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Registration
Registration will be possible
- on Sunday 16th July 14:00 - 19:00 at Hotel Dorpat
- on Monday 17 July 08:00 - 09:00 at the Estonian Biocentre, Riia 26b (summer school venue)
- during coffee breaks at the school at the Estonian Biocentre
Structure of the course
The course "Formation of complex molecules in space and on planets - From interstellar clouds to life" will take place from 17 to 22 July 2017 at the University of Tartu. It aims to give students an overview of the biochemical evolution in the universe from formation of the first molecules in interstellar clouds to the assembly of the first celes on Earth. The course consists of lectures
and student-led discussions. Participants will also have the possibility to
display their own research results in two poster sessions.
Lecturers
The following lecturers will give presentations at the
summer course:
Herma Cuppen, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (to be confirmed)
Ernesto di Mauro, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Daniele Galli, Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Italy
Linda McGown, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Tom J. Millar, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Hans Olofsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Steen Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark, DK
Søren Toxværd,, Roskilde University, DK
Veronique Vuitton, Université Grenoble-Alpes, France
Sofia Wallström, Academica Sinica, Taiwan
Catherine Walsh, Leeds University, UK
David A. Williams, University College London, UK
Wolf
Geppert, Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre,
Sweden
Preliminary programme
The programme of the summer
course can be downloaded here as an .pdf file here.
Poster sessions
The poster sessions will be held on Monday, 17th and
Tuesday 18th August 2017. DIN A0 in portrait
format should be OK.
Participants will be allowed a 4 minutes presentation for
their posters (no discussion). The presentation will take place in the
lecture room at the Estonian Biocentre at Tartu University, Riia 26b. Powerpoint slides can be used. For a smooth run of these
poster talks, they are asked to bring their talks on a memory stick or
CD-ROM.
Excursions
There will be a halfday excursion to the Ice Age Museum and the Lake Peipus area.
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