Erskine Williamson Day: May 29, 2019
Astrochemistry and Astrobiology at Extremes
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Welcome. Simon Parsons, Director of CSEC (University of Edinburgh) |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Introduction to day and “An invitation to write a useful paper from this day about biology under pressure. I’ll explain” Charles Cockell (University of Edinburgh) |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Ewan Campbell, University of Edinburgh: "Cosmic Chemistry in the Laboratory" |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Nico Giordano, University of Edinburgh: “Amino acids under high pressure” |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Liam Perera, University of Edinburgh: “Behaviour of freezing ices on icy moons and partitioning of particles” |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Coffee |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Keynote: Javier Martin-Torres, Lulea University, Sweden: “Salts under Martian pressure and temperature conditions and the ESA HABIT instrument on ExoMars” |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Valentina Erastova, University of Edinburgh: “Computational Chemistry as Space and Time Traveling Tool” |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Sean McMahon, University of Edinburgh: “The trouble with tubules: experiments show that natural chemical gardens in the deep subsurface can mimic “fossil bacteria"” |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Early Career Event: Imagining The Future of CSEC |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Early Career Event: Imagining The Future of CSEC |
| 16:00 | Presentations on Imagining The Future of CSEC (all welcome) |
| 17:00 | End of day |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Bar Opens – St Trinnean’s Dining Room, St Leonards Hall, Pollack Halls |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Location
CSEC, Erskine Williamson Building
Date
Wednesday, 29 May 2019