Planets, Life, and the Universe: Astrobiology Lecture Series 2009-2010

Nov 6, 2009 12:00p - 2:30p	STScI	Impacting the Origin of Life: the Case for Phosphorus Matthew Pasek (University of South Florida)
Dec 4, 2009 12:00p - 2:30p	STScI	Cometary Amino Acids from the STARDUST Mission Jamie Elsila Cook(GSFC/Goddard Center for Astrobiology)
Jan 8, 2010 12:00p - 2:30p	JHU Biology	Habitability of the Hadean Earth Stephen Mojzsis (University of Colorado)
Feb 5, 2010 12:00p - 2:30p	STScI	Chemoautotrophically-Based Microbial Communities in an Extreme Subsurface Environment Jill Banfield (University of California, Berkeley)
Mar 5, 2010 12:00p - 2:30p	STScI	Formation of Icy Planetesimals in the Primitive Nebula: Implications for the Composition of Gas Giant Planets, Satellites, and Comets Olivier Mousis (Observatoire de Besançon, France)
Apr 9, 2010 12:00p - 2:30p	STScI	TBD Chris McKay (NASA Ames Research Center)
Jun 18, 2010 12:00p - 2:30p	JHU Biology	Astrobiological Factors in Exoplanet Exploration Strategies Wes Traub (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech)

The Planets, Life, and the Universe Astrobiology Lecture Series is supported by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Space Studies Initiative and the Department of Biology of the Johns Hopkins University.

Organizing Committee
D. Apai (STScI)	L. Becker (JHU)
J. DiRuggiero (JHU)	W. Moos (JHU)
C. Norman (STScI)	I. N. Reid (STScI)
W. Sparks (STScI)	H. Weaver (JHU/APL)
J. Wiseman (GSFC)


Space Telescope Science Institute	NASA Astrobiology Institute	Johns Hopkins University