ASB-STFC Astrobiology Summer School

John attended the 4 day even in the summer of 2019. This was an oppurtunity to gain a crash course in Astrobiological topics and meet other early career scientists; with this in mind the meeting started with pizza and the film The Martian at the Brass Monkey in Edinburgh. The course was broken down into 4 daily sessions: Introduction to Astrobiology, Techniques for Astrobiology, Applied Astrobiology and Astrobiology in the UK. 

Programme:

Manish Patel, Astrobiology Society of Britain Chair                  Introduction and Welcome
Charles Cockell, University of Edinburgh                                 Astrobiology Primer
Manish Patel, The Open University/RAL                                  Space Space Missions Primer
Frances Butcher, Open University                                            Mars Primer
Mark Fox-Powell, University of St. Andrews                              Icy Moons Primer
Duncan Forgan, University of St. Andrews                                Exoplanets Primer
Colin Cunningham, University of Edinburgh                             ATC Intro
Alistair Glasse, University of Edinburgh                                    Spectroscopy Techniques
Lewis Dartnell, University of Westminster                                Spectroscopy in Astrobiology
Elyse Allendar, The University of St. Andrews                           Imaging in Astrobiology
Ashley King, Natural History Museum                                      Meteorites Primer
Terry Kee, University of Leeds                                                 Biochemistry Primer
Sophie Nixon, University of Manchester                                   Extremophiles Primer
Sean McMahon, University of Edinburgh                                  Taphonomy Primer
UK Space Agency                                                                   UK Space Agency introduction

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