DULIA-BIO - Bio Sciences in Deep Underground Laboratories

Session

Welcome and Topic Overviews

19 Aug 2024, 13:30

Council Chamber (The Guildhall, York)

Conveners

Welcome and Topic Overviews

• Laurence Wilson (University of York)

Welcome and Topic Overviews

• Sean Paling (STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory)

4. Welcome and Context - (in-person)

Sean Paling (STFC)

19/08/2024, 13:30

5. Underground Laboratories: A Brief Review - (in-person)

Aldo Ianni

19/08/2024, 14:00

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

6. Biology, astrobiology and planetary exploration studies at Boulby Underground Lab - (in-person)

Charles Cockell

19/08/2024, 14:30

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

Since 2013, the Boulby Underground Laboratory has been used as a subsurface scientific site to study life in deep subsurface environments and to test equipment for the robotic and human exploration and settlement of space. Over ten subsurface campaigns as part of MINAR (Mine Analogue Research) have been hosted by the laboratory. They have involved teams...

7. Overview of Life in low background radiation studies - (in-person)

Carlos Garay

19/08/2024, 15:30

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

8. Beyond Earth Human Habitation Studies Underground - (in-person)

Alex Iordachescu

19/08/2024, 16:00

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

9. Earth/Moon/Mars studies of Extreme Environments - (remote)

Bernard Foing

19/08/2024, 16:30

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

EuroMoonMars is an ILEWG/LUNEX programme in collaboration with space agencies, academia, universities and research institutions and industries. The programme includes research activities for data analysis, instruments tests and development, field tests in MoonMars analogue, pilot projects , training and hands-on workshops , and outreach activities....

30. Bioscience at SURF - (remote)

Marcus Horn

19/08/2024, 17:00

20-minute talk + 10-minute questions

The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) with its vast underground footprint provides opportunities for research activities beyond astroparticle physics, rare event searches and neutrino physics. SURF is hosting biology research focusing on microorganisms in extreme environments, biofilms, as wells as astrobiology and in-situ cultivation. A brief...