banded iron formations:
implications for analyses on the Martian surface
C. Garonne, B. Orberger, J. Linares, C. Wagner, R. Wirth, K. Hashizume
P4.2 Exploring the creation of an ozone layer on Mars; A sustainable or sterile surface?
J.D. Skalny, J. Orszagh, G. Horvath, N.J. Mason
P4.3 ILMA, Ion Laser Mass Analyser In-Situ Characterization of a Near Earth Object (NEO) in
the framework of the MARCO POLO mission
C. Briois, H. Cottin, C. Engrand, L. Thirkell, A. Glasmachers, M. Aliman, N. Grand, M. Tajmar, ILMA
teams members
P4.4 Simulating chemical processes in Titan's atmosphere using a positive corona discharge fed
by a mixture of CH4 and N2
G. Horvath, J.d. Skaly, M. Zahoran, N.J. Mason
P4.5 The experiment LIFE-SPORES under development for the Phobos-Grunt mission
P. Rettberg, E. Rabbow, R. Möller, M. Waßmann, T. Berger, G. Horneck, G. Reitz, V. Sychev, B. Betts,
D. Warmflash
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Part 5: Astrobiology beyond the solar system
Co-chair: E. Szuszkiewicz
Co-chair: H. Lehto
N° Title and Authors
P5.1 Volatile matter in the early Solar Nebula
C. Tornow, E. Kührt, U. Motschmann
P5.2 On small exoplanet detections, detection thresholds and errorestimates
S. Kotiranta, M. Tuomi, M. Kaasalainen
P5.3 Dynamical stability of the habitable zones of Darwin target stars
B. Funk, E. Pilat-Lohinger, S. Eggl, T. Winkler, R. Schwarz
P5.4 Update of the ITASEL Project : Search for water in planetary systems
C.B. Cosmovici, S. Pluchino, M. Bartolini , S. Montebugnoli, E. Salerno , L. Zoni, E. Flamini
P5.5 Statistics of extrasolar planets
M. Gochna, S. Janikowski, M. Kubiak
Part 6: The Great Questions
Co-chair: E. Szuszkiewicz
Co-chair: H. Lehto
N° Title and Authors
P6.1 What is life? A new definition
S. Jheeta
P6.2 Life as a Functional Concept: Functionalism as a Robust Framework for Theories and
Definitions of Multi-Realized Living Systems
O. Robus, N. Haydon, S. McGlynn, G.G. Brittan Jr